Kit 24 - GovernorModelWorks 4 inch Scale Burrell
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Thursday: When I went to City Link I was presented with a very small package. I suppose I shouldn't complain - the boiler when it arrives will more than make up. The kit has a lot of brass parts and it would be tempting to polish them. Looking through my picture collection I notice that most of the governor is usually painted black with perhaps some red.
 Saturday: Yesterday
I was surprised to receive a jiffy bag. Inside there was a a
plastic bag marked BU42426 but no paper work. I conclude that had
I checked the contents of kit 24 I would have discovered that BU42426
was missing. This prompted me to carefully check the
contents. I discovered an anomaly in that the fastener for the
governor worm wheel is listed as 2 off m3 x 6 socket grub. One was
packed with the wheel and the other was in a bag with the other
grubs. To cap it all, the wheel only needs one grub!
I decided to dry assemble the whole governor. This was relatively straight forward through I did encounter one or two minor snags. The grub screws for the Horizontal bevel (BU42402) are a bit long and foul the governor base casting. I have not decided whether I will shorten the grubs, file the casting or "dimple" the shaft. I will do what ever takes my fancy on final assembly. I found that when I screwed in the oiler it locked the pulley shaft. The threaded portion of the oiler screw is too long and needs to be shortened. A simple job for the lathe though I am sure the excess could be removed with a file. Finally the instructions call for two grub screws in the pulley while the parts list only list one.
Sunday one week on: I have now primed and painted the governor
parts and am waiting for the paint to set nice and hard. I Wednesday 24th: I finally assembled the painted governor today. I found that the bevel gear on the pulley shaft was to far away from the other to run smoothly. Following a tip from Dave I inserted a washer between the gear and the governor casing. I was unable to shift "Chucking" marks on the gland, main shaft & worm gear and will have to live with them. It is most annoying on the worm gear as the profile of the worm has be spoilt causing it to grate on the gear. Now that it is finished I am not sure I called the painting
correctly I will see what I think in a few months and may
strip what I don't like.
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I
noticed in the picture above that the cylinder name plate is not
painted, strange I though as on many model it is painted. On a
scan through my full size pictures I found it hard to find an example
where it is painted. Here is another example this time from 5nhp
Burrell "JACK" TD264 which is very similar to the the plate
supplied by ModelWorks. Modelworks have numbered our engine
1856. 
I cannot find this number in the traction engine register (ie
not in perseveration in UK) but I can see that the number dates from
around 1895. Does anyone know anything of Burrell 1856?
I will disassemble the governor ready for painting -
Some of the brass will be black!
shall have to be careful that I do not scratch the paint when it
comes to fit the lower ring since it has to be pushed up over the
springs.