03-21-2015, 07:02 PM
cnrglen Wrote:Impressive! Soldering is one of those lost arts that fewer of us know.
I can solder electronic parts but have no experience soldering brass parts, I tried to make my own resistance solder getup and made only two solder joints before the resistance getup self destructed
Anyone use any of the resistance soldering stations sold by micro mark? I am thinking about getting one also may get a milling machine as well down the road.
I placed an order for a book on scratch building locomotives the example the book uses is an OO gauge British outline small locomotive but any trick or technique with a little work can transfer over into other scales and North American prototypes. Also in the current issue of O Scale Resource there is an article about a modeler who built several O scale Canadian steam locomotives, I found some ideas and a list of tools that make it easier starting out. Hope the book comes in soon as I always wanted to build a locomotive from scratch.