RSS Fetcher Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 I sat and counted today, that I have made twenty four 4mm loco kits and including this project eight 7mm loco kits over a 40 year modelling journey. Only a Gibson 4mm loco kit that I never made was supplied with a turned brass boiler until this Slaters kit......... what a heavy beast !!!! The instructions suggested using Araldite to make up the smoke box around this beast of a piece of brass, but I set out to use solder. I marked out some reference points on the smoke box front and boiler top, then riveted the smokebox wrapper. This needed plenty of heat, so out with the flame thrower. I used solder paste, but it was`nt man enough in the solder or flux content to make a bond. So.................... Plan B was to use a seperate flux and my favourite low melt solder........... This has worked very well...... To make things easier I annealed the smokebox wrapper which made a much better fit around the boiler... I was then able to proceed and finish the soldering with an 80watt iron. Attached thumbnail(s) View the full article Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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