Blimey, that does look fiddly. End result looks good though. What's the origin of the repeater? Is it a kit?

Blimey, that does look fiddly. End result looks good though. What's the origin of the repeater? Is it a kit?

Nope, not a kit, just lots of bits of scrap etch and few millimeters of K&S brass tube. Mind you it would be nice is someone did a lost wax casting for the head or perhaps it lends itself to 3D printing.

David

There is a pivot pin on the back of the casing and the rotating arm has a short length of tube which goes over the pin. Attached to the rear of the arm is an L shaped bit of brass with a hole in it. The rod which looks like the arm support is actually two pieces, the top bit is just cosmetic but the bottom bit is cranked around the pivot point and pokes through the little bit of L shape brass. You can probably make out the crank on the wire on the horizontal shot about, you can also see the marks of the solder where the little bit of brass is soldered on to the arm.

Hope that makes sense. I'll try and post a diagram if it isn't.

I haven't any experience of the MSE version, but if it follows the example of some of their ground disks it is probably perfect for S scale (by which I mean some of them are a little over scale IMHO)

David