The Heybridge Railway, 1889 to 1913

[James Spooner]

That’s looking lovely Richard, but the real thing might work better if there was a flue up the chimney to enable the steam and gases to escape. Maybe drill a hole a little way up each part of the chimney to give the right effect?

Nigel

 

[RichardG]

. . . a flue up the chimney . . .

The lack of a flue has come from me changing my mind partway through. I mean, the original idea was to cover the base of the chimney with a tarpaulin, and then I decided to include the hinge to fill a gap so the chimney appeared to be attached to the loco.

I can put a wooden bung over the smokebox part, but I think I will have to go for some very matt black paint on the chimney part. If I drill out the steel pin holding this together, I fear it will drop to pieces.