Well, after 10 years sitting in it's box, I finally got my Wagon & Carriage Works O gauge 25 out & made a start. This is a white metal & brass kit & I am a newcomer to kits like these. Well, not quite-I made a oo gauge Hughes Dreadnought 4-6-0 for my dad, but I glued that. I intend to use low melting point solder here.

Here is the complete kit spread out:-

I started, as the instructions suggest, on the bogies. For starters, the bogie frames aren't very square, & needed a bit of bending. Then there is quite a lot of filing required to remove flash & burrs, as can be seen below:-

That's as far as I have got. I don't know how much time I will be able to devote to this, so progress may be slow. Anyone got any experience with these kits?

cheers N