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Building the 2mm 08 shunter kit

If you've seen the instructions for the 2mm Scale Association 08 shunter kit, you'll know what a good result an experienced loco builder can produce. I make no such claim, but I aim to learn through this experience, so that my next attempt will be better. Or as the philosopher said, "When one has finished building one's house, one suddenly realizes that in the process one has learned something that one really needed to know in the worst way - before one began".

Tuesday, December 06, 2011

Fixing the windows

I found these pretty fiddly. They are cut from "Cobex" plastic sheet about 0.5mm wider than the window to fit into the recesses at the back, then secured with tiny dribbles of epoxy around the edges.



A few days later I started experimenting with matte medium, and I think that would have been a better way to go.



Posted by Gram at 9:00 pm

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