Hi Allan,
I would be most interested in having a go with them. I know of the
half-etch lines you mean as I went through my kit last night piece by
piece. The chassis was partially assembled by a previous owner with the
top hats soldered in place. I believe I have an email from Roy filed away
on this very topic.
Craig
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Hi Craig
When I built my loco I had a problem with some cylinder parts, and Alan
Gibson very kindly sent me a replacement etch including a full set of
side frames and stretchers. Whilst these are for a rigid chassis, there
are half-etch lines so that the space for the hornblocks can be cut out
easily and precisely. I didn't need these, so they are still in my bits
box, along with a set of Gibson sprung hornblocks.?? Would these be any
use to you?
(The frames were for SR 188 "Lew" but I believe the etches are the same
as for the original locos).
Allan
On 30/07/2018 00:40, Craig Parry wrote:
This is a very interesting topic for me as I have one of these kits.
??It was a fairly recent purchase (at huge expense!) and was described
to me as being one of the original 100 (?) kits that Roy Link had
developed.
Not so as it turned out - apparently this kit is a reissued variant by
AG himself with all the important Roy Link chassis suspension bits
discarded as a cost saving measure.
While I have no 'cupboard of oblivion' for this kit it is at present
languishing in the 'pit of despair,' likely until I can find an
original to copy or get a fix kit of parts, sprung horn blocks etc.
Craig
On, Canada
