[modeleng] Re: On the bench was Useful website

Harry,
 
Have you a copy of F.C.Hambleton's Locomotives Worth Modelling?  On page 14 
there is a drawing of a LBSCR lamp-iron with lamp fitted, also a headboard.  
If you have not got access to this book, I could scan the page and zap it to 
you.
 
My Gauge 1 'Jersey Lilly' cylinder casting is, I fear, beyond rescueing, 
although I might look at it again.  Meanwhile, I am cutting out frames for the 
Euston design (Stanier 2-8-0) in 3.5" gauge.  The Dore Westbury wasn't happy 
at taking 50thou off at one sweep!  So far, the frames have not been turned 
into a pig's ear.
 
Best wishes,
 
Jem
Basildon UK
--- On Fri, 6/3/09, Harry Wade <hww@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

From: Harry Wade <hww@xxxxxxxx>
Subject: [modeleng] On the bench was Useful website
To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Friday, 6 March, 2009, 1:56 PM

When we last left our boy he was contemplating the strap hinges for the 2X Tich
smokebox, and the contemplation of strap hinges continues, but actual work moves
along on the entire saddle and smokebox assemblies.  The saddle/stand assembly
needs a bit of brazed filleting to complete the built-up "casting" and
then that's ready to machine and finish.  There is more fettling than
machining as there are only three things to machine, the saddle radius, and tabs
on each which rest on top of the frame plates.  The smokebox shell, the door,
and the dogs & dart are completed and I am presently on a search for steel
material for the door ring after which hinges can be fitted.  Until the door
ring material is found no skip is safe.

I'll soon be doing some detailing and I wondered if anyone could point me
to a drawing of a smokebox lamp iron?  I can figure out the attachment but what
I'd like to know is how the vertical prong is shaped, the typical height,
taper, etc.  If you want a specific railway I suppose an LBSCR detail would do. 
I have a number of resources showing locos with lamp irons (Roche, etc) but at
such small scale such details only appear as little black blips.  The same is
true of handrail posts and I've got the making of a couple of dozen of those
in my future.
Regards,
Harry

-----Original Message-----
>From: Jeff Dayman <jeffdayman@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>What's everyone working on these days?

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