We begin with the wood from bag #3. I laid all of it out, grouped everything together, and took a picture of the different pieces and their dimensions. The large pile of wood on the left is flooring
6” escutcheon, 0.018” stainless steel tubing, #36 magnet wire I had on hand and warm white 0603 LED's that were purchased on ebay. You can also buy LED's from ngineering, Evans Designs or other model
This is my first Sierra West kit build. I joined the forum in late 2013 just in time to purchase the Tool Shed kit #3005 before it sold out. As I understand, it was originally offered as part of the
going to need to use a Flat Brush (aka Brush #3) instead of the typical Dry Brush (aka Brush #4) otherwise you'll have silver all over the place. I attached a few pictures of the brushes and the pain
OK so I should know the answer to these - maybe the questions are a bit arcane, but I'm working on the single cylinder engine (#318) and I've been wondering about the following: fly wheels are used to
John, No problem and thanks for the information. The #38 magnet wire appears relatively easy to hide and from your explanation will be feasible to run within the building size limits of HO scale (or p
I like your solder pads for the wire size junction joint. Do you as yet have any feel for the maximum practical length of #38 magnet wire (assuming, of course, it is properly supported and protected)
This casting is the el shaped bench from the SierraWest Wood Cutters Shack kit #305. SW puts out the best castings available to us in the hobby and they don't need very much clean-up if any. I do a fe
Now I have to get stronger glasses to see AWG #30 wire, let alone solder it. I tried to find 1/32 tubing in Toronto and have yet to find a source. As matter of fact the train stores around here are d
Up next is the carriage hardware, kit #3. This is a very neat looking piece of equipment, should be fun. I'll be out of town for a week, so not much progress will be made outside of the following in p
If you don't mind, a quick suggestion for the tan wood. See the 3rd piece in the picture #3? It's got sort of a speckled look to it. I've had that happen after sanding stripwood and then hitting th
Sometimes it doesnt matter how many other projects you are working on at the bench and trying to get finished...... the excitement and anticipation of a new SWSM box arriving seems to take precedence.