July, August, September Production photos...

Those cylinder blocks look very nice there Craig hope my name is on one thanks for the photos and updates its well appreciated

last weeks photos...

BU 2nd shaft housings...



showmans rear hubs...





and the rear wheel going together...



showmans hornplates...



SCC boiler barrels...





and bushes...



BU 2inch tow brackets...



and the 6inch foden cylinders on the machine...

That Foden cylinder block looks like it had my name on it Craig.

OK OK, i forgot the photos this weekend. here are a few from last week...

this is the diff lock block for the BU4 2nd shaft housings...



corner fillets for the BU2inch tender kit...



boiler bushes...



4inch foden gear change levers...



reaming holes in the boiler fire box...



boilers on the mill...

Any rough idea on what the next 4.5 foden kit to go out is, seems like forever since we received our boilers

Russ

some photos from last week.

2nch boilers on the CNC...



2inch tender fillet number 2...



2inch diff lock plate...



4inch wheel collars...



elbows from the 6inch foden...

last weeks photos...

roadloco smoke boxes and 2inch boilers...



roadloco chimneys being rolled...



2inch tender beading...



boilers always in production...



6inch foden chimney bases...



and outer bearing cap...



4inch foden diff sprocket...



more rear wheels...

When can we expect the next kit for the first batch 6" Fodens?

Its when I see pics like this.........



...........that I and I'm sure others forget actually how many kits are actually in production at any one time

Its all to easy to think its just the few folks on here we see building stuff, when in reality for every say 5 builders on the forum we watch there could be 35 or more building we never hear about.

Hi Craig, any news whats been happening int he STW production

OK, sorry for the delay. here are the last pics for this quarter. next week i'll be starting the october to december thread !!!.

work is still going on with the SCC cylinder blocks...





and two kits were completed on the 2inch burrel, the tender and the steering...



6inch foden chimney bases are 90% done...



and the 4inch foden smoke boxes are turned...



the showmans diff kit went out yesterday...





the bevel gears...



test fitting...



and the 4inch burrel horn-plate kit is due out tomorrow...





also 100's of boiler wash-out plugs...



and blow-down bodies...

just to clarify... current kit priority's include the 4inch foden kit 24 (cab sides etc).

we "are" working on this and info and photos will appear in the "new" oct,nov,dec thread so they will all be in one place

Please can we have an update on the first batch 6" Foden? We've only had 3 kits this year and thankfully we are in steam, ours is out on the Bedford Road Run this weekend

I'd just like to know if we are likely to get finished this year or if first quarter 2016 is more likely?

That cylinder block on the vertical mill, is that one of the latest batch for the 4" DCC by any chance? It doesn't look like a SCC.

I should say that cylinder block is a 6" Foden compound cylinder block being machined, not a SCC!!

Regards,
Tony

I would say you are spot on Tony, that looks very much like a 6" Foden cylinder block.

Hi All,

We are frantically working on the 4.5" Foden kit 24 currently. This is being followed (and being worked along side with when machines etc become available) by the Foden 6" Kit 29.

Last month we managed to satisfy all customers bar these two sets of builders so focus is getting both these kits out as soon is physically possible.

We are hoping to get the Kit 24 out this week and have broken the back of a lot of it but there looks to be a problem with the laser cut cab sides. I will update further once we know more.

The Kit 29 of the 6" Foden is a lot of fabrication and likely to be 7-10 days away. Again as we get through the majority i will update further as it will be easier to give a more accurate date as we get through the parts.

Dean

yes, that is a 6inch foden cylinder block. my mistake