I soldered, but am going to try some ACC. I will use an industrial, or medical variety.. I was not model building for about 4 years due to eye problems , plus a DR who had me on a "wrong" blood pressure medication (per 3 other doctors). So things just sat.
You should get CARR solders they have specific melting temoeratures. The number is the Centigrade melting temperature. Use a good temp controled soldering iron.. Take your time, these kits are so good. And you will have a lot of satisfaction on what YOU built. That what this hobby is all about. John Armstrong ----- Original Message ----- From: Wesley Ewell To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, April 04, 2011 1:00 PM Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} BTS Loco Kit Thank you John. Did you assemble the white-metal parts with epoxy, ACC, or solder? -Wes --- On Mon, 4/4/11, John <[email protected]> wrote: From: John <[email protected]> Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} BTS Loco Kit To: [email protected] Date: Monday, April 4, 2011, 11:49 AM I have 4 of these kits. #6 is 80% done. Both EBT narrow gauge locos, and one H& BT 2-8-0. The parts are marvelous. #12 has a built up mechanism. First: Take the plans and enlarge all of them, preferably double size. Cut the plans apart. Then group yor parts accordingly. Really study them. Any holes needing drilling you mark the drill number (size) in red (the plans show metric sizes) I convert them. The above saves a lot of time and gradualy gives you a detailed picture of what goes where. You sort of do sub assemblies. Parts are very accurate. The hole drilling realy helps. I have a New Zealand Ry Class W suburban loco ( a John Gardner kit as well) Same process but an HO gauged, S Scale loco. I followed the same procedures. The enlarged and cut appart plans. save much time. And you are not constantly searching for where you last looked for what part you are working with. Then go thru and drill all of each hole size. No jumping back and forth. John Armstrong, Kirtland Ohio. 440-256-1317 ----- Original Message ----- From: Wesley Ewell To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, April 04, 2011 7:56 AM Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} BTS Loco Kit I'm in a similar position with the BTS EBT6 kit. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. -Wes Ewell --- On Sun, 4/3/11, JGG KahnSr <[email protected]> wrote: I doubt Bill Wade sold more than a few dozen of these, so there are likely not a lot of them floating around out there. I do hope to start mine as soon as I get a few other projects out of the way (yes, Ed) and would appreciate comparing notes with any other list members who are farther along with theirs. Jace Kahn [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 6012 (20110403) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 6014 (20110404) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 6014 (20110404) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 6015 (20110404) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
