Building a Polly VI
locomotive from a kit
Kit 2 |
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| Kit 1 | Kit 2 | Kit 3 | Kit 4 | Kit 5 | Kit 6 |
| Kit 7 | Kit 8 | Kit 9 | Kit 10 | Kit 11 | Kit 12 |
Two large heavy parcels arrived on Friday 5th December 2014 and unpacking commenced and the photos shows what each layer revealed.
The actual packaging was superb.
Well done to Polly Models for fabricating so many kits since my original order.
The first job to achieve is to carefully check through the parts list and put the parts in the appropriate kit sections.
Kit 2 has the following parts
6 Axle Boxes (already fitted)
Front Axle (Part no. 62 with 1 dimple) (already fitted)
Axle pump Eccentric (already fitted)
6 Driving Wheels (already fitted)
4 Main Springs
4 Eccentrics (already fitted)
Driving Axle (Part no. 61 with 4 dimples) (already fitted)
4 Spring Retainers
2 Long crank pins (already fitted)
6 spring adjusters
2 Rear Springs
Trailing Axle (Part no. 61A no dimples) (already fitted)
Keyway Material
4 short crank pins (already fitted)
6 Axle keeps
Various bolts and nuts
As you can see from the picture above the wheel came assembled so I did not have to pre assemble to ensure wheels / pins etc go right up to their shoulders nor remove any burs from wheels, eccentrics bores nor tapped holes.
So I was able to make a start by removing sharp flashing from the rear of the spokes and then onto degreasing in preparation for painting the wheels etc using the colour required for the finished engine.
As I also have Kit 3 the pony wheels will also be painted.
I commandeered from the workshop my drill stand, made up a lower pivot part and suitable one for the drill chuck.
The wheel set can easily be put into the set up by loosening the chuck and then lifting the pivot piece and lowering it through a spoke hole.
The wheel set is then free to rotate and easy to turn over when one side is completed.
The surpport was not an original idea of mine but came from the book "How (not) to paint a locomotive".
The photo shows the wheel set with a coat of the Blue Undercoat. Another will be needed before a top coat. The painting stand shown earlier is still very effective.
Today the first of the two top coats goes on.
It is just a little darker than the blue undercoat but the photo makes it look lighter!
Several days of paint hardening had to take place before I could attempt the lining out of the wheels.
The photo show the wheel which has been lined with the lining tool held at the side showing the guide which had to be pressed against the tread of the wheel to form a uniform line. #several attempts had to be made initially to make it right and I am pleased with the effort.
It must dry overnight at lease to prevent a mishap with the lining paint before I can complete the assembly of the wheels onto the frames.
The wheels are assembled onto the frames. Each of the horn blocks had to be eased out a little to take the fit if the axle boxes but that was achived by a few files strocks each block.
Then the Spring Adjusters were fitted to all the axle blocks.
Make sure that you have installed the necessary 1/8" thick pieces of wood between the Axleboxes and Keeps as fitting them when the eccentrics are fitting is difficult as I know as I did not fit as told in the build instructions.
