04-01-2015, 02:57 PM
BR60103 Wrote:AF350:
One of our club members scratch builds British in S scale. Right now he's building a pair of identical locos, which he says he never does, because he once bought 2 sets of name and number plates (not the same numbers).
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British S is one of the few scales where noone will say "My son bought one of those in plastic at the shop yesterday."
If you need translations, just ask me.
I looked at the site and several others linked to it, cool stuff. There must be a lot of war gamers over there as there were some odd sets of figures most notably 1920's gangsters and even some Doctor Who figures(one of my favorite sci-fi series)
Anyway I am about a third of the way threw the book, and I am building confidence that this is still doable. the wheels are going to have to be made or scavenged from otherwise junked equipment or from boxes of misc. parts at train shows. Here is a pic of the book that has the answers to my where do you start scratch building steam locomotives. and the second pic is a book that is a reproduction of an actual locomotive catalog for real railroads between the two books I should be able to build some interesting and unique models.
and here are a couple terms not sure about===1.)swarf = metal filling's? 2.)Wet and dry = maybe a type of sanding paper?