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 Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 5:24 pm Post subject: I.P. Jane Repaint |
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I have just taken my Jane apart for a much needed repaint, all I can say is so much for standardisation!
All the nuts are different sizes  One set of handrail knobs is different from the others, and the steam pipe is very winding...
The two sandboxes on the front are an example of the different nuts. The one on the left has a larger thread size, and has a steel nut. The other has a smaller thread and a 6BA brass nut!
Whoever painted it last didn't do a very good job. There are no signs of any primer, and it didn't have very long to harden as the paint has become 'crazed' where it is under another painted part i.e. the cab spectacle plate.
I'm repainting all the body work, including the smokebox and combustion chamber in VHT paint. The tanks and cab back will be dark green again, and the buffer beams wil be in vermillion.
Pics upon completion! |
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Spokesmann
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| Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 5:28 pm Post subject: |
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Any chance of a few pics 'during'? 
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| Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 5:39 pm Post subject: |
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I'll try my best, my camera batteries don't like this time of year  |
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| Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 10:55 pm Post subject: |
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Keep them warm in your pocket until you need to use them, so no excuses we want pics !
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| Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 7:36 am Post subject: |
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| avenger wrote: | | Keep them warm in your pocket until you need to use them, so no excuses we want pics ! |
What about the batteries? 
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| Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2008 6:40 pm Post subject: |
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Anyway, I have made some progress today.
I have stripped one of the buffer beams, which is awaiting some attention from wet & dry paper as the nitromors as attacked the metalwork and turned it slightly rusty.
I have decided to paint the coupling rods, with one of the pair in its first coat of primer. These will be in vermillion, like the buffer beams.
I have removed a rather nasty stain (melted bitumen!) from the dome, and polished it up with my Dremel. I now have to wear my sunglasses when looking at it 8)
The safety valve, regulator glands and fittings (except the spindle) and some of the gauge glass fittings have been sealed in place with pipe sealant so as to get rid of the rather unsightly PTFE tape.
The buffers have had a going over with a wire wheel in the Dremel, as there was a thin layer of black paint all over and the buffers will have a bare steel head (as it should be) with a vermillion buffer stock.
No pics I'm afraid... Should be next time around  |
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| Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2008 9:18 pm Post subject: |
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Sounds good Si. If no pics will I see it in the first week of Dec in Guildford??
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| Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 10:30 am Post subject: |
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| Minor1PJG wrote: | | Sounds good Si. If no pics will I see it in the first week of Dec in Guildford?? |
All being well...  |
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