Adam's part-time modelling

I've got one of these kits in the cupboard , though I can't recall whether it is fitted or unfitted . Anyway at least this reassures me there are no horrors lurking . I've never done a whitemetal wagon kit , though I've done quite a few plastic ones

It certainly fits together very well, without too much cleaning up. This is true of most of Adrian's kits though (the Rectank frames were a bit of a fiddle I remember, but the bogies were very easy). You can use epoxy for the main assembly I wouldn't personally: this one has all the metal parts soldered. You can adjust the square-ness of the soldered basic wagon with a gentle bit of twisting and use a thick plastic floor epoxied in(this has two laminates of 40 thou' with a layer of planking in 15 thou' on top), to hold it square.

 

I'll see if I can't take an overhead photo of the underframe tonight.

 

HTH

 

Adam

Looks great! The end mods/ brake wiring will certainly set it out as something a little more keenly observed than an 'average' model.

 

A big improvement to any ABS whitemetal kit would be to replace the brake lever guide with an etched item.

 

Will

Thanks! The lever is, I think, a judgement call. These short LNER levers are reasonably unobtrusive and are neat enough to get away with I think. In the context of the large EM tailchaser my stock will appear on (next exhibition at Yeovilton in June 2010) it isn't too obtrusive on this model - you see the shape more that the finesse that isn't there I think. Quite apart from anything else however, I didn't have a suitable brass lever/guide in stock...

 

Adam