Painting and lining

simond

Western Thunderer
Evening folks,

Apologies for a slight sidetrack but, like myself, I note that a number of folk posting in this thread use the water based safety flux made by O Gauge OnLine.

My bottle was running low so I placed an order via their website. Nothing received 3 and a bit weeks later and the contacts tab on their website is dead. Does anyone know if this flux is still available?

Chris,
Following prolonged discussions on the GoG forum, I now brew my own, citric acid (eBay, Wilko), deionised water (same, Tesco etc) to form a saturated solution, then add about a third by volume of IPA (not the beer..., eBay). Not expensive.

It doesn’t seem to cause any corrosion or pitting of brass / copper / ns, though I guess it would with steel. It washes off in warm water, and smells nice when you solder using it. The only downside is that it does go quite sticky as it dries out.

Best
Simon
 

Len Cattley

Western Thunderer
I used to use O Gauge on line flux but found if you didn't clean it properly it would turn green, but now I use Duncan Model's flux instead, it doesn't turn green no matter how long you use it.

Len
 

warren haywood

Western Thunderer
A few bits finished for Kettering........:(

LMS period 3 suburbans Built by Graham Varley

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Gladiator Director Built by Mick Baylis

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DJH factory Built Piercy A4 strip and repaint

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Slaters scale 7 brake 3rd. One of a pair by Louis Heath

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And a Swanage Models GNR Single Built by me

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P A D

Western Thunderer
Warren,
Is that the A4 you showed me when we met the other week? Brilliant, but it looked even better in the flesh!
Cheers,
Peter
 

warren haywood

Western Thunderer
Midland railmotor and trailer in P4 scale, built by Steve Duckworth, absolutely fantastic bit of modelling Mostly scratch built except for etched sides which are Jidenco I believe. This was a right pain to line as the raised panelling was so inconsistent, looks the part now though.

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Silver Fox

Member
"And a Swanage Models GNR Single Built by me"

What a beauty! I have always wanted one of these, but have never seen a kit for it so was interested to see that Swanage Models produced one. However, try as I may, I cannot find any website or other details for them. Do you know if they still exist?
Thanks,
Colin
 

Silver Fox

Member
And a Swanage Models GNR Single Built by me

Hi Warren,
Sorry for late response to this, but I have only just come across this thread.
I am seriously thinking about getting one of these kits - did it go together ok? I am a reasonably experienced modeller, having built about 20 locos so can normally manage to get acceptable results.
Regards,
Colin
 

warren haywood

Western Thunderer
And a Swanage Models GNR Single Built by me

Hi Warren,
Sorry for late response to this, but I have only just come across this thread.
I am seriously thinking about getting one of these kits - did it go together ok? I am a reasonably experienced modeller, having built about 20 locos so can normally manage to get acceptable results.
Regards,
Colin
Colin
It’s a lovely kit and very well designed, there are, however a couple of issues to watch out for.
The brass is quite thick and due to the shape of the fire box quite difficult to shape perfectly. Mine came out ok but was more luck than judgement. The other thing to watch for is the front bogie. It’s not actually a bogie as one wheel is fixed and the front one pivots. The clearance here with the splashers is about .5mm so you need to take grea5 care in getting everything square.
 
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