Bean can Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 Has any one got one of these in OO of course? I have one but without the first 'funnel'. Can sombody measure it for me in mm. Height, top dia and bottom dia. and smallest middle dia. I can then turn one up in real brass, even though the original looks painted.Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkingthedog Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 I think the original was brass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bean can Posted July 23, 2015 Author Share Posted July 23, 2015 My two pictures in monocrome look dirty or painted ie not clear. while the other one sold recently on ebay was definatly painted. It will looks best in brass though me thinks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkingthedog Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 Not so sure, it would have been black with a copper cap or just black. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poliss Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 Looks metal to me. http://www.airfixrailways.co.uk/042.htmThink it became a Mainline model, then sold to Dapol and may have then been sold to Hornby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poliss Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 Mainly Trains do a detailing kit for the Dapol 14xx including chimney. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkingthedog Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 It was definitely metal like you say poliss, I had one. I'm sure it was brass because where it fitted into the smoke box it wasn't painted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkingthedog Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 Thinking about it, it may have been chemically blackened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bean can Posted July 23, 2015 Author Share Posted July 23, 2015 So we are all right, it indeed is in brass and blackened/painted in the above link. Fine but any one got any dims please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naugytrax Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 I just unscrewed the chimney from my no. 1466 (Airfix 54153-0) and measured it. Mine has a plastic chimney, not brass. The bottom of the part is flat, not concave as you might expect, because the chimney is bolted into a recess on the top of the smokebox and the fairing round the base of the chimney is part of the main body moulding. The overall height is 13.4 mm, the diameter is 5.05 mm at the bottom and 5.3 mm around the "ridge" just below the flange. Apart from this ridge the chimney is a pure cylinder with no taper. The flange at the top is 7.92 mm across. The height of the chimney to the bottom of the flange is about 11 mm. When it's assembled, the chimney top is 12.0 mm above the highest part of the smokebox.Compared to photographs, the chimney looks a bit skinny and by comparison the flange sticks out too far. The drawings in Russell's GWR Engines Vol. 2 seem to confirm this. However, it's possible that different chimneys were fitted at different times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naugytrax Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 Re: my post above. Sorry, I was wrong. The chimney isn't plastic, it's some kind of dark brass which has been chemically treated to appear black. My apologies for presuming to contradict you, Poliss and W-T-D! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkingthedog Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 Re: my post above. Sorry, I was wrong. The chimney isn't plastic, it's some kind of dark brass which has been chemically treated to appear black. My apologies for presuming to contradict you, Poliss and W-T-D! Consider yourself lucky, I was about to send SWMBO round with the Brownies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poliss Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 I was just going by how it looked in the photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkingthedog Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 Yes it has a metallic sheen. I had one so knew the Airfix version was metal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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