erikl
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flatbase minor 2 cleanupIt's already some time ago that I bought my flatbase minor 2. Today I finaly made some progress with cleaning it up.
when I got it, It looked like this:
I decided to keep this engine 100% original, so no repainting was required. The paintwork was looking a bit dull, so I searched for something to polish it. I found a can of "Commandant 5" car polish, and gave it a trie.
It worked very well, after a few minites of polishing, the paint was looking a lot better.
I think however that you shouldn't do this too often, because my towel turned orange.
It's not yet finished, but it now looks like this:
Some small parts like the cylinder, piston and shaft are goint into the vinegar and salt for the night.
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SPOKESMAN
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We look forward to the end result Erik!
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MTA
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I cant see the picture of what it looks like now erikl 
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Mamodman123
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| MTA wrote: | | I cant see the picture of what it looks like now erikl |
Nor me 
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erikl
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pic should work now.
The picture is not looking very good yet, the flash of my camera made it look worse than it is now. The paint is realy shiney.
I'll try to make a better pic tommorow, with daylight.
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Mamodman123
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Does look good Erik!
You've made the right decision to keep it original anyway 
That brass flywheel will polish up a treat 
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erikl
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the brass flywheel is looking realy shiney now Took me a hour to get it clean, but it was woth the work.
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Mamodman123
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| erikl wrote: | | the brass flywheel is looking realy shiney now Took me a hour to get it clean, but it was woth the work. |
Takes me about an hour to polish the wheels, might be slow but it doesn't half work and look good!
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Wallace
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Only 2 pics working for me at the mo. Before and one of it with flywheel off.
Looking good though Erik. Real good.
That's the problem with polishing, it always takes paint. Well with a car polish anyway.
Porbably worth doing once for a clean up, then linseed oil it.
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Mamodman123
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| Wallace wrote: | Only 2 pics working for me at the mo. Before and one of it with flywheel off.
Looking good though Erik. Real good.
That's the problem with polishing, it always takes paint. Well with a car polish anyway.
Porbably worth doing once for a clean up, then linseed oil it. |
T-cut does, its meant to take a layer off faded paint!
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yosa
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Re: flatbase minor 2 cleanup | erikl wrote: | | Some small parts like the cylinder, piston and shaft are goint into the vinegar and salt for the night. |
Haven't heard of this Fellas, how much salt? How much vinegar? How long do I soak the parts for?
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Mamodman123
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Re: flatbase minor 2 cleanup | yosa wrote: | | erikl wrote: | | Some small parts like the cylinder, piston and shaft are goint into the vinegar and salt for the night. |
Haven't heard of this Fellas, how much salt? How much vinegar? How long do I soak the parts for? |
Get a mug, fill the mug with vinegar as much as you need to fuly soak the parts. You can buy a massive bottle of vinegar from the co-op for 89p  . Put a LOT of salt in till the vinegar turns light brown, then leave in for about an hour and it does the trick!
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yosa
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Happy days. Does this only work on brass? If I do my SR1 boiler, does it matter if any of the mix gets inside?
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Mamodman123
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| yosa wrote: | | Happy days. Does this only work on brass? If I do my SR1 boiler, does it matter if any of the mix gets inside? |
Well it could potentially ruin the threads so don't let the threads soak in the vinegar its ok if it touches it though just not soaking for a long period of time.
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yosa
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Thanks MM. I'll have the house stinking of vinegar this very night.
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Mamodman123
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| yosa wrote: | | Thanks MM. I'll have the house stinking of vinegar this very night. |
Sounds good
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erikl
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the final result:
Now I can finily get on with the SE2
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Wallace
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Very nice, love the brass flywheel
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Mamodman123
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| erikl wrote: | the final result:
Now I can finily get on with the SE2 |
WOW! what an engine that is Erik! extremly impressed with the end result of that!
Love the brass flywheel, and the scorching  I bet you were tempted, but don't be! it looks fantastic!
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SPOKESMAN
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| erikl wrote: | the final result:
Now I can finily get on with the SE2 |
Fantastic result erik.!!
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tmuir
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Nice.
There is just something about shiny brass isn't there
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Mamodman123
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| tmuir wrote: | Nice.
