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  1. The two locos both look really lovely. The elegant simplicity of LNWR 4-4-0s is a really beautiful thing. I've got one of your kits, the LNWR Problem, in the build queue and a lovely kit it looks too.
  2. That looks lovely, always good to see a Raven locomotive being built. How was the fit of the etches? Bryce
  3. This weekend has seen a little bit of progress on the LNWR coach. It now looks like this. I've tried being a bit more proffessional with my photos. Ah, those enlargements are cruel! Seeing as this is only my second coach, I am pretty happy with it. I am awaiting some fibreglass pencil refils, hence the few blobs of solder present. The body is only resting on the underframe and has not had stiffners soldered in yet, reulting in the crack on the left hand side of the picture. I really is a lovely little kit and I would highly recommend it to any builder; the tiny door hinges are very fidilly though! I will certainly be getting more. Thankfully spares are provided ( and for the roof ventilators as well). There is just the interior, roof, wheels, brake rigging, door handles and alarm gear to go. When listed like that, it sounds like quite a lot. After that, i'll be doing more work on the River. The Problem will probably not be started for a little while yet, as I have some more components for it still on order for it. I will be building it as the final Webb rebuild. There are not many 'single' builds on hear, so I'm quite excited to attempt one and document my progress. It is no doubt a complicated kit; the parts are numerous but mercifully the instructions are eqally well detailed.From my inspection it is an extremely high quality kit. Those who who purchase a lot from London Road Models may know that the Sharman Wheel for this locomotive is not currently in stock, however, I think I have a work around solution for this. Watch this space... Bryce
  4. Look what the postman dropped off yesterday.
  5. Hello Jack, Thankyou very much for the compliments. The valve gear was slightly challenging but I actually found the brake gear more fidily. It just took a long time. I used two different melting point solders so that I could prevent already soldered joints welding together, especially if they were close together. Many people choose to rivet the joints without solder, or solder small brass pins, so I guess that my approach is halfway between the two. I used just normal printer paper pushed over the wire or rivet shanks as a washer to prevent solder flowing through. A hot iron held briefly on the joint with a spot of flux seals the deal. Don't use tissue paper as it just burns up with the heat. The good thing about soldering the rivets is that, if done properly, one can file away the back really thin (for clearences) and still have a secure joint. This was must as the RIver's clearences are really tight, even in 00! With forked wire joints I always solder from the front as the solder disguises the wire. I don't solder at the back, I just don't open out that hole as much for a secure fit. The forked rivet joints are soldered in exactly the same way as normal joints. Any unsightly wire or blob of solder can just be snipped or filed away. If you are considering building Walscharts, please go for it! It is so satisfying to build and see flailing about in operation. I was rather intimidated intitially but am very glad I did it! Tony Wright does a much better job of explaining it than me and has experience many orders of magnitude greater than mine. His video, 'Locomotive Kit Building' is on Youtube and contains a whole section on the valve gear. I would highly recommend watching it; it is my go to guide. The valve gear construction starts at 3:30:40. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1DGQsXapFk Bryce
  6. Hello All, This will be a workbench thread detailing some of the kit builds that I get up. Who knows? Some of them might actually get finished! I only started kitbuilding last year, so it is more than likely that mistakes and inaccuracies will occur. That's okay though, it is, after all, a great learning curve and enjoyable to boot. All of my models will be 00 as that is the gauge the local model railway club uses. Expect to see a range of types, but mostly Southern or LNWR (the club is full of Southern modellers and I intend my future layout to be LNWR). I'm only 17, so miracles are not to be expected but any criticism is always welcome. I probably won't update this very frequently as I am busy with my last year of school. At the moment I am working on two kits: a SEF RIver and LRM 4 wheel suburban coach. I don't have many in progress photographs of the River as I started it before I thought about joining the forum. But here is what it looks like at the moment. If you consider building this kit do get your hands on a second hand copy of Modelling Railways Illustrated issues Vol.2 no.8 and Vol.2 no.9, which have a comprehensive build review by Tony Wright. Ever since I read the MORILL article when I was very young, I always wanted to have a go at building it, so it is a bit of a surreal experience. Its really because of Mr Wright's magazine articles and Right Track DVDs that I discovered this great facet of the hobby so I am eternally grateful to him. The chassis is rigid but still incorperates fully working valve gear and all axlebox and ashpan castings. With pickups and 00 frames, this was quite a challenge! It runs well and awaits further body and chassis detailing. Gearbox is a High Level Roadrunner+ with a Mashima motor. It really is a superb kit. The chassis is a work of art and the castings are very decent. The only thing I will be substituting are a pair of Alan Gibson Sprung Buffers. SEF's service is excellent. The coach I started today. The etches and castings are up to LRM's usual high standard. One thing that struck me about it was how small it is. Its less that half the size of a Pullman coach. Sorry about the glarry photos. I will talk a little bit more about the coach in the next few posts. Happy modelling everyone, Bryce
  7. This is fantastic. As a fellow teenager, it's great to see some like minded people of a similar age who also enjoy the genuine modelling aspect of the hobby. Keep doing what you're doing.
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