Greetings all, I have made progress! After another bout of inactivity, I am once more back in harness and cracking on with the job. I attempted, some time ago now, to effect control of the engine by using Bowden cables, this was not a success, I think due to the bends being too tight. You will see from the photo how cramped everything turned out, as I was trying to keep the servos in the small space beneath the bench seats.
The upshot of all that was, I removed the lot and started again. So, back to a blank canvas, so to speak. This time, I decided to use conventional push rods, with the servos along side the engine. I used Hi Tec medium sized metal geared ones, and they will be hidden under the gin crates. First job then was to plank the deck in, I have used 10mm x 1mm oak for this....
Stripped out ready for take 2....
Planked and ready for servos....
All done..
Testing day, just visible is the steering servo, with the 'second tiller' arrangement, I will take a photo later for those who are interested
There are a couple of leaks to sort out, one in the feedwater line, and one on the main steam pipe, I mush have knocked it when working on the regulator control. Still not used any ply yet, hoping not to have to use any. Finally, a link to a video of the Queen getting het bottom wet for the first time a couple of days ago. Please forgive the watermark, used an on line video editor to make the file smaller for uploading.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBjhvdFmGFI&feature=youtu.be
