On the Mainline Royal Scot repair I detailed in previous entry, it was necessary to fix the valve gear support bracket from one loco onto the other. It is held in place by 2 small pins, however one was broken off. The plastic is quite soft and a bit soapy. I used a new glue I'd just got, which worked very well with that material.
It's actually a liquid plastic welding compound which sets when exposed to ultra violet light. There are various makes of this now which seems a very new
More lockdown, here we go again!
Back in June I dug out 2 old Mainline Royal Scot locos that I'd acquired years ago as part of a barter of various bits and pieces with a friend. He had a lot of equipment from his wife's late uncle who had a shed layout, and had the remains of my n gauge bits in exchange. Both locos were in bad condition, one had valve gear damage one side, the other didn't run at all. In my attempt at getting at least one to run again, last June I stri
