OK_WB - North British 225hp 0-4-0DH

Are we allowed to know what the kit is of? I'm guessing 03 or 04 diesel shunter? As you say, it does look a well laid out kit. Good luck with it.

Are we allowed to know what the kit is of? I'm guessing 03 or 04 diesel shunter? As you say, it does look a well laid out kit. Good luck with it.

Its a Judith Edge from the look of it so i'd think it was something more esoteric than that. Someone at the Manchester club bought an outside framed loco without rods off them as his first kit on the weekend (comes with a BullAnt for drive). He's making a nice job of it so far although the buffer beam laminations look interesting.

 

There were a few butt joints in his kit where I would expect folds or tab and slot (things fitting to the footplate for example) but it did have some nice photos in his instructions.

 

Hope you enjoy the build Kenton.

Someone at the Manchester club bought an outside framed loco without rods off them as his first kit on the weekend (comes with a BullAnt for drive). He's making a nice job of it so far although the buffer beam laminations look interesting.

 

There were a few butt joints in his kit where I would expect folds or tab and slot (things fitting to the footplate for example) but it did have some nice photos in his instructions.

 

I may have been at the table when he first asked about it. I felt like discouraging him by giving him a warning when he said it was his first kit. As much as I love these kits from Judith Edge - I maintain they are not for the beginner and your teeth should be cut on a more typical construction - preferably a cheap wagon you can afford to experiment on and ultimately bin or glory.

 

Nearly all - all that I have done - come with the same design principles: loads of overlays - (there are as many as 5 for one part in this kit); not a slot or tab insight (very few folded lips and nearly all butt soldered joins); invariably some bendy bits that get you in contortions and possibly the biggest problem tend to remain very flexible and remain so until almost the build is complete. On the positive side they do tend to go together from the etch without a degree in metalwork.