boB, There is a picture plus my description of the kit and my comments on building it in the June 2001 issue of the NASG Dispatch so this is a project I did over twelve years ago. If you can scrounge up a copy, it goes into more detail than I can do here. If you can build a resin kit, you can build the superstructure. The basic drivers and frame was assembled (for Sn3), but you have to assemble the crosshead, crosshead guides, cylinders, etc. You can either low temp solder or use CA and epoxy to assemble the pewter castings.
With experience, some people have assembled these RailMaster kits in about 40 hours, but I would budget closer to 100 hours for your first one. I also had to do some modifications to the tender there were hidden by a (real) coal load to accommodate DCC and sound. Dave Heine Easton, PA -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of shabbona_rr Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2013 7:09 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Railmaster old time locomotives Dave: Any photos of the locomotive? Any construction issues to be wary of? I'm getting some ideas about a different direction for SHABBONA, funds permitting, of course. Above all else, at this stage of the game, how much time and dexterity do I have (need?) to to tackle a new project of this nature? boB Nicholson ________________________________________________ --- In [email protected], "David Heine" <davesn3@...> wrote: > > boB, > > I built a 4-4-0 from the RailMaster kit, but it's been over ten years ago. > I don't remember having any major issues, other than shoehorning a DCC > decoder in the smokebox, which you don't need to do for string power. > I did write about it in the NASG Dispatch and I'd have to read my own > article to jog my memory. They're small locomotives. > > Dave Heine > Easton, PA > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of shabbona_rr > Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2013 9:27 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: {S-Scale List} Railmaster old time locomotives > > Does anybody have any experience with the Railmaster 4-4-0 and 2-6-0 > old time locomotive kits, such as assembly complexity, etc. > > boB Nicholson ___________________________________________________ > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links ------------------------------------ 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/
