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  1. Richard_A
    Thank you, do you know if the kirk kits could be bashed into one? I can see Bill Bedford produces the sides, but I'd prefer to try a plastic kit.
  2. Richard_A
    One thing I never understand is, why do kids at university mean you have less money? My parents made me get a job to fund my degree and I know many others people who's parents did the same. And in case anyone asks my fees were £9000 a year and I paid rent etc.
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    Can someone help me with the coach immediately behind the fowler tank please? I thought it might be a corridor composite brake but the windows have a different spacing/number. I have asked Andy if I can use images from books as long as it for research.
  4. Richard_A
    I would like to see the various railways around Swansea, just so when I got back to the future I would have an idea where it all was.
  5. Richard_A
    I don't know if this has been posted before, but as @TonyWright is from Chester I thought it was worth sharing.
  6. Richard_A
    Hi John, No problem, thanks anyway. I'm trying to turn this pile of scrap into a full unit and I'm having to chop bits up to make full sides, and thinking about how to strengthen the joins and keep access.
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    Hi John, I don't suppose you have a photo of this so you?
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    I'll be doing this from now on, just don't want to waste what I already have.
  9. Richard_A
    I've decided to give em gauge a try, as I haven't yet got a layout so I am not restricted with anything, recently I started building some airfix, Parkside etc wagon kits but used the OO gauge wheels which came with the kits. My question is can I regauge these or are EM gauge wheels slightly different?
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    Is this something I would need to do for em gauge with a radius of 3'? which I think is the accepted minimum from what I have read.
  11. Richard_A
    Thank you, Frank. I'm building in em gauge, but don't have a layout as yet, I'll build it as initially suggested and worry about that later.
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    I'm hoping to get stuck into this today, but first, I have another question about the axle bushes. I have been reading a thread about building a k's coal tank, where it was suggested that to increase sideplay to allow the loco to negotiate tighter curves, some of the bushes should be fitted from the inside and filed flush to the frames on the outside. Is this something that anyone does, or would recommend?
  13. Richard_A
    Thank you, I didn't think that there was much point in filing them back, time to crank up the iron.
  14. Richard_A
    Regarding fitting the axle bushes, are they best fitted from the outside, like shown in the picture attached, or from the inside? Also, do I need to file them flat to the frame, once soldered in?
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    Thanks again, I'll pick some up and have a go then.
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    Thank you, I have plenty of code 4 lead, I was thinking of using that to support the brass etchings, would it be too soft?
  17. Richard_A
    After giving the parts a good coat of looking at, I can see I need to punch some rivets out of the etchings. I want to get started on this over Christmas, so I won't be able to get a rivet embossing tool or gravity punch in time. What techniques would people on here recommend?
  18. Richard_A
    That's for cleaning my kids bum with. 😗
  19. Richard_A
    I started one of these, but didn't like the white metal sections so it's back in it's box, while I figure out how to graft sections from a lima class 50 that I ruined trying to make a super deltic.
  20. Richard_A
    I, now have a kit of parts. Removing glue is pretty boring.
  21. Richard_A
    This is my intended victim as bought, a dip in some cellulose thinners to dissolve the glue, then start this kit building lark.
  22. Richard_A
    Thank you for your reply, I was planning on using the bogie in a triang blue pullman, but in the end I found a second hand Heljan class 17 chassis and plan to use the bogies in the kitchen cars, I figured that this would be a better option.
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    Very tempted by the kit, but I already have many to build.
  24. Richard_A
    I have one of his motors and will be ordering the gearbox this week. It will be my first em gauge build, I have been building Parkside etc kits in oo gauge, but as I said I don't have a layout to be restricted by so I might try and build in a more accurate gauge.
  25. Richard_A
    Hi lez, I bought mine second hand, the kit had been glued together and part of the chassis is missing, so I have bought one of Dave's chassis kits for mine to replace it. I have to clean up the body etchings and just get stuck in now, and as I have no layout set up I am planning on building to em gauge standards too.
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