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Bernd:
John,

I've been to that site a few times.

As far as the scale goes it gets quite muddied as to what is what in those larger scales. It really doesn't matter when it gets to the live steam part.

As long as your having fun that's all that counts. I was just cuorious that's all.

Bernd

John-Som:
Eric

I reckon each engine took around 2 to 3 months working at a very leasurely pace (pre-retirement days !)  I bought the kits in three stages to spread the cost  - 1. the chassis, 2. the boiler and burner, 3. the bodywork. . The I added two channel radio control - throttle and forward/reverse. It's mainly a bolt together method of assembly, the bodywork requires folding and soldering. Timing of the valve gear is reasonably straightforward once you have a grasp of the principles. The quality of kits from Roundhouse Engineering is superb. Typically the engines run for 20 to 25 minutes on one filling.

Stew

For the paintwork I used automotive aerosol cans, primer followed by topcoat. If I were making them again I would also use an etching primer to get a good key onto the brass plate. The lining out was carried out using vynil film tapes. Etched nameplates were ordered from a specialist supplier.

thanks for your interest guys

John S

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