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I had the same problems with Gibson wheels, so I made a set of axles slightly under size to use while the loco was under construction then on final assembly the correct axles are installed- makes life much easier. Wonky crank pins can be avoided by using a screw guide when screwing in the crankpins- a thick piece of brass with a drilled clearance hole for the screw to be held perpendicular on the back of the wheel while installing. Drill the hole at the edge of the brass piece if the wheel has a rear boss so it sits flat on the wheel back. Eoin

One of the tricks with soldering white metal is to use phosphoric/water flux, douse the area to be soldered with the flux, load the iron with 70deg solder and just stick the iron tip into the flux and in a millisecond when the heat gets into the metal the solder will flood the join. No touching the metal just the flux.... Eoin

A good starter, it is white metal, slightly different process- 70 deg lead solder and one has to be careful with the iron as the white metal can disappear on you! I suggest you buy his brass etch telephone box at the same time, that would start you off on etch brass also You need to contact Des by email to order I saw you note above about the cost of the books, I took a look and Iain Rice's books are available for around £22.00 on ABS books or Amazon- buy one at a time...... Eoin

This may also be helpful;-

As Galteemore suggests a less complex etched kit is a better starting point for first time around. Some reference books on kit building would be helpful, a bit of study before you start;- 'Etched Loco Construction' by Iain Rice, Wild Swan Publications ISBN 090686786X 'Locomotive Kit Chassis Construction in 4mm' by Iain Rice, WSP, ISBN 1874103100 'The 4mm Engine A Scratchbuilder's Guide' by Guy Williams, WSP, ISBN 0906867703 'Scratch-Building Model Railway Locomotives' By Simon Bolton, Crowood Press Ltd to name a few good ones I've included scratch building in the list as this knowledge is immensely helpful when working on kits. Eoin

The March Fair Date;-

I have repaired several clockwork locos for a client, mainly replacing broken springs- a lot of work and not for the faint-hearted, the spring packs some punch if it gets free while dissembling the mechanism! Eoin

There are a few beautiful engineer sectional renderings of a sister loco, the boiler, Uniflow engine section, and text description in this book;- Eoin

Be careful of using double sided tape- with some brands or most the glue drys out over time with the lamination coming free. PVA or paper glues would be a far better deal. The edges can be covered with printed corner trims to walls and openings, with fascia & barge trims to the roofs I agree with Darius43 about 'flat' corrugated roofs. Take a look at Kevin Sweeney's thread for his building builds! Eoin Cutting edge stuff

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The WW Kit provides outer frames in the etches, but does not include frames for a chassis. Most builders, but not all, use a 'spud' or Blackbeetle motor bogies for power so all that is needed is a cross support to mount the bogie off....... Eoin

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Hi Kevin, There is a 'Resource' section in Resources, maybe set it up in there? or In Home Resources RTR Models Buildings Eoin

No, no, don't be putting pictures of him up! please Eoin

A link to Ken's Class 800 drawings;-

With recent requests for Class 800 drawings I post below KMCE's scanned drawings in pdf format. It was Ken's intention to complete out a general arrangement set of drawings and make them available to fellow modellers, sadly time ran out for him, but with these drawings he will be remembered. scan751 front.pdfscan752 Side Cab.pdfscan753 Side Valves.pdfscan754 Side Front.pdfscan755 Third Cylinder Section.pdfscan756 Third Cylinder Valve Section.pdfscan757 Boiler Tubes.pdf Eoin

This was my go at the Worsley Works laminate etches, though a few of my own bits were added! Eoin

The Fair's Feb date;-

Yes thats correct, and as you can see that .4 of a mm makes all the difference Eoin

OO is 1:76 so your scale factor from 1:1 is .0131 Eoin

One could go off script and use an elephant instead, it's trunk would be just as handy as the dino's tail....... Eoin

Hi Kevin, Yes booked beforehand, is it just stuff you are selling once-off or ongoing? Send me a pm about want you want to do and we will confirm back. Eoin