As a change from the first three parts of the NKP 2-8-4 build which concentrated on the heavy metal work on the boiler and fittings and was quite 'machine tool heavy' I have made this latest video which looks at the basics of working with sheet metal in the smaller scales for things like the cab and tender. These techniques are just as usefull if you want to kitbash a ready to run loco from Marklin like I did with the conversion of the 4-6-2 to the NKP L1 4-6-4 and the building of the RA22 12 wheel tender to transform the appearance of the 2-8-2 into an NKP H6E. It is a mixture of hand tool techniques and my favourite weapon, the cheapo belt and disc sander! There will be a follow up video as this one has a large percentage of 'talking head' as I waffle on. I am looking in this first part at the cutting out of the cab sides As an example of what can be achieved using the methods I use in the video here is a 3D doodle of a Pennsy Atlantic boiler which I knocked together as a trial to see if there was a RTR mechanism I could convert to fit. Don't hold your breath! But in part 5 of the Berkshire build videos I'll go into how we make the cab front fit over the marklin chassis and also add the firebox sides link to part 4 is here at http://youtu.be/fL_zXHFeio8 Cheers KEV
Kev, WOW!! I just watched in complete fascination all four of your videos. That is some shop you have! Keep up the great progress. Yours, John
My fingers would be to delicate for this. Small parts with all the cutters, sanders, files, soldering..... my fingers and knuckles ache just watching you do this. Keep up the good work.
