... Experience to date suggests that's unlikely. Most of the mega kit range has been unavailable for some time, but nobody has come forward to fill the gaps...
... Hello John, if I have got your idea right, you solder a bush with a 10BA clearance hole into the coupling rod then screw down a tapped bush with clearance...
... I think that is a very valid point indeed. Relative demand for O gauge kits has always been low and it amazes me that there is the choice on the market...
I suppose my comments could be seen as contradictory, and they were on the basis that I've never scratch built a complete loco, so would probably have...
Thanks John Yes, use it on 5" and other jobs but never considered using it on O gauge. Also the early LSWR locos did not have outside valve gear so no return ...
Hi David, A very valid point. The trouble with the ---- I'll be polite and refer to them merely as knockers, is that they do not understand history or ...
Richard, Thanks for your suggestions. I've tried asking Slaters for the BR transfers instead of the SR ones included in the kit but without success. All the...
I'm interested to know the preferred process by group members when there is a need to bend brass, in bending bars, but where rivets have been impressed. Using...
Peter Robert Kosmider's on this group so hopefully he'll pick up your enquiry. For those of you with Sky or cable there looks to be an interesting programme on...
Brian Are you bending items that do not have a half etch bend line? This is not something I have experienced. The nearest being rolling a boiler or smokebox...
... I agree with you about design Jim. When I finished my first real design (a simple electromechanical fluid meter for a Russian molasses plant) in 1965 I had...
Christopher Personally I would flatten it to form the rivets and then re form it. However if it has a tight tuck under then that poses a problem. I have made a...
Chris. You can often get the anvil inside with some clever clamping, but that makes the rivets in reverse. I've seen a suggestion, in a book from the 1950's of...
... My OO Mallard Models 517 had its rivets in reverse, and to be honest at normal viewing distance you didn't notice it. But this might be more obvious in...
Thanks Bob. Yes, the item has half etched bend lines. But I'll try your cardboard trick - I have loads of it waiting for me to discover a use. (Just...
Chris, Yes, I've done Welsh narrow gauge gunpowder vans and laid each individual plate. Aluminium pie tin, the turkey stuff is too thick, don't rivet the under...
... I can get very thin brass sheet locally. I've used it for boiler bands. It's very soft but if the rivets fill with epoxy as you say that shouldn't matter....
... I'm sorry to hear that. If you are collecting condolences, can you give those he leaves behind my heartfelt sympath for the loss of their loved one?...
When it comes to rivetting smokeboxes and other curvy things I always roll the item first and then rivet from the inside out. It was a long time ago when I was...
I was actually thinking at a more basic level, that of setting out the key dimensions, at least, on paper before starting on the artwork design. With CAD...
Hi All, 1. I notice that, in the heat of debate, folks in the rush to post replies are not trimming the 'tails' off earlier messages. This makes the thread,...
Chris, Forgot to say, emboss first then cut out on hardboard. If you emboss near the edge it distorts, if you use a cutting mat the edges bend as you cut. ...
Thanks for posting the link. The photos were taken by H.F.Wheeler aboard Metro No.3591 (a condensing loco) on 9 May 1932,at Old Oak Common. These photos...
Hi Rod, For goodness sake move into the real world, no-one with the engineering expertise and training you list would even consider for one moment designing a...
