7mm Lamb's Leap. A sheep learning curve.

simond

Western Thunderer
Beware the Lima ones, they’re under scale.

Webster’s is of course, Peco. Then again, so is Parkside...

Atb
Simon
 

NHY 581

Western Thunderer
Thanks gents but the Lima thing is not on the agenda.........

Any idea which MRJ featured the build of the Websters/Peco........?


Rob.
 

John57sharp

Western Thunderer
Thanks gents but the Lima thing is not on the agenda.........

Any idea which MRJ featured the build of the Websters/Peco........?


Rob.
From the online index

 

GrahameH

Western Thunderer
Hi Rob,

If you've made kits previously, which i assume you have, then you shouldn't have any problems with the Peco version.

I tried to look for the box with the instructions but can't find it yet.

Anyway here are two examples i have built that may help....

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The handrails are fairly simple to do, just take your time when bending the wire to fit.

Hope this helps ?

G
 

NHY 581

Western Thunderer

NHY 581

Western Thunderer
Hi Rob,

If you've made kits previously, which i assume you have, then you shouldn't have any problems with the Peco version.

I tried to look for the box with the instructions but can't find it yet.

Anyway here are two examples i have built that may help....

View attachment 127616

View attachment 127617

The handrails are fairly simple to do, just take your time when bending the wire to fit.

Hope this helps ?

G

Indeed Grahame.

Thanks for posting the photos. Top stuff. Hopefully I will manage to reach your standards !!!


Rob.
 
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Phil O

Western Thunderer
Rob,

Practice on etch fret or something not important, before embarking on something of value. The most important thing to get right is the cleanliness of the parts being soldered. And wash everything when you finish the session, otherwise it can leave marks, I got distracted when I laminated my 1361 footplate and it shows, hopefully when it's primed everything will be OK.
 

NHY 581

Western Thunderer
Rob,

Practice on etch fret or something not important, before embarking on something of value. The most important thing to get right is the cleanliness of the parts being soldered. And wash everything when you finish the session, otherwise it can leave marks, I got distracted when I laminated my 1361 footplate and it shows, hopefully when it's primed everything will be OK.

Morning Phil.

One day, maybe, but I'll stick with what I feel comfortable with for now.

I disposed of nearly all of my OO etched brass kits just under ten years ago on the basis that life is too short. Having had them for as long as I did, without touching them, it was time to for them to go.
The two I kept still aren't touched.....

I used the money to kick start my modelling and have since built four layouts, exhibiting three.

I'll have a play with a brass kit but I think I will wait until the layout is built.


Rob.
 

Phil O

Western Thunderer
The 1361s are my first attempts at Loco kits and whilst quite challenging, it's also very satisfying, at least so far! If the first chassis was a runner I'd be like a pig in the brown stuff, a nettle I need to grasp, but not yet.

I think the thought of soldering put's a lot of people off, but my dad showed me how to do it when I was around 7 and it's never worried me. The thing to do is practice, we've had several club members that couldn't or wouldn't solder, but once they were shown how to go about it and were allowed to have a play on some etch waste they are reasonably proficient. Practice and more practice, same as most things, you get shown the basics and develop your own technique and most importantly learn from your mistakes. Which was what my first apprenticeship instructor drummed into us. I'm going to show you how to do it, your going to go away and c*ck it up and then I will tell you how to go about correcting it and then you will sort it out. With that came the confidence to attack most things and if you don't know ASK!
 

76043

Western Thunderer
I disposed of nearly all of my OO etched brass kits just under ten years ago on the basis that life is too short.

I'm with you on that. I've been slowed down by custom carpentry on the baseboard, building in 24" monitors to the fiddle yard, learning Raspberry Pi's, too much but necessary wiring, scalescenes buildings that take an age to build. But I have been saved by my ready to plonk Dublo wagons. :confused::(

That's without my O gauge ideas...

Tony
 

NHY 581

Western Thunderer
The 1361s are my first attempts at Loco kits and whilst quite challenging, it's also very satisfying, at least so far! If the first chassis was a runner I'd be like a pig in the brown stuff, a nettle I need to grasp, but not yet.

I think the thought of soldering put's a lot of people off, but my dad showed me how to do it when I was around 7 and it's never worried me. The thing to do is practice, we've had several club members that couldn't or wouldn't solder, but once they were shown how to go about it and were allowed to have a play on some etch waste they are reasonably proficient. Practice and more practice, same as most things, you get shown the basics and develop your own technique and most importantly learn from your mistakes. Which was what my first apprenticeship instructor drummed into us. I'm going to show you how to do it, your going to go away and c*ck it up and then I will tell you how to go about correcting it and then you will sort it out. With that came the confidence to attack most things and if you don't know ASK!

Thanks Phil,
I'm not averse to acquiring new skills but it's the time that's the issue. I can solder by the way, that's not the issue here anymore than there being a lack of confidence to have a go.

However, building stock from etched brass is simply not a priority for me. The building of a layout to what I would consider to be an acceptable standard is far more important.


Rob.
 

76043

Western Thunderer
Acceptable and consistent is my aim. In fact the latter is far more important to me. You can be consistently good, bad or mediocre, but inconsistency shows much more to me.

Perfectly square RTR next to wonky street lamps, cockeyed fences or leaning lean to's, just jarrs really badly for me.

I guess it's my architectural modelmaking background, where you had to be consistent or you starved.

Tony
 
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