Industrial Heritage In 1/45 Scale

As I have no lathe, so a precision mechanic has to rework my printed steel wheels and he had to fit in the printed insolation too. Recently I received the first wheel set. And I am quite happy with it – all fits together perfectly!

Step by step it etched and printed brass parts are coming together: The motorisation of the bogies is on its way too. I will try to design my own wheels - a great challenge for me. And here they are:

Then I received the gearboxes from my local caster. Now they have been sent to a precision mechanik to be reworked. But even as raw casts, all bores worked already fine !

Concerning working with brass I have to go through a long and steep learning curve. After some (or more) unsuccessful attempts with soldering, success is growing slowly but steadily. First trials in bendig and soldering the etched parts:

First, an attempt to print the +GF+ coupler (widespread in Switzerland) in steel. Almost this would have worked despite the thin walls… but only almost! Unfortunatel the thin walls wraped slightly:

Finally the etching parts arrived. Here the superstructure, the cab interior and the frame. I’am afraid of messing these parts up when soldering. However, a first try with some spare parts looks promising.