Unbending etches
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Unbending etches
I'm building WM&CQR No17, Pollitt GCR 9F (LNER N5), from the Judith Edge kit, because the reasonable whitemetal one I started previously has no rivet detail, and these are a major element in the look of the loco. And therein lies the problem. Punching out the rivets (using a gravity punch) has caused the etched parts to bow. So how do I go about flattening them?
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Re: Unbending etches
jon price wrote:I'm building WM&CQR No17, Pollitt GCR 9F (LNER N5), from the Judith Edge kit, because the reasonable whitemetal one I started previously has no rivet detail, and these are a major element in the look of the loco. And therein lies the problem. Punching out the rivets (using a gravity punch) has caused the etched parts to bow. So how do I go about flattening them?
With gentle figure pressure if necessary, but you may well find that assembling the bits holds them flat. Think you may have been bonking them a bit hard.
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Re: Unbending etches
Are you working on a piece of lead?
Tim V
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Re: Unbending etches
Not working on a piece of lead, a piece of plywood.
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Re: Unbending etches
That's your problem, the plywood doesn't give proper support.
No lead? try a scrap whitemetal casting.
No lead? try a scrap whitemetal casting.
Tim V
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(Not all railways in Somerset went to Dorset)
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