Showing posts with label Adams Radial. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Adams Radial. Show all posts
Monday, February 02, 2015

K's large MK 1 motor

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I love it when this blog helps someone out. Over the weekend, a member of the excellent Double O Gauge Association forum asked if anyone...
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Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Radial

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There we have it. Some transfers, a bit of red paint (Humbrol acrylic as I had a pot handy for another job) and a spray of Satincote varn...
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Tuesday, December 09, 2014

Rattlecan paint job

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The loco is going to be black. Do I break out the airbrush for a fine finish to the paintwork? Nope. Halfords satin black aerosol. Warm...
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Monday, December 08, 2014

Soldering beats glue...

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I don't understand why, but one of the K's Adams Radial splashers is too small. Quite a bit too small. Small enough to leave a great...
Friday, November 28, 2014

What makes a good Radial?

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Subtitle: Why I can't be bothered to fit lamp irons to this loco. With the Radial now in it's first coat of primer, I've b...
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Thursday, November 27, 2014

Brass buffers bad

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One surprise inside the box'o'bits that contained my Adams Radial kit was this set of natty brass buffers. Ready made and nicely s...
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Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Replacing a moulded smokebox dart

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Right you lot, pay attention. If there is a simple improvement anyone can make to a model steam locomotive, it's replacing a moulded smo...
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Monday, November 24, 2014

Radial handrails

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There's not a whole lot of detail to add to the Radial but you can't avoid the handrails. I wish I could, they are always a fiddl...
Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Body fiddling

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Why did the previous owner of this kit stop work, put it in a box and flog the thing on a second hand stall for no money? Quite a myste...
Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Better wheels

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The Keyser kit dates from the 1960s and shows its age. While I can live with most of this, it's going to be a layout loco after all, one...
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Monday, November 17, 2014

Adams Radial

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It seems that the most popular prototype locomotive in the UK is currently the Adams Radial . One manufacturer ( Oxford Rail ) has alread...
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