as a slight aside unless you have modified the valve gear on PANSY i think a scale double safety valve is the least of your worries! mine is heavily modified. if you fancy the details (approved and checked by Don Ashton) send me a pm.

anyone else building PANSY to drawings please dont make the safety valve bush 5/8" thread. a gordon smith single valve with 1/2 X 26 tpi bush for same will be more than adequate.

cheers,

julian

Edited By julian atkins on 19/06/2014 00:35:04

Good afternoon Peter,

If you intend on retaining the cover in it's polished state and not painted as the locomotives were originally outshopped, then you'll need to form it from either some drawn brass tube or spun from some sheet brass; the problem with making the casing from a billet of round brass is the colour, although thats not quite so bad as a so called "gunmetal" casting as advertised by some suppliers.

Should you need a suitable drawing, let me know with a pm and I'll scan one of my works drawings.

P.S. The GW never fitted their boilers with two gauge frames, couldn't see any advantage in it; all drivers carried a spare glass tube or two, plus sealing rings etc, not to mention a pair of cycle clips!

Regards,

Bob Youldon