bambuko
Western Thunderer
It seems that the only tubes available from model engineering suppliers in C106 are 1 1/2" , 1 3/4" and 2", with nothing in between these sizes.
It was fine for 10mm, where everything was oversize and it didn't really matter...
but in 1:32 this would not be acceptable, so if you want to use seamless tube for a boiler you are faced with having no (or almost no) cladding/insulation, or accepting reduced boiler volume.
So for a loco I am working on at the moment, 1 3/4" would mean practically no insulation and 1 1/2" would mean accepting 15% reduction in boiler volume.
It gets easier with larger prototypes, but I am into smaller ones
Anybody has any experience in this? or advice?
I suppose I could always "roll my own" to exact diameter I need - is that what you guys do?
It was fine for 10mm, where everything was oversize and it didn't really matter...
but in 1:32 this would not be acceptable, so if you want to use seamless tube for a boiler you are faced with having no (or almost no) cladding/insulation, or accepting reduced boiler volume.
So for a loco I am working on at the moment, 1 3/4" would mean practically no insulation and 1 1/2" would mean accepting 15% reduction in boiler volume.
It gets easier with larger prototypes, but I am into smaller ones
Anybody has any experience in this? or advice?
I suppose I could always "roll my own" to exact diameter I need - is that what you guys do?