JRChad

Hi. re the Connoisseur Model kit. That's the one I'm rebuilding. Looking at your pictures there appears to be an error in the kit illustrations. The exploded diagram with the kit shows the skirt below the footplate with the large lug at the front of the chassis, which is what I've just done. In your pictures and in all of Jim's other illustrations the larger lug is at the back!! ah well third time lucky.

I’ve been stripping and rebuilding a very heavily soldered 0 gauge Jinty model for some time now and thought I might try to add a little more detail to the boiler by making it removable as per the prototype. Looking at a reproduction of drawing 29-11277 in LMS Profiles 14 it appears that the boiler support brackets on the sides of the fire box are marginally wider than the space between the water tanks. This implies that the tanks were removable presumably from within the external casing that extends down the side of the drivers cab. Unfortunately I can’t quite see if this is true from the drawings I have. It seems logical for the tanks to be removable for maintenance but can anyone confirm that this is the case.

Does anyone have a copy of Derby Drg D 30 11675 Frame arrangement. Rebuilt Claughton. I have an old O gauge kit made by College Models which purports to be a Rebuilt Patriot or Jubilee but I think the frames are wrong. They are probably Royal Scott frames which i understand were used on the original Patriot which I have also I read were referred to as the rebuilt Claughtons in the Derby Drawing office. I'd get a copy from York but their site reckons it will take 6 weeks. Frame College.pdf

I recently acquired an old O gauge College kit for a rebuilt Patriot/ Jubilee. Actually the frames are not like the Jubilee so lets say rebuilt Patriot. The kit had been started in that the rivets on the frames have already been punched through the half etch. The resulting rivet heads are very small and will almost certainly disappear when the model is painted. I've tried over-punching with a hand held auto center punch with the frame on a piece of card board, it makes the rivet bigger but distorts the frame. The rivet heads are about 2mm apart. Can anyone suggest a more practical system to make bigger rivet heads. I've seen a rivet embossing machine for about £70 but it looks as if its designed for plate which hasn't been half etched. Any advice would be appreciated.