Chemical blacking of..
`Graham Farish' N gauge rebuilt pacific wheelset for `CLANLINE'
35028 `Clan Line' ready to run, `straight out of the box' with shiny new BFB (Bulleid-Firth-Brown) wheelset and outside valve gear. |
All wheels and motion gear components have been blackened using the processes shown on the chemical wheel blacking page, All `non driven' wheels were dipped as normal but the driving wheels and motion gear components were all treated with chemicals applied by hand with a No:`0' artists brush, this allowed me to selectively leave the slide bars shiny and inner faces of the driving wheels untreated. A few small details have also been added, The front bufferbeam now has a `Scalelink' 2mm scale hook and screw coupling fitted, A few grammes of lead have been fitted inside the tender to stop it `flying'. There is also a fireman on the footplate complete with shovel, The driver is absent as he has `Gone orf sumwars' around Stoneybridge (I checked the pub but no luck!) He will be sent to join the lone fireman when he returns. | |
The completed loco, rebuilt with blackened wheels, conrods & outside valve gear giving the model a much more prototypical appearance. Chemical blacking also helps to reduce the percieved size of the wheel flanges which were very noticeable before blacking especially on the leading bogie wheels. The fireman's blue jacket can be just seen through the cab windows. |
This page only covers the chemical blacking of this model, The complete overhaul of this locomotive is covered in further detail on the `Locomotive Overhauls' page at the `Stoneybridge Locomotive Works' website.
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