Steph Dale
Western Thunderer
I've built the odd set of valvegear in 7mm scale before and even two locos in 3.5mm that have it (don't ask... :. But I'm aware it's a common aspiration for many modellers. I'm in the process of brushing up my technique at the moment and am also looking at improvements to how I'm doing things.
Added to which I have just (as of ten minutes ago) finished assembling a crank-axle without the use of solder having heard some favourable reports on the behavior of some of the Loctite-branded adhesives. I normally silver-solder the things, but in this instance I was pleased with the ease of assembly, lack of stress/drama and the fact that I won't have any cleaning up to do: the hardened flux from silver-soldering is itself a pain to shift. I also made a test piece by fixing a spare brass bearing to an inch or so of 3/16" silver steel, which I look forward to hitting with a lump hammer sometime later this week.
So your best thoughts and tips please: what should we/I be watching out for as build progresses? Has anyone else here put together a crank axle with Loctite? How did it fair?
Steph
Added to which I have just (as of ten minutes ago) finished assembling a crank-axle without the use of solder having heard some favourable reports on the behavior of some of the Loctite-branded adhesives. I normally silver-solder the things, but in this instance I was pleased with the ease of assembly, lack of stress/drama and the fact that I won't have any cleaning up to do: the hardened flux from silver-soldering is itself a pain to shift. I also made a test piece by fixing a spare brass bearing to an inch or so of 3/16" silver steel, which I look forward to hitting with a lump hammer sometime later this week.
So your best thoughts and tips please: what should we/I be watching out for as build progresses? Has anyone else here put together a crank axle with Loctite? How did it fair?
Steph