KriegslokBR52
Well-Known Member
After shaving some brass from between two cylinder halves, and also a little off the main frame, i've got the cylinders to sit where they belong:
It looks proper now with those huge cylinders. Real ones had 30x32 size cylinders. Instead of trying to drill more holes and tap them, i just soldered the whole cylinder assembly into the main frame.
I couldn't spin the wheels with full valve gear yet, since the crosshead assembly was soldered to fit the smaller cast cylinder heads. I had to disassemble the valve gear to see what i need to do to the crosshead support rack. Some resoldering was required mainly to lower the crosshead slide bars.
Lastly after the slide bars were soldered in proper position, i started to reassemble the valve gear. That's it for today as it's sleep time.
It looks proper now with those huge cylinders. Real ones had 30x32 size cylinders. Instead of trying to drill more holes and tap them, i just soldered the whole cylinder assembly into the main frame.
I couldn't spin the wheels with full valve gear yet, since the crosshead assembly was soldered to fit the smaller cast cylinder heads. I had to disassemble the valve gear to see what i need to do to the crosshead support rack. Some resoldering was required mainly to lower the crosshead slide bars.
Lastly after the slide bars were soldered in proper position, i started to reassemble the valve gear. That's it for today as it's sleep time.