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| willsy |
te1ajust recieved my te1a today just wonering if anyone can tell me how the hubs come off also to strip this down do i have to remove the rivets? |
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| Mamodman123 |
You pull them off, quite tricky. I'd say they break once in about 5 
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| 8_10 Brass Cleaner |
My success rate is a little better, not broken one yet method, 4th post down http://modelsteam.myfreeforum.org/ftopic9210-0-asc-15.php |
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| Mamodman123 |
Good tip there!
I've not had one break for a while, but they can do, so be careful! |
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| willsy |
cool cheers for the tip will give it ago but what about taking the rest of it apart | ||
| Mamodman123 |
Flywheel should be a tight fit or screwed. You can unscrew the front wheels be turning them... that's about as far as you can go
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| willsy |
how about th fire box as is badly rusted | ||
| Mamodman123 |
Fancy drilling rivets?
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| willsy |
is that the only way?
and are they easy to replace? would it work if i masked off the area and painted it black? |
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| Mamodman123 |
Yes, yes and probably another yes
I wouldn't drill the rivets though, not worth it |
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| willsy |
will make sure it runs later and then tomorrow as have day off will have a go at masking and spraying | ||
| Les Marsh |
Good luck. 
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| Mamodman123 |
Should run 
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| willsy |
think will need fair bit of oil fist though | ||
| willsy |
fired it and runs very wel except has a leak from the pipe that is joined to the boiler | ||
| willsy |
here are some pics and as you can see will need a bit of work
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| Nick |
It does need a good cleanup, but I'm sure it will look great in the end. | ||
| Les Marsh |
Easily fixed. 
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| Les Marsh |
I have seen worse, so will look nice when it's finished. 
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| willsy |
got all the paint off today with help from some nitro mors hopefully at the weekend will be able to paint it all up again | ||
| Nick |
Any pictures? | ||
| willsy |
me phone has died so hopefully pics tomorrow | ||
| Les Marsh |
Where do you bury a dead phone???
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| TRAPPERKEEPER |
Looks like a great project, I like to see TE1a's taken care of
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| shaygetz |
Gotta admit, it kinda looks cool all gormed up like that...looks like a well loved machine. 
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| Manxman |
A good solid toy engine. Bit of a clean and re-paint. I'm looking forward to the pics. Going to be very nice.
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| willsy |
when it comes to painting should i try and match the paint colours or does the colour scheme not matter to much | ||
| Nick |
It's a common engine, so it doesn't matter much at all. | ||
| Les Marsh |
It's your choice at the end of the day. You just have to look at what people have been doing to them. | ||
| Nick |
What are you doing about the rusty chrome? | ||
| willsy |
rusty chrome gonna be painted black after it has been treated other colours for the rngine are burgandy and gold bits | ||
| Nick |
Flat black would look great on there. 
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| Les Marsh |
Sounds good. 
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| willsy |
i would prefer flat black to gloss black | ||
| Nick |
Check out the firebox on John Reid's roller: http://www.freewebs.com/johnreid/wilesco.htm |
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| willsy |
how my now paint less te1 looks so far
tomorrow will treat the rust on the fire box and prep for painting |
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| shaygetz |
I look forward to seeing what you'll come up with. I'd like to get one in similar shape to paint a matte black with yellow wheels...or maybe green wheels...the red does look sharp though...guess I'll climb that hill when I get there.
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| willsy |
dumb question i know but what paint should be used as tried using plasti-kote enamel on the boiler and engine frame and it didnt take. but fire box all went well used bbq paint | ||
| James |
Wow! We've got exactly the same dog pen as in your picture! One slight difference, we've got a lamb in ours 
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| Les Marsh |
When painting bare metal, you should use an etch primer first. |
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| willsy |
gonna sound really thick now but what is an etch primer | ||
| Les Marsh |
It's a metal primer, use it before putting your paint on. |
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| willsy |
taken some time but main body now painted left boiler and engine mount brass as like shiney bits and rest done in flat black will post some pics later if i can | ||
| willsy |
finally found cable for my phone this is it so far
still have flywheel, wheels and scuttle to do but its getting there slowly |
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| Les Marsh |
Nothing wrong with that.
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| bessytractor |
not looking bad at all! | ||
| Nick |
I think I like the brass look better. | ||
| willsy |
hopefully post some pics later on just bout finished the wheels and flywheel soon will be able to put it back together again
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| willsy |
here it is as it stands, still needs new hubs wheels still need finishing off might put tyres on but not sure yet and needs damn good polish.
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| willsy |
finally got me new hubs today but how do i fit them, do i just tap um on | ||
| bessytractor |
pretty much, they are just a tight fit on the axle. Make sure they are square when you tap them on. |