Good information on tools, looking aside to my workbench during this video confirms the tools you ddescribe are the most essential and used ones. To this I wood add a piece of plywood on top of your work surface to solder, cut and drill on. A variety of square metal and or wooden pieces to hold things square, some metal clamps, I found some ginat crocodile clips which are very usefull. Also wooden clothes pegs with the spring inverted on them are a good help to clamp parts together. And finaly a selection of different kinds of brushes, like an old tooth brush, some paint brushes and a small wire brush to clean parts from filings and other debries, and to clean your model with water and soap after a soldering session.
This is great - always interesting to hear somebody talking from experience about a subject they enjoy. I appreciate the effort you've put into video production as well (nice white background, framed well with just your hands in shot and tools in nice focus) - it makes things very clear.
Someone already asked what range of solders you need for etched + whitemetal loco kits but they didn't catch your eye. I would like to know please and what flux you use please.
Thanks for making this! I'm sure it's going to help a lot of people.
Excellent information. Really helpful. Thanks for taking the time to put this together.
Good information on tools, looking aside to my workbench during this video confirms the tools you ddescribe are the most essential and used ones.
To this I wood add a piece of plywood on top of your work surface to solder, cut and drill on.
A variety of square metal and or wooden pieces to hold things square, some metal clamps, I found some ginat crocodile clips which are very usefull.
Also wooden clothes pegs with the spring inverted on them are a good help to clamp parts together.
And finaly a selection of different kinds of brushes, like an old tooth brush, some paint brushes and a small wire brush to clean parts from filings and other debries, and to clean your model with water and soap after a soldering session.
Useful additions to the 'kit list' thanks very much :)
This is great - always interesting to hear somebody talking from experience about a subject they enjoy. I appreciate the effort you've put into video production as well (nice white background, framed well with just your hands in shot and tools in nice focus) - it makes things very clear.
Glad you enjoyed.
Great video, will gather these tools together to prepare for loco building. :) thanks for sharing, Ross
Good luck Ross, I'm sure you'll enjoy it!
Great video will have to get hold of some of these
Interesting video, thank you
Thanks very much :)
I'm procrastinating, I'm modifying some rtr locos I have with new chassis, need breaches before I can start now lol
Good Channel and technical informations ! I subscribe.
Thanks - welcome aboard!
Thanks for the video! I don't think I saw the flux and solder in the video that you use. Could you elaborate on that?
Why do you need a separate soldering iron for wires?
Wouldn’t you be able to do the same with the temperature controlled one?
Someone already asked what range of solders you need for etched + whitemetal loco kits but they didn't catch your eye. I would like to know please and what flux you use please.
Hi Gordon, I use phosphoric acid flux, like this: www.hobbyholidays.co.uk/proddetail.php?prod=PHOSFLUX60
What diameters do you recommend for the cutting broaches?