And so begins another entry in the Peco/Branchlines Talyllyn saga.
At the end of my last blog post I was struggling with the chassis. Having got the basic box and (finally!) got the axles to fit through the bearings, I put the kit aside as work and uni took over my life. A week off work sick, however, meant that I suddenly had rather more "free" time, so out came the kits and I thought I'd have another look. Right, so I've got the axles smoothly in one set of bearings, I think. Time to test
So, having sat down and opened the box, I checked to make sure all the parts were there. Easy enough in the Peco kit - the exploded diagram and parts list corresponded to all those big grey lumps of metal. Having a basic knowledge of steam locos, I had no trouble here. The Branchlines chassis kit was rather more fun. The parts list in the instructions included such joys as "Etched nickel silver fret of most parts (1)". In fairness, everything else is listed fairly clearly and has been packed int
Hi, all. After several years learning the basics (building plastic scenery kits, then moving on to plastic wagons etc...) I've decided I want to actually start on building a loco kit. I know that a lot of people would recommend going for a simple kit first, maybe a wagon or something static, but I reckon I've got the basics of soldering down, and after years of building Kitmaster/Airfix/Dapol loco kits wanted to build something that might eventually move by itself.
I came up with a couple of
