First coach build in brass
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Building a coach from connoisseur kit in 7mm

Loads of mistakes made but making some progress. . Learning lots along the way…look forward to finishing this soon and maybe doing better on the next!!
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Coach interiors are relatively straightforward, if a tad tedious, but you can put loads of detail inside as well as out.
How will you be fitting the roof? I'm thinking of long brass screws fixed to the roof and screwed through the floor on my current build so I can access the interior for maintenance and re-gluing the little people when they fall off the seats when novice drivers come on shed!
Onwards and upwards,
Bill
At 6'4'', Bill is a tall chap, then again, when horizontal he is rather long and people often used to trip over him! . . . and so a nickname was born :)
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Thanks Michael, but don’t be so sure about your limits! I am a fairly disastrous DIY-er and lack manual dexterity. But through some good guidance and lots of mistakes I’ve got some things done that I thought were too far out of my reach. This coach is not perfect and its smoothness in running is not all that I’d like. But hey - 3 weeks ago it was a flat set of etches that I’d been scared to touch for 18 months!!
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As you say, three weeks ago it was a set of flat etches.
Makes me feel I really ought to attempt one of the Peco O-16.5 loco kits…………………………. maybe in the new year :lol:
Ed
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I took the plunge a year or so ago with 4mm etched brass/White Metal kits and started with a Falcon Horsebox. I am now on my third loco and still learning as I go! Mistakes a plenty, but thats half the fun!
Looking forward to seeing it progress.
Ian
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Please visit my OO Gauge 1930's LMS layout "Jencaster"
http://yourmodelrailway.net/view_topic.php?id=14622&forum_id=21&page=1
Please visit my OO Gauge 1930's LMS layout "Jencaster"
http://yourmodelrailway.net/view_topic.php?id=14622&forum_id=21&page=1
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Ian Lancaster
Please visit my OO Gauge 1930's LMS layout "Jencaster"
http://yourmodelrailway.net/view_topic.php?id=14622&forum_id=21&page=1
Please visit my OO Gauge 1930's LMS layout "Jencaster"
http://yourmodelrailway.net/view_topic.php?id=14622&forum_id=21&page=1
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As Ian says they do get easier the more you do and develop techniques that work for you and at least you have started on one of Jim's kit's which are guaranteed to go together.
Which is more than you can say for Ian's Jidenco kit (I followed the build over on RMweb). That said some nice models have been built from Jidenco kits.
Regards Rob
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I have since learnt a lot from watching the Right Move model rail DVD series with Tony Wright. Simple things make a huge difference in the finished product. Still ways off, but i'm getting there.
Looking forward to seeing the model completed, painted, lined and numbered!
ian
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Please visit my OO Gauge 1930's LMS layout "Jencaster"
http://yourmodelrailway.net/view_topic.php?id=14622&forum_id=21&page=1
Please visit my OO Gauge 1930's LMS layout "Jencaster"
http://yourmodelrailway.net/view_topic.php?id=14622&forum_id=21&page=1
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Please visit my OO Gauge 1930's LMS layout "Jencaster"
http://yourmodelrailway.net/view_topic.php?id=14622&forum_id=21&page=1
Please visit my OO Gauge 1930's LMS layout "Jencaster"
http://yourmodelrailway.net/view_topic.php?id=14622&forum_id=21&page=1
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