5" Britannia - Jame Perrier drawings

Hi Bill/David

Started building mine many years ago (late 70`s) reached the frames assembled (main) - Tender frames cut then after moving to Cornwall they were attacked by rust - so they were stripped down and treated. Now the Good News have moved back to East Sussex and am looking to get started again - so it`s time to create another workshop and look to getting on with building again - will keep a weather eye out for you both and back to studying JP`s plans. I wish you both well and every success - I remember from the late 70s when studying them how some assemblies/part(s) were spread over many sheets.

Doug

Hello Bill and David. I'm in the same position with the Brit. I live in Chesterfield and got all of my bits from Norm but the plans do leave a lot to be desired. I posted a thread last year asking if any builder had a listing of the plan errors to save me dropping down a black hole and the best advice was to do as some other great model engineer did and check them all with CAD. Brilliant when you have the equipment and the ability but I do not. I've not machined my gunmetal cylinders yet but having looked at them recently I get a horrible feeling that the steam port cores were misplaced when the moulding boxes were rammed. This is going to cause large holes to appear at each end of the cylinders when they are bored. Oh dear! Might have to overbore and fit liners cos I've seen the current price of these items. Knowing Norm he would turn in his grave. My greatest fear was rivetting together assemblies and then finding I have to strip something down cos I should have done section Y before fitting section M and then trying to get part Z in place, if you see what I mean. However, I'm also a believer in learning by mistakes and these are some of the lessons which I dont forget. If anyone offers to share advice with me I shall then share it with you and that way we may get a few Britannias under steam before we croak! Just remember that working this stuff out stops your brain setting like concrete and that you're not alone in this, the King of hobbies!

Regards

Rick