Mineral 3

And so to the underpinnings. All basic stuff bar one thing. I don’t usually like plain bearings, but these were to hand. The oval holes were opened out to 2mm and the bearings pushed in.  The outside edges of the W-irons at the back of the solebar…

Airfix Mineral 2

With the new non-door pieces fitted and polished it was on to welds.There’s at least one person I know who should close their eyes at this point. Welds are a problem; good welds are invisible, bad welds can be seen from 50′ away. To make it work I need…

Not a Spitfire

 I mentioned that there would be three 16 ton minerals running with COND lettering for Rhiw 2. This sprung me into thinking that I should get the third done as well. To this end the Airfix box was pulled from the cupboard and a start made. Then I …