The Locomotive shop - Dean Goods 2322 part 2
While continuing to work on the loco and tender chassis I have started compling the list of modifications that will have to be made to the body for it to represent 2322. As a reult I have been diggin around for information on the Dean Goods. The first point to note is that there were two different widths of footplate. Before 2450 they were narrow, after 2451 they were wider. Having run a ruler over the martin Finney drawings it looks like there is a scale 3 inch difference between wide and narrow, or put it another way only 0.5mm difference on each side. Whether this is enough to make a difference to me I'll have to have a think....
The first major difference to my eye is the arrnagement of the cylinder covers at the front end.
This is an unusual arrangement and has caused me to post a question about it on the GWR rolling stock: model and prototype thread:
http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/92972-dean-goods-locos/
I will also have to replace the front footplate step:
Replace the curved reverser included in the High level Kit with a scrtahc build version of the earlier straight version.
Also does anyone know what the sloping pipe that can be seen on the boiler side is for?
The chimney will have to be replaced with a parallel sided version.
The smoke box door will also have to be replaced with something that loos like this:
(its not a picture of 2322 but shows the front more clearly than the almost broadside image I have of 2322.)
The pipework cover on the left side of the smoke box will also have to be removed and replaced with a single pipe.
The final possible modification is to the spectacle plate as there were two different versions, one with a much higher top curve than the one on the Mainline/Hornby model
Any info about this higher curved version of the belpaire spectacle plate or more references for pictures of 2322 will be most warmly received!
Anyway this list of mods, some involving quite a bit of work might cause me to look afresh for apre 1914 wide footplate belapired boiler Dean Goods to model - any suggestions for a suitable prototype?
drduncan
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