Two hours soldering while watching The Great British Bakeoff (sort of watching, paying more attention to the brass than the cakes).
- Nuts attached to the footplate, in the right place (took two goes for one of them)
- Bufferbeams made from two layers of brass, sweated together.
- Solebars bent up, and the overlays fitted in the channel.
- The whole lor cleaned up with Hob Brite.
I wonder if all the overlays tell me a bit about the era this kit was designed in? Would a more modern production require me to bomp out the rivets/bolts with a press? I'd prefer that to sweating layers of brass together if I'm honest. I even considered leaving the solebar overlays off for the moment and fixing them with superglue once all the hot work was complete.
Still, the gas torch did the job, and I enjoyed blowing solder along the edges of the solebars.
I think I'd prefer the overlays no matter how much hassle they are to fit (and yes I might have gone the superglue route as well). I don't (yet) own a proper rivet press so etched kits that need the rivets doing by hand are a nightmare as I never get them identical and there is always the risk of popping through the sheet.
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