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I see your store is back online. Order will be placed in the next 2 days thanks

I’m just wondering if a kit for this van exists. Ratio should have developed it, seems like it would have went nicely with their standard GWR van and mogo van. The old Bachmann/Dapol/Mainline version is no good, it’s 18’ over headstocks (too long) and too wide. I tried putting the van body on an etched underframe and it looked bad

Much appreciated. When everything’s back up and running I’ll place order. I’m still undecided about the sheet of subframes, I don’t know if I can afford to spend all that right now but I will let you know. As for the GCR axleboxes I will try to place an order on shapeways.

Ok I needed a Highland railway mineral wagon (the one with the cupboard doors). Also needed a pack of these GCR oil axlebox springs (photo attached). I wanted to know if you make GNR oil axlebox springs and SECR oil axlebox springs (the ones meant for the Cambrian wagon kits) Do you have a catalog of all the axleboxes you sell? Thanks

Roger that. Ill keep a look out til it’s back up

Hey sorry I just saw this post, I haven’t logged in in a while . Also the Mousa models website seems to be down for quite a while now (there are a couple wagon kits i was interested in purchasing as well). I will email you ASAP

The Mousa models website has been down for a while and don’t know how to contact them. This subframe used to come included with most of their 9’wb LNWR wagon kits, but recently they stopped and the kits now come with a printed underframe. Does anyone know the email address of whoever runs that store? I am in need of more of these subframes. Here is a picture

That’s a shame, I really wish when a company goes out of business that they would pass on or sell their moulds/etches to another company. The GWR tool vans aren’t available anywhere else, along with many other of their kits. Same thing happened with ABS and David Geen

Is falcon brassworks still in business ? I need a few GWR 4 and 6 wheel tool vans. The website looks for the most part operating, but didn’t get an reply when I emailed them…

I never had any luck with low-melt solder. When I build whitemetal kits, I will usually use solder to tack parts together, then finish off with super glue

In case anyone is interested, I sort of fixed the situation and ended with a satisfactory result... I tweaked the tin and lead ratios, and added a little bismuth. The ratio I ended with is 55% tin, 42% lead, 3% bismuth. The metal is a rich silvery white that really picks up the tiny details.

So I’ve been casting my own scenic items / accessories, I make my own moulds with Mold Max 60. The metal alloy that I’ve been casting with is pewter, being 97% tin + 3% bismuth. This alloy does not have the white metal look and feel to it, it’s much shinier. So I had an XRF test done on a piece of white metal from a Wizard Models wagon kit (my favorite quality white metal) to see what exactly it’s made of, the results show 66.7% lead + 33.3% tin. I was excited to see how basic the alloy was. It’s basically 2 parts lead to 1 part tin. I have plenty of lead fishing sinkers. I melted them down, and mixed 2 pounds of them with 1 pound of tin. After pouring the mixed alloy into the moulds, the end result is not what I expected. It still doesn’t have that white metal look and feel to it. It’s more of a shiny grey than a matte white. Am i doing something wrong? Is there more to alloying than simply mixing the correct ratios of elements together in a furnace?

Ok so I found a supplier. There are 3 types available... 98% tin, 1.5% bismuth, 0.5% copper 92% tin, 8% antimony 92% tin, 7.75% antimony, 0.25% copper Im thinking I should go with the first one

I want to cast some scenic items and platform accessories. A friend of mine made the rubber molds for me but I have a question about the metal itself. I have a 1 lb. ingot of what I thought was white metal, but after casting the items this metal looks way too shiny to be white metal, and it didn’t pick up the tiny details as well as the scrap white metal pieces from various oo scale kits that I used the first time, although the ingot did melt at the same low temperature. After my buddy examined it, he told me that the ingot I have was “pewter”. So to my question. Can someone tell me either a good source for actual white metal, or the element composition ratios ? P.S. my friend doesn’t know. While he is skilled in making rubber molds, he doesn’t work with white metal.

Mainly Trains fret #MT-230 is an excellent item. Normally when I build plastic kits I cut off the w-irons and use sprung or rocking ones, but for this kit I felt like just leaving the original ones. This is Parkside kit PC42. Added full LMS clasp brakes and other cast bits from 51L. Transfers are modelmaster. I think these vans were all bauxite, but looks good in maroon. 1 little issue I had, I burnt one of the w-irons with the soldering iron, as you can see in the photo.