Waga,Waga,Waga!!

 Now that stack crown looks Kick #%%&d, You nailed it!

Except for paint and the heat collector at it's base, the stack is done. I will make the collector once when more of the assemblies are put together. I need to wait for best alignment purposes. It just occurred to me that unless I intentionally block it, the light from the engine will travel up the stack.

Well, all the fuss looking for tubing and, in the end, I went with Evergreen Plastic. The brass tubing I was going to use was pretty much the same size as the Evergreen and with most things being equal, styrene is much easier to work with. The details I added to the stack would have been much more difficult to do using the brass.

Some things to note.

1. I flipped the roof around and the reason is -- less work. The oversized hole can be easily hidden under the turret. The opposite would be true if I tried to use that for the stack.

2. I removed each decorative arm from the base of the jewelry cap and glued them to the stack using CA. I used twice the number of arms than each cap came with. Good I had extra.

3. The assemblies are not glued, just posed for photo.

I think from here I will start on the turret assembly.

End of update.

Back to the bench

he may be suggesting the use of large diameter solder for constructing the headers.

Could be. Thanks for suggesting and good to know. I will probably try using and modifying the kit pipes because I already have that. The solder would be a special order for me.

Bakster

 

 

GMorrison

Solder?

 

 

 

 

Sorry Bill, dont know what your are suggesting. Solder what?

 

Don't want to speak out of turn for Bill but I think he may be suggesting the use of large diameter solder for constructing the headers. I have seen multiple car engine builds where they used this technique due to the solder being soft enough to easily form into the shape of the individual header tubes for each cylinder. Sheet styrene was used for the header flange and thinwall tubing or even heat shrink tubing was used for the collector. A little super glue and some primer and paint and they looked very nice indeed. I'm not sure if you could use rosin core solder and somehow remove the rosin or just force wiring for a small LED through the solder's core.

Bill, feel free to tell me to pipe down (small pun intended) if this is not what you meant.

Speaking of steampunk... this is kind of cool. Though the guy reviewing it says it's not worth the money. It has some quality problems. Cool though.

Greg: LOL!

Waiting for more Bakster!

PS: My local HobbyTown had the brass tubing I mentioned, I bought it. Now I can start working on the stack. Eager to make more forward progress. 

GMorrison

Solder?

 

Sorry Bill, dont know what your are suggesting. Solder what?

Solder?

Tanker-Builder

Oh!Oh!

     Please do it. That would be so cool. A panoply of gradient colors from front to back ending with All lit up in Flaming red/gold. Headers like that , OOOOH,My!

 

One thing for sure I will build lighted headers. Just how I go with it will depend.  I plan to  build the header assemblies as one of the last things to do because there are other things I may want to slap on, some of them being what Tim sent me. So, space, and alignments, will be somewhat critical. Thanks for you enthusiasm, TB. All shall be considered!

No progress to report. Weekend was busy with other commitments. I Did take a ride to Michaels, and I had no luck finding a thin walled tube in the size I want. So, I will have to resort to Evergreen and maybe file down the wall thickness to what I want. Or, at least just the section that will show towards the crown. My other thought is I will see if my local HS has brass tubing. I know the size I want is made, and it's thin walled. It might actually work better all around. So... more to come.

Oh!Oh!

     Please do it. That would be so cool. A panoply of gradient colors from front to back ending with All lit up in Flaming red/gold. Headers like that , OOOOH,My!

Hey Greg, I love the grinch gif. What is funny is you are probably sucking on coffee right now, and so am I. Our posts just passed each other. I just did a McDonald's breakfast run and now catching up on posts.

Greg

I enjoyed the SprueGoo discussion. I gotta try it after all these years. A LHS acquaintence suggested it to me long, long ago. I think you and TB finally have me sold. Never thought to mix up a keepable batch in an Extra Thin jar (or something), or to make different basic colors.

Yeah I am not kidding that I love the stuff. It is a fantastic filler. I keep finding new uses for it too. For example. I used it to repair and augment the escape tower on my Redstone Rocket build. The lattice work on the tower is extremely fragile and not only that, but the joins had ridiculous gaps. So what I did was, I tacked the sections together to locate and hold the pieces together, then followed up with SprueGoo. I was able to carefully flow goo over those joins. This accomplished two things: It filled the gaps giving the appearance of solid piping, but, it also provided much more solid connection.

Greg

Here's how I remember how to spell Stynylrez; I read somewhere the name originated becuase it supposedly works on styrene, nylon, and resin....hence STY-NYL-REZ (with a 'z' which just is what it is). I usually manage to get the NYL backwards somehow anyway.

Now I just have to remember styrene, nylon, and resin. Lol.

Greg

Engine all lit up is simply awesome, Steve.

Thanks Greg. 