There is just something about shiny brass isn't there |
Yes there is Tmuir! very rewarding at the end once you have polished it all up
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MTA
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One of MM's arms must be huge with muscles due to all the polishing he does 
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Mamodman123
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| MTA wrote: | | One of MM's arms must be huge with muscles due to all the polishing he does |
not really MTA, you just have to scrub through the pain barrier then it's plain sailing towards the end
Does ache a bit though..
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MTA
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polishing Polar Bear's dome at Amberley takes it out of you  She's prone to priming, so we always cover the paintwork and dome for the first few runs with a cloth
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Mamodman123
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| MTA wrote: | | polishing Polar Bear's dome at Amberley takes it out of you She's prone to priming, so we always cover the paintwork and dome for the first few runs with a cloth |
You would have to buy a few bottles of brasso for that
The steam dome on my loco's go dull after about 2 mins
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MTA
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My one has turned black, and wont come off  I will give it a good going over this week
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Mamodman123
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| MTA wrote: | | My one has turned black, and wont come off I will give it a good going over this week |
Just be careful you don't start to rub the paint away around the boiler when polishing
How did i know that MTA? I did it on Rosa a while back
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MTA
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Mine unscrews and reveals the steam pipe and spring, whats the Mamod arrangement? Back to Polar Bear's dome, if you have something that big to polish, pour brasso over it, rather than on a rag, and then use the rag to polish it
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erikl
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| Mamodman123 wrote: |
Love the brass flywheel, and the scorching I bet you were tempted, but don't be! it looks fantastic! |
The flywheel indeed turned out nice. It was quite dirty, and looked like it had some kind of gold paint on it, but it came off easily. Great thing is that the flywheels on my bowman have the same thing, so now I know I cam probably gat those nice and shiny too
I'm a bit less happy with that scorching. It was everyday begging me to paint it, but I resisted
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MTA
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I must admit the brass flywheeled engines look nicer polished. I must add one to my miniscule stationary collection (which consists of one!)
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Mamodman123
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| MTA wrote: | | Mine unscrews and reveals the steam pipe and spring, whats the Mamod arrangement? Back to Polar Bear's dome, if you have something that big to polish, pour brasso over it, rather than on a rag, and then use the rag to polish it |
Yes, but I've found the spring to do absolutly nothing and took both off mine!
You had better not repaint that Erik or i'm on the next plane
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MTA
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Mamodman123
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I like a bit of scorching, shows an engine to be original and used
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MTA
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My MM1 doesnt have scorching, just a couple of bare metal patches, that'll do me 
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erikl
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don't worry, It's finished now, no repaint required
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Mamodman123
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| erikl wrote: | | don't worry, It's finished now, no repaint required |
Good! have you got any more plans for engines Erik buying that is? haven't spoken for quite a while
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erikl
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I have no plans for buying engines now (I want to buy a car first now) but I have two engines that need work.
I have that realy rough looking SE3 G&G that needs a lot of work, and I have the bowman m122 that needs a good clean-up, so I got enought to do still.
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MTA
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two big engines to keep you occupied We all have to stop collecting at some point erikl
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Mamodman123
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| erikl wrote: | I have no plans for buying engines now (I want to buy a car first now) but I have two engines that need work.
I have that realy rough looking SE3 G&G that needs a lot of work, and I have the bowman m122 that needs a good clean-up, so I got enought to do still. |
Sounds good Erik! I look forward to seeing them
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erikl
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| MTA wrote: | | two big engines to keep you occupied We all have to stop collecting at some point erikl |
I'm not stopping, just taking a pause in buying new engines
At the moment I'm also looking for a place to rent, to move out of my parents house, so I've quite some things that eat up my money.
But if anything special pops up on ebay... you never know.
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Mamodman123
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| erikl wrote: | | MTA wrote: | | two big engines to keep you occupied We all have to stop collecting at some point erikl |
I'm not stopping, just taking a pause in buying new engines
At the moment I'm also looking for a place to rent, to move out of my parents house, so I've quite some things that eat up my money.
But if anything special pops up on ebay... you never know. |
Understandable Erik good luck with the house hunting
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MTA
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thats good to hear. I know someone at Amberley who is 45 and still lives with his parents There is a tale behind this story, which might be a bit to risque to post on these forums
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erikl
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| MTA wrote: | | thats good to hear. I know someone at Amberley who is 45 and still lives with his parents There is a tale behind this story, which might be a bit to risque to post on these forums |
Well, I hope to find something before I'm that old
Still got 21 years to go than.
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MTA
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good luck with the flat erikl, keep us posted on events
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