Modded 1″ Minnie Progress

[Richard S2Participant @richards2]

Posted by Steviegtr on 01/06/2021 10:55:18:

Absolutely stunning. You should be proud showing that off. Steve.

Thank you Steve, Having been a bit apprehensive about painting this, it's coming together better than I had anticipated.

Just about finished the front end now, except for fitting the chimney and one stud/nut to replace the c/sunk screw on the top slidebar. The hand wheel for the blower valve was all drilled and filed by eye, so not perfect.-

I made some changes to the design of the chain drum to reflect more full size practice which is now fitted. This drum is flanged each end and the chain bolts pass through these, rather than the drum itself. The worm wheel fixture is secured by a separate grub screw. finish is just oil blackening-

The redesigned feed pump is now fitted and tucks away nicely behind the rear wheel to disguise the out of scale size. I have to sort a tiny high spot on 2 teeth on the 2nd and 3rd shaft gears(spotted in red). only an issue of slight resistance when they merge, so I can't leave it-

Getting there.

Regards.

[Jon LawesParticipant @jonlawes51698]

Proper model engineering.

[Phil H1Participant @philh196021]

Posted by Jon Lawes on 08/06/2021 19:08:51:

Proper model engineering.

I agree Jon. This really is a very nice build.

Phil H

[Richard S2Participant @richards2]

Thanks Jon & Phil. Rather a long pause with progress report, had 86 days of hell with replacement windows and scaffolding.

Spent 2 days last week masking and painting the rim sides and strakes to finish the rim faces-

Didn't want to paint the strakes, looks a bit tidier.

I managed to make the Regulator Reach Rod dead straight and able to make/fit a crutch fork on the spectacle plate to support it.

Still doing odd parts, but nearly there with main assembly after painting. Oil blackened the steering worm gear to blend in. No fancy lining etc, I want it basic and plain like a general purpose should be-

Not fussed with trying to equalise the band spacing on the barrel. Minor failure with the cladding, have a short gap of 0.4mm at the front of the cylinder pad and the L/h cladding sheet somehow?-

Need to dull the front wheel faces off and various retaining clips & pins to make next.

Regards

[Joseph Noci 1Participant @josephnoci1]

Wonderful Talent you have. A superb piece of art and Engineering. Rather envious of your ability!

Joe

[Jeff DaymanParticipant @jeffdayman43397]

Looks excellent Richard, well done!

[Jon LawesParticipant @jonlawes51698]

Beautiful! The main reason I've been missing shows is the opportunity to see things like this in the flesh. The only problem being it makes my work feel clumsy in comparison!

Excellent stuff.

[Richard S2Participant @richards2]

It's been a while since my last effort with the race to finish this. Thanks to Joseph, Jeff and Jon for their compliments.

Thanks to medication, I can manage short periods working on smaller detail again, so pressed on with finshing the pins and clips. Had to come up with a method to cross drill 3/64th (1.2mm) pins (rivets) with a nbr 78 (0.4mm) hole for the 14 thou stainless wire clips (0.35mm). Worked fine using WM16 Mill and Peatol/Taig and a jig.

3 different widths for the cross hole point, one for the damper flap/rod and one each end of the regulator reach rod.

Reg rod ends-

Also finished the drive pin retainers and clips giving a more detailed finish to the rear hub layout-

Regards

[Phil H1Participant @philh196021]

Really nice work.

[Harry WilkesParticipant @harrywilkes58467]

nice job

H

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