Brushes loco and wagon disaster workbench.

BrushType4

Western Thunderer
I hardly know the hot end of a soldering iron to the cold end and I really want to build the great brass locos and wagons that I see others doing here on Western Thunder.

So I recently purchased a J15 and after a protracted delivery it arrived today with some extra bits and bent bits.

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Unlikely to get any recourse from the seller I thought this could kick start me into learning some new skills and provide a bit of soldering iron practice.

First question, does anyone recognise the origin of the kit? It’s Brass with white metal parts.
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Eastsidepilot

Western Thunderer
It may of been one of the old G.E. Models kit although I don't know for sure if they did the J15, certainly the D16 and E4....terrible kits by today's standards.
Phil, be aware of Gibson stuff, some of the castings are a bit under scale , the domes for one are very under nourished.

Col.
 

richard carr

Western Thunderer
IPA does work well and should be fine on slaters wheels. I have just dunked a class 46 body from a JLTRT kit in it and after about 10 minutes the paint started to come off easily, I did use 10 litres of IPA though.

Celly thinners will do the metal body but I would test it on the wheels though. 5 litres of celly is about £20 on amazon delivered. IPA is £30 for 5 litres.

Nitromors works fine on metal too but will probably eat the plastic of the wheels, it definitely eats resin.


Richard
 

mickoo

Western Thunderer
I hardly know the hot end of a soldering iron to the cold end ......
Trust me, you'll soon work that out sharpish :))

Personally, I'd repair it, sell it on and use the funds to buy a new kit.

At a wild guess I'll reckon once you've striped the paint you may not like what you find underneath and there's a good bet some parts are glued on......expect more to drop off before you even start to refit what already has.
 

paulc

Western Thunderer
Hi Phil , body off the chassis and a dunk in thinners or acetone then brush the odd bits of paint that are still stuck with some more thinners . Check the bottom of the container for bits that were glued on as they wont be now , i use a foil roasting pan and wash it out after each use .
Just a tip , if you're not familiar with the loco take some photos . I done a repaint for a mate and stripped his loco the usual way ,i then had a dig around for the bits that had fallen off . One part took me the best part of a week to work out where it went let alone what it was but then it was a GWR Manor and i usually model LNWR
Cheers Paul .
 
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