DougT
Western Thunderer
Hi Doug, hopefully Heather won't mind me jumping in. I built a pair of these brass bogies in 2013. There were the third brass thingy I'd ever done and followed a Connoisseur NE Toad brake van (skill builder) and a WEP clay wagon.
From that novice level....
Thanks Chris - much appreciate the depth of the advice, really useful.
I think Chris covered it pretty well. My first pair took me nearly a week on and off! They do look the part, but quite what advantage they have compared to the plastic versions I couldn't really comment on.
If you wind back to the first page of this thread, you’ll see my progress on them.
Thanks Heather. It’s from reading through the whole thread that I thought to ask the question, they do look fiddly and time consuming, but they also look very nice when built and as you say much better than the plastic variant.
I guess it’s a case of take it slowly, use brain and enthusiasm in equal measure and stop when not sure. As you can see, compared to my one and only exploration of the world of brass kits they are somewhat of a step up.
As I think you may have mentioned, it’s the journey...
...and diversion over (thanks for the indulgence), back to build.
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