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Hi everyone..
I am desperate to get my hands on a GWR O gauge tank kit. I have just finished, and fairly successfully if i may say, a D&S Horsebox, and a connoisseur flat wagon (cant remember the rating now) along with numerous plastic kits, and I want something to pull everything, and maybe build in time for the Kettering show's test track next month.
I have been looking at a few kits, but I am not sure what to go for...
Do I go for a super expensive JLTRT kit, which will go together very easily, and look great (approx £450 incl wheels gears motor)... Or perhaps a mid-price-range Springside 14xx (£300 all in).... or a cheap Mercian models 14xx (£210 all in) ??
I was hoping to get an all brass kit with a pre-rolled boiler, as although I am slowly realising that soldering whitemetal isn't that bad, it still scares me a little, and worry about the quality of the moldings for tanks/smokeboxes etc..
Would love to hear any experiences of good kits and bad kits... quality of moldings, instructions, and general accuracy would be great.
I shall post some images of projects so far if you would like.
Thankyou.
Jonathan.
Just a quick p.s. I'm not a member of the guild yet, but wondered if there were any local meets around the mid essex/herts area....?
I am desperate to get my hands on a GWR O gauge tank kit. I have just finished, and fairly successfully if i may say, a D&S Horsebox, and a connoisseur flat wagon (cant remember the rating now) along with numerous plastic kits, and I want something to pull everything, and maybe build in time for the Kettering show's test track next month.
I have been looking at a few kits, but I am not sure what to go for...
Do I go for a super expensive JLTRT kit, which will go together very easily, and look great (approx £450 incl wheels gears motor)... Or perhaps a mid-price-range Springside 14xx (£300 all in).... or a cheap Mercian models 14xx (£210 all in) ??
I was hoping to get an all brass kit with a pre-rolled boiler, as although I am slowly realising that soldering whitemetal isn't that bad, it still scares me a little, and worry about the quality of the moldings for tanks/smokeboxes etc..
Would love to hear any experiences of good kits and bad kits... quality of moldings, instructions, and general accuracy would be great.
I shall post some images of projects so far if you would like.
Thankyou.
Jonathan.
Just a quick p.s. I'm not a member of the guild yet, but wondered if there were any local meets around the mid essex/herts area....?