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    4COR replied to the thread On the Workbench....
    :lol: :lol: Meanwhile, a couple more chassis built up... Both for the remaining 1/044 opens, two different vac fitted versions...
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    4COR replied to the thread On the Workbench....
    See, easy! Of course, the big challenge at the moment is getting past all the boxes and boxes of stuff to be able to build said storage...
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    4COR replied to the thread Revell - regluing pieces.
    I attach solebars to wagons using it - it's not instantaneous, and you get time to apply and position and correct. If you have an actual...
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    4COR replied to the thread Revell - regluing pieces.
    MEK is very good, and virtually invisible, also the capillary action is perfect for this kind of repair (and it welds ABS as well)...
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    4COR replied to the thread Revell - regluing pieces.
    If you have some, run in some MEK in the joint (it goes by capillary action) and then apply pressure to the joint - that'll hopefully...
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    4COR replied to the thread On the Workbench....
    Not yet (short of my son's unfinished small loop type layout but it's very much a kids type arrangement with 2nd rad curves). I too...
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    4COR replied to the thread On the Workbench....
    Thanks, but I'm a mere hobbyist compared to many who I take inspiration from! There's a couple of minor inaccuracies with one of them...
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    4COR replied to the thread On the Workbench....
    Thanks @Cowley! Finally some more work on model railways - cricket season is not quite done, but I finally got chance to try and finish...
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    4COR replied to the thread Making a start in O gauge.
    Looking great - presumably the run out to the garden will be some kind of out and back arrangement? The point motors I guess are feeds...
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    4COR replied to the thread What's your latest acquisition?.
    Ah, the Fish vans are all NPCCS so they aren't in Essery :rolleyes:
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    4COR replied to the thread What's your latest acquisition?.
    The trawling for old kits is partly my being cheap (!), and partly those kits being the ones I want to run - in some cases limited other...
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    4COR replied to the thread What's your latest acquisition?.
    The big thing with the old kits is using proper wheels and bearings rather than the original plastic rubbish! The 16 tonners need etched...
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    4COR replied to the thread What's your latest acquisition?.
    The fruits of holiday eBay browsing for cheap kits and a few other bits and bobs... Airfix kits: 5 BR 20T brakes, and 3 16T 1/108...
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    A brief one, but success from Spain!
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  • 4COR
    Well, that's incorrect - shade 12+ welding glass is fine, but often 12 is uncomfortably bright. (Source...
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