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Further to our discussion of the RDEB Van, the instructions suggest soldering in the coach side sections and then rolling it to the tumblehome shape. I found this extremely difficult, and think the MJT instructions to roll the side to the tumble home first, roll the side sections to suit and then assemble to be far easier.
Also, I am using Markits LNER buffers-an excellent product, in my opinion.
Good Luck with the build.
John
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Hi John,
I've been assembling the panels on flat and then rolling the turnunder - primarily becuase I wouldn't trust myself to do the panels and the main parts with matching curvature. It's not easy to do (I wonder if perhaps annealing them before fitting the panels may assist?) but doable - I use a mouse mat and a heavy stainless bar.
The only issue I have with the Markits buffers is a lack of representation of the mounting bolts. I'm only using them on coaches that will be adjacent to a loco - for ones within rakes I'm using the retracted cast MJT ones.
Richard
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