RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted March 29, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 29, 2018 I do have a couple of RSUs in the attic, but I can't remember ever using them. Because they are buried under a pile of Portescaps? Mike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 Because they are buried under a pile of Portescaps?. Change the record. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porcy Mane Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 Click... Click... Click... Click... Click... Click... Click... Click... Click... Click... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisf Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 Looks legit from here. I do have a couple of RSUs in the attic, but I can't remember ever using them. It's easier having the Antex 25w to hand anyway. When I bought my RSU it cost me £150, which will indicate how long ago it was! I wanted to see just what it could do having paid all that money for it, and made some mistakes which is how we learn. The 25w Antex will do most things, as will the RSU, but there are some tasks for which the Antex is better suited - tinning, seaming - and some for which the RSU is ideal - adding fine detail, getting in and out quickly with localised heat. Some have dispensed with the conventional iron altogether. One such is Raymond Walley, a 7mm practitioner whose website is well worth studying. For what it's worth, my preferred standpoint is to make the RSU the first choice unless there is a compelling reason for using the Antex. Ivan, get those RSUs out of the attic unless that is where you do your modelling! Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium macgeordie Posted March 30, 2018 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted March 30, 2018 You have made a nice job of fitting the rainstrips with the ordinary soldering iron Geoff. It is much easier with the RSU, it takes about 5 minutes tops to fit them all when you use it. There is also the option of using 0.45mm wire which is also described in the instructions, this takes a bit longer though but once finished doesn't look too bad. The photo of the painted model on the first page of this thread has rain strips made from wire and there are holes in the roof at the correct positions to allow you do this accurately. Just to keep you all up to speed, I have ordered the first test etch of the diagram O.33 version and should get it in a couple of weeks. I have added sufficient parts to the etch to allow either the Dean Churchward or the 'long brake handle' version to be built as well as some half etched holes on the inside of the roof to allow for the diagram O.59 version to be built from this kit. Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hymek17 Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 I've attached a few photo's and detail shots from the South Devon Railway. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hymek17 Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 I've attached a few photo's and detail shots from the Gloucester And Warwickshire Steam Railway. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timbowilts Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 Very interesting. The SDR one, that is to a later diagram than the GWR one, has 7’ bogies? Tim T Modelling Cwm Cynon in EM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hymek17 Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 A couple more. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hymek17 Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 Last couple - I hope they are useful? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hymek17 Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 Very interesting. The SDR one, that is to a later diagram than the GWR one, has 7’ bogies? Tim T Modelling Cwm Cynon in EM Probably not the originals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penrhos1920 Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 A couple more. Fitted with Pullman gangway adapter for working with Mk1s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Brinkly Posted January 20, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 20, 2019 Hi Ian, Your work is cracking. If you are still planning to market them, I'd be very interested in purchasing a kit (or two!). Kind regards, Nick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium macgeordie Posted January 20, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted January 20, 2019 Thanks for posting the photos Pete, I wish I had seen them while I was doing the research, it would have made life a lot easier. Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium MJI Posted January 20, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 20, 2019 Fitted with Pullman gangway adapter for working with Mk1s. Usually a BSK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hymek17 Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 Thanks for posting the photos Pete, I wish I had seen them while I was doing the research, it would have made life a lot easier. Ian I wish I'd known you were going to do one earlier!! :-)) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium macgeordie Posted January 21, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted January 21, 2019 I wish I'd known you were going to do one earlier!! :-)) Any chance you could stick em all on a cd and post it to me? I tried to download one of the photos and I couldn't get it to work. Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hymek17 Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 No problem, I take it your address is in the parcel? Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Iain.d Posted February 18 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 18 (edited) Having just completed one of these, I thought I’d show a summary of the build, given most of the images on the previous pages seem to have been lost in the big server failure of a year of two back. I did two Siphons at the same time, the other being an O.11 outside framed example. They arrived with me, beautifully packed and labelled, everything except wheels, and the roof already rolled. Probably the most complete and comprehensive rolling stock kits I’ve ever made. I did the sides and ends first. Ordinarily it makes sense to do the chassis first, but on some other manufacturers’ builds I have found it pays to build the body first, as frequently the chassis sits inside the body and it’s easier to file a floor pan slightly shorter than make a body longer! I need not have worried as the etches were perfectly sized. The chassis was made in stages, generally I like to make things as sub-assemblies and then attach them once they are all done, in my mind kits seem quicker to build this way. And then the main bits done prior to painting. Apologies, in the image below the scissor gangways are for the O.11 kit. A final test build before a scrub with jif and toothbrush And then painted in Railmatch BR Crimson with transfers by Cambridge Custom Transfers. The previous thread pages and instructions recommend the use of an RSU, I don't possess one of those, all of the soldering was done with a standard temperature-controlled iron using the smallest bit and least amount of solder I could get away with. A superb kit and a really rewarding build. Kind regards, Iain Edited February 18 by Iain.d Add a few words. 3 1 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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