The
Diary of the Building of a 5" gauge Stirling Single
At
16.15 on the 6th November 2017 the driving
wheels, for the first time, were driven round on
compressed air.
4th
September 2019 re-assembly for MMES 90th Birthday
celebration but not ready to run yet !!
This web
site started to follow the building of my Stirling
Single in December 1990, I am now trying to
work on the loco every day and post photos as well
as text.
Page 20
This link
will take you to the calendar pages. Each RED DOT on
the calendars represents a build day
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Laser cutting |
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Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 9a |
Page 9b |
Page 9c |
Page 10 |
| Introduction
and castings |
Laser
Cut parts |
Timing
the valve gear |
Main
Frames
- all the Wheels
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Eccentrics |
Main
Axle Horns |
Erecting
the Main Frames |
Bogie
horn blocks, axle boxes and axles |
Main
and trailing horn blocks, axle boxes and axles |
Feed
pump |
Cylinders
- part 1 |
Cylinders
part 2 |
Cylinders
part 3 |
Cylinders
part 4 |
Crosshead
and piston |
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Page 12 |
Page 12b |
Page 12a |
Page 14 |
Page
14a |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
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Page 23
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Page
24
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Page
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| Connecting
rod - motion plate |
Valve
gear, axle pump link and reverser
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Valve
Gear continued |
The
boiler |
Smoke
box |
Smoke
box part 2 |
Plate
work lubricator and whistle |
Tender
& making of all buffers for loco and tender |
Painting |
The
brakes on Loco and Tender |
What to
do to complete the loco. |
Making
the gaskets fit ! |
Running
the chassis on air. |
Completion
of the build |
A
red dot indicates the days at least some work was
carried out on the build of my Stirling Single. |
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Page24i |
Page24j |
Page24k |
Page24l |
Page24m |
Page24n |
Page24o |
| In
the smoke box and 3D printed parts |
Checking
loco on track at MMES and more plumbing |
Painting
the splashers and smoke box |
Fittings
and more painting of loco |
Building
the tender |
Lining
out the tender |
Painting
the cab |
Gasket
making and more painting of tender |
Painting
the barrel cover and boiler bands |
Tender
pipe work
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Bogey
splashers
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Display
for MMES 90th Birthday
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Page24r |
Page24s |
Page24t |
Page24u |
Page24v
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Page 24z
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| Fittings
including the regulator |
More
on the revised regulator and 5BA nut holder adaption
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Looking
inside boiler and fitting new regulator |
Amending
boiler with blind bushes and a repaint and boiler test
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Boiler
cladding barrel painting and fitting |
The
refitting of the regulator in detail |
Some
painting and finishing off |
Steam test
passed 19 July 2020
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Page 26
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Page
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Page 28
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Timing
the valves
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Smokebox |
Steam
Test 2025 |
More
progress then a bolt sheered off
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The rebuild after
the opening up of the smoke box |
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