Office of Steam Forum for Model & Toy Steam Gas & Hot Air Engines
Builds, Repairs, Show Your Machines! => Restorations => Topic started by: therat05 on March 20, 2019, 07:09:29 pm
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Thanks Steve much appreciated mate. I do like the green 'S's on the boiler 'fire doors' as well!
No worries Jim you just need a small trowel ;D ;D ;D ;D...Steve
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Thanks Steve much appreciated mate. I do like the green 'S's on the boiler 'fire doors' as well!
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Looks and sounds good running on steam Steve. Love the brick and tile under the Stuart boiler!
More info on the brick and tile would be appreciated :)
Hello Jim the boiler base board is just plyboard with slate cut to whatever size tiles you want using a tile cutter then glued to the base using no more nails glue or any other waterproof strong glue... then fill the gaps with waterproof grout... when dry apply tea to stain the white(optional)
the brick bung is made of real Victorian house bricks cut to size..you can buy these from ebay on dolls house supplies...you then lay them as a bricklayer would using no more nails glue, put 2 blobs on the bottom then edge with tile grout to act as mortar on the visible parts.
The outer wooden planking is real teak boards again sourced from ebay cut to size and glued down with youve guessed it no more nails glue then punch in fake nail holes finishing off with pencil to make the holes black .
I think it looks ok i do all my bases like this although i scribe the boarding on the larger ones as you can see the No.9 sits on...here are a few pics of the process..i hope this is helpful Jim.....Steve[attach=1] [attachimg=2][attachimg=3][attachimg=4][attachimg=5][attachimg=6][attachimg=7][attachimg=8][attachimg=9][attachimg=10]
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Looks and sounds good running on steam Steve. Love the brick and tile under the Stuart boiler!
More info on the brick and tile would be appreciated :)
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You did a nice job dressing that one up in new colours Steve, well done !
All those extra studs aside, i wonder why the builder have chosen to turn the crosshead around as well?
Your the first one to spot that Jan i have a tubal cain book and noticed that the cross head was the wrong way around it does not seem to make a difference unless thats why it knocks ::) so i really do not know the reason, judging by all the nuts and bolts i can only think he just wanted to be different or he had the plan upside down ;D....Steve
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Steve you did a nice clean up on that No. 9 .
Thank you Carl thats all i wanted to do at this stage as the engine does run reasonably well and i will get plenty of use
from it although a bit noisy...Steve
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You did a nice job dressing that one up in new colours Steve, well done !
All those extra studs aside, i wonder why the builder have chosen to turn the crosshead around as well?
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Steve you did a nice clean up on that No. 9 .
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haha, I bet you did
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nice engine, who ever made it sure liked making studs :)
Hello Kev i had many thoughts about the chap when i was making the gaskets :o
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nice engine, who ever made it sure liked making studs :)
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Well, you certainly made a silk purse out of that one!
Thanks Bob the knocking i can fix anytime really i just wanted a No9 that looks reasonable and runs well...Steve
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Well, you certainly made a silk purse out of that one!
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It certainly looks infinitely better in grey. You did a fine job on this one, Steve.
Hello Benny nice to speak to you again, i paint all my engines in grey, this one is hand painted in pale grey gloss...i think it performed well under steam it has had 8 runs today all around the 15 - 20 minute run time it has performed faultlessly ..i will post a video on steam later today...Steve
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It certainly looks infinitely better in grey. You did a fine job on this one, Steve.
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Steve you did a great job hand painting that No9.
Hello Jim just another option to spraying..the humbrol enamel appears very durable during todays marathon steam run..
video later....Steve
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Your hand painting of the Stuart No. 9 turned out very well as usual (I would have been quite surprised if it hadn't knowing your skills) and looks quite nice in grey - well done!
Hello Larry hand painting was just an experiment really, it was successful as i have had a marathon steam session today the engine and paint work stood up very well, i will post a video later...Steve
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Nice work as usual Steve, and it looks very industrial with that paint job and the extra studs/nuts used compared to the average Stuart.
Hello Nick it is a nice looking engine, i have had it running on steam today 8 runs at 15 to 20 minutes each..it gave a faultless performance other than a few leaks and a bit of knocking ;D...Steve
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Steve you did a great job hand painting that No9.
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Your hand painting of the Stuart No. 9 turned out very well as usual (I would have been quite surprised if it hadn't knowing your skills) and looks quite nice in grey - well done!
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Nice work as usual Steve, and it looks very industrial with that paint job and the extra studs/nuts used compared to the average Stuart.
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Hello Gil thank you for your comments, i had to reload the pictures as it failed the first time but successful the second time ...Steve
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Hi Steve, Nice work you've done on your #9.
Could you please try to load your pictures again.
I set the boards to take 20 attachments but no more than approximately 30MB total per post.
Also please try using the full size inline picture option (or maybe you did?)
NEVERMIND..... now all your pictures a showing up nicely!
Gil
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Stuart No.9.. I waited a long time to buy one of these engines, they are rare... expensive ..and sometimes built badly but hopefully this one falls somewhere in between on the price and condition rating.
The engine runs well on air although with noisy clunking bearings, i did some adjustments and added a fibre washer to the crosshead on the piston rod and reduced the clunks by 50% which i find livable and sounds industrial ::)
The engine was originally hand painted in a Blue paint which i didnt like so it had to go, it was stripped down completely and the blue paint sanded down and removed from the brass parts with paint stripper, i used the original blue paint as an undercoat applying a primer to any bare metal areas...all the parts were then de greased and hand painted with my new choice of colour a Pale Grey gloss using Humbrol enamel ..this is an experiment for me hand painting a Steam engine, anyone using Humbrol enamel paints on model aeroplane plastic kits would know the covering quality of the paint and a streak free finish ie. no brush marks if used correctly, when you open the can of paint tip away the clear thin liquid on top and just use the stuff at the bottom which when stirred gives you the consistency of thick milk thats what gives the best results... paint with even fills of the brush and consistent brushing covering small areas at a time .
I am happy with the finish and will hand paint again in the future...Here are a few pictures of the strip down and reassembly plus a Video of the engine being tested running on air when almost finished, i will add another video of it running on steam shortly...Steve
STUART NO.9 ON STEAM
https://youtu.be/w_mlQHChtlE
STUART NO.9 TEST ON AIR
https://youtu.be/NNQb83Ifwfk
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