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  • 9 March 2022 at 13:03 #588916
    Michael Callaghan
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      Hi chaps.I am having fun and games with the rear section of boiler wrap for a 5 inch gauge Stirling single I am building. Apart from one boiler band in the front part of the section the only way I can see the wrap holding in place is by clamping the rear edge under the cab front edge. Is this the correct method or is there a better way. There is not much space between the boiler and the frames and main wheels on a Stirling so just want to be sure that the wrap is correctly held in place. Thanks

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      9 March 2022 at 13:03 #2122
      Michael Callaghan
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        9 March 2022 at 13:33 #588918
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          9 March 2022 at 14:43 #588924
          Luker
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            Posted by Michael Callaghan on 09/03/2022 13:03:56:

            Hi chaps.I am having fun and games with the rear section of boiler wrap for a 5 inch gauge Stirling single I am building. Apart from one boiler band in the front part of the section the only way I can see the wrap holding in place is by clamping the rear edge under the cab front edge. Is this the correct method or is there a better way. There is not much space between the boiler and the frames and main wheels on a Stirling so just want to be sure that the wrap is correctly held in place. Thanks

            Hi Michael, I used rolled angles to keep the cladding in place, then you don't need to fix it to the cab. The outer angle is fixed to the cladding but just rests on the front cab plate. The inner angles are fixed to the cab and not the cladding. My boiler can expand without any rigid fixing to the back cab. My cladding also doesn't go between the frames and boiler, and the back strap is not functional. Hope this helps…

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            9 March 2022 at 21:59 #588997
            Peter Seymour-Howell
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              Hi Michael, as Luker has pointed out the cleading will be held near the spectacle plate by a length of right angle which has been rolled to match the boiler.

              Looking at photos of No.1, Luker's excellent model looks correct, I don't have a close-up of a Stirling having not built one but can share one of my photos which shows the angle as fitted to Flying Scotsman. As you can see the angle is bolted or riveted to the spectacle plate and the cleading slides under, note that it's not fixed to the cleading so that it can expand as the boiler heats up.

               

              Hope this helps

               

              Pete

               

              Edited By Peter Seymour-Howell on 09/03/2022 22:02:46

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