Greg

This project is a hoot. I had great faith that you'd come up with something to keep us all engaged. You do not disappoint.

Again, thanks Greg. I appreciate that.

GMorrison

Sure. If you end a piece of FO with an opaque cap, it will drive the light out of the surface of the rod.

 

Bill

 

Ah!  Now I see, said the blind man. I don't think that I did that. Not until you mention it did I know. I will have to explore that sometime because I still have the pieces that I ordered. Thanks for mentioning that.

slowly getting caught up here, finally....

GMorrison

Sure. If you end a piece of FO with an opaque cap, it will drive the light out of the surface of the rod.

 

Bill

 

First off, didn't know that. Cool.

Engine all lit up is simply awesome, Steve.

I enjoyed the SprueGoo discussion. I gotta try it after all these years. A LHS acquaintence suggested it to me long, long ago. I think you and TB finally have me sold. Never thought to mix up a keepable batch in an Extra Thin jar (or something), or to make different basic colors.

Here's how I remember how to spell Stynylrez; I read somewhere the name originated becuase it supposedly works on styrene, nylon, and resin....hence STY-NYL-REZ (with a 'z' which just is what it is). I usually manage to get the NYL backwards somehow anyway.

This project is a hoot. I had great faith that you'd come up with something to keep us all engaged. You do not disappoint.

Sure. If you end a piece of FO with an opaque cap, it will drive the light out of the surface of the rod.

Bill

GMorrison

Did you black the end of the piece?

 

Bill

 

Sorry Bill, I am not quite sure what you are asking. Can you expound for me?  What piece? I am probably missing something obvious. My brain is mush right now.

CapnMac82

 

 

Bakster

Capn, have you worked with this stuff before?

 

 

Yeah, the tape EL stuff is pretty good for H'ween decor and the like (if not weatherproof).

It's not like the sketchy FO stuff meant for "effects."

 

Good to know....

CapnMac82

 

 

Bakster

a blown mind

 

 

So, is that over-bored to 50 or 60 thousandths? 

Or does it just require a +15 supercharger?

 

Did you black the end of the piece?

Bill

Bakster

a blown mind

So, is that over-bored to 50 or 60 thousandths? 

Or does it just require a +15 supercharger?

Bakster

So is it your vision that this thing can fly?

Nah. more like "harnesses" unworldly Powers for Ends Mysterious & Awesome.

Bakster

Capn, have you worked with this stuff before?

Yeah, the tape EL stuff is pretty good for H'ween decor and the like (if not weatherproof).

It's not like the sketchy FO stuff meant for "effects."

keavdog

Oh man that motor looks cool!  Very nice job - can't wait to see what you have in mind for this project.

 

Hey thanks, John. I can't wait to see the evolution either. It is evolving from idea to idea as people contribute. I have a general idea of what I am looking for but it could end up very different than first planned. Which, is not a bad thing, but a very good thing.

Thanks for commenting and following Sir...

Gamera

 

 

Bakster

 

 

Tanker-Builder

        I like that idea. Question though. How deadly is the radiation from the power plant?  Should the operator keep his distance?

 

 

At this stage.. no. It is properly encased. However... assembly was tough donning a radiation suite. Imagine manipulating small parts wearing lead lined gloves. 

 

 

 

 

I was supposed to wear a radiation suit!?!?!! 

 

Lol..  Um no. I am sure you will be fine.  

Greg

I almost choked when I saw your post!

Laughing my tail off, Greg. That was worth the wait! 

Bakster

 

 

Greg

I'll try to contribute something more worthwhile tomorrow

 

 

Hehe. 

 

So this morning I realized I missed your thread title again and forgot all about my planned AM entertainment yesterday (this thread). First I thought "oh no, I let Steve down", next thought was "nobody will remember anyway".

I almost choked when I saw your post!

And talk about one of the greatest scenes ever. I miss 'ol 'Ted Baxter'. (I know, wrong movie/show....but he's Ted Baxter to me.

Bakster

 

 

Tanker-Builder

        I like that idea. Question though. How deadly is the radiation from the power plant?  Should the operator keep his distance?

 

 

At this stage.. no. It is properly encased. However... assembly was tough donning a radiation suite. Imagine manipulating small parts wearing lead lined gloves. 

 

I was supposed to wear a radiation suit!?!?!! 

Oh man that motor looks cool!  Very nice job - can't wait to see what you have in mind for this project.

Gamera

my mind is blown!!!

Gam, a blown mind is a terrible thing to waste. Enjoy it. 

Tanker-Builder

        I like that idea. Question though. How deadly is the radiation from the power plant?  Should the operator keep his distance?

At this stage.. no. It is properly encased. However... assembly was tough donning a radiation suite. Imagine manipulating small parts wearing lead lined gloves.