K's locomotive kit LMS class 5 4-6-0

[marksx]

Hi all,

Rummaging around in my parent's loft today I found this die cast metal kit of my granddad's. It was unopened, but I decided to have a look in as he had a habit of storing things in random boxes!

I've no idea how old it is, it has been in the loft at least 30 years.

Question is, do I tackle it? I've never tried anything like this before. Any tips? What adhesives etc would I need?

[miniman]

Can't help with how to approach it, but I say go for it! How hard can it be?

[Rich1973]

It is made from white metal and brass. Soldering it would be the best construction method.

[Eric Mc]

Soldering - super glues - epoxy resins.

[Red Firecracker]

And files. Lots and lots of files...

Best described as challenging, the K's kits.

[marksx]

Hmmm, the more I am reading about these kits, the more I am thinking I won't be able to make anything resembling a black 5.

[Red Firecracker]

If you want a static model then go for it as you can make handy unseen compromises. If you want it to run, then it's much more of a challenge to get a result that compares to modern stuff.

However, the end result is somewhat secondary, if you will get enjoyment out of building it, then definitely build it.

[silverfoxcc]

You will need a chassis,and new wheels, they have improved leaps and bounds since that was introduced.

If you need other info log on the RM web forum. There are guys on there that would make an 8F out of that at the drop of a hat

[W124Bob]

The brass components with the holes are the chassis, in theory all you need is a motor (Hornby X04)! Just seen it includes a motor. As said, challenging. I did a couple of simple ones years ago, but they were designed for a ready to run chassis.

Edited by W124Bob on Sunday 14th August 17:02

[silverfoxcc]

Bob


IIRC Comet do great chassis for a lot of these, A lot of the guys insists on changing chasis on a 'production' one ou of the box. Compensation etc it could run smooth on corregated iron roof

[W124Bob]

I found a far simpler answer to building kits, I changed to US ho. Thats why my latest layout is french! Blame this http://www.aandhmodels.co.uk/ree-sncf-du65-draisin... I bought the sound version, already had a small collection of ho scale Citroens so just need a layout.

[lufbramatt]

My dad made a couple of these back in the late 80's/early 90's. Remember one of them had a slightly warped chassis which no amount of tweaking would correct so the model always waddled a bit

He did it with araldite and super glue. My uncle used to make loco chassis by hand from brass plate, fully compensated, and he always used to solder everything together but you have to be careful soldering near white metal bits as it has a low melting point.