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SHM 26
Detailing - Drilling holes
- Introduction
- Prototype history
- Inventory
- Manual
- Before you start
- Above the footplate
- Reconstructing water tanks
- Cab roof
- Boiler construction
- Below the footplate
- Boiler placement
- Drilling holes
- Small appliances
- Firebox
- Rear door
- Final detailing
- Murphy
- Drive
- Finished but unpainted
- Painting
- Final assembly
- Finished loco gallery
- Evaluation
- Remotorising (2019)
In het Nederlands
Superstructure
Detailing
Finalizing the loco
Before continuing with various parts it is all important to drill all necessary holes while they're still accessible. I had great advantage of the photos I took in 2012. |
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Here's the complete list of holes to drill [UNDER CONSTRUCTION]
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| Location; purpose | Number |
Diam. (mm) |
Remarks |
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Front of cab; handrails |
2 | 0.5 | |
Rear of cab; knobs for 2 horizontal handrails |
4 | 0.8 | |
Smokebox support; mounting sandboxes |
2 | 1.1 | |
| Footplate below smokebox support; mounting sandboxes | 1 | 0.5 | Left hole already present |
Footplate, right; Lid of the water tank |
1 | 1.0 | The hole for the left lid is already present and should be enlarged to 1.0 mm |
| Boiler; hand rail knobs | 4 | 0.8 | |
| Boiler right, near smokebox support; snifter valve | 1 | 0.5 | |
Holes in both domes; respective controls |
3 | 0.8 | Holes present need to be widened |
| Boiler; washing plugs | 3 | 2 right, 1 left |
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Backside of the steam dome; whistle |
1 | 0.5 | Drill this hole before soldering the domes to the boiler! I forgot |
From here on we can work on the rest of the detailing process
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