Dikitriki
Flying Squad
Hi
Time for a laugh (2).
I now have a kit for the loco body
I only lost 4 pieces - the whitemetal sandbox shields/filler covers, but those may be better scratchbuilt from brass anyway. I managed to get the smokebox front/door off, but I may scratchbuild a new front from brass and retain the door. The front is a bit thick in whitemetal. The circular boiler ends I have already put in the lathe to true up and I hope to build the boiler this afternoon.
The one downside in disassembling this was the flux that had originally been used. It must have been a paste of some sort because it left vast amounts of sticky brown goo everywhere. Horrible stuff.
Onwards and upwards.
Richard
Time for a laugh (2).
I now have a kit for the loco body
I only lost 4 pieces - the whitemetal sandbox shields/filler covers, but those may be better scratchbuilt from brass anyway. I managed to get the smokebox front/door off, but I may scratchbuild a new front from brass and retain the door. The front is a bit thick in whitemetal. The circular boiler ends I have already put in the lathe to true up and I hope to build the boiler this afternoon.
The one downside in disassembling this was the flux that had originally been used. It must have been a paste of some sort because it left vast amounts of sticky brown goo everywhere. Horrible stuff.
Onwards and upwards.
Richard