Model Engineers Laser
Age catches up with us. My last model locomotive, that I once thought was manageable, I can now barely lift. It has, too, around 1500 mostly cosmetic rivets in the platework (photo 1). I felt a need to return to making something more basic as well as a lot smaller. In the past I’ve built in 3½ inch gauge and when I run one of my smaller models often someone will say how they wish they had something similar as their King/B1/ monster, whatever, is too heavy now they’re getting old. And what of beginners who are perhaps, after purchasing some expensive tools, more conscious of the costs of a bigger engine and looking for something cheaper and relatively simple that still looks like a real one?…
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Model Engineer (Digital) - 1 Issue, Issue 4752