{"id":1725,"date":"2019-05-31T15:55:28","date_gmt":"2019-05-31T15:55:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ngtrains-com.stackstaging.com\/blog\/?p=1725"},"modified":"2020-10-31T12:42:07","modified_gmt":"2020-10-31T12:42:07","slug":"progress-with-the-fiddly-bits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ngtrains.com\/blog\/progress-with-the-fiddly-bits\/","title":{"rendered":"Progress With the Fiddly Bits"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I said I would do updates on progress with the Townsend Hook kit as it gets closer and closer to the 7mm NGA Convention.<\/p>\n

Here is the latest news:<\/p>\n

Test prints of all the parts that will be brass castings have been completed in standard resin.\u00a0 These are shown to the left and I have sprayed them yellow so that they look a bit brassy.\u00a0 They are still on the printers support frames in this first picture.<\/p>\n

Next part of the plan was to use these to dress up a body with these parts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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There is a nest of piping that connects all the cab valves together which will be easier to install when they are done in brass. The resin, particularly on that Christmas tree of a cab valve, is quite fragile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Townsend Hook has Salter balance safety valves now whilst William Finlay has pop valves. There will be castings for both varieties in the kit.<\/p>\n

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In another example of me not knowing when to quit the loco has clear glass for its single gauge glass!<\/p>\n

The firebox print has holes in it and there will be a bit of clear plastic in the kit to represent the glass. (Its actually a small bit of fibre optic)<\/p>\n

Now I have hideously enlarged the image I can see I should have added handles for the top and bottom cocks on the gauge glass!<\/p>\n

Now, while I pack the car for Doncaster Show, the printer is on with producing the waxes for the castings<\/p>\n

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I said I would do updates on progress with the Townsend Hook kit as it gets closer and closer to the 7mm NGA Convention. Here is the latest news: Test prints of all the parts that will be brass castings have been completed in standard resin.\u00a0 These are shown to the left and I have […]<\/p>\n

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