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 Posted - May 17 2012 : 1:41:48 PM
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Got this tender from a member (thank you) with a broken step fixed it with brass! - Erich
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Posted - May 17 2012 : 9:50:23 PM
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It looks good!  . Did you make the brass pieces yourself?
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Posted - May 17 2012 : 11:08:29 PM
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GREAT job on the step repair Erich, what did you use as a detail part to get it to match the existing parts?
~John
Many have tried to, and failed, ya just can't repair stupid... 
Do NOT try to Idiot-Proof anything!!!! God, will simply create a better......IDIOT!
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Posted - May 18 2012 : 03:01:45 AM
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Made the parts from brass stock , cut them in the right shape! - Erich
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Posted - July 29 2012 : 8:14:04 PM
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Nice repair Erich!
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Posted - July 29 2012 : 9:48:46 PM
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Amazing job, Erich. PSC makes some small replacement steps for narrow gauge engines, but that's about it. If I still have the original parts, I drill and pin the step like I did on this Dockside.
After cutting the wire to length and securing it with CA, it's much stronger than the original.
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Posted - July 30 2012 : 3:27:57 PM
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Nice repair Nelson, great job! Great if you have enough flash!
Think its also easier to do it with plastic than with diecast !
It´s more fun to repair than to get a new shell! - Erich
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Posted - July 30 2012 : 5:27:08 PM
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Erich, it's definitely a lot more satisfying if you can do it yourself, to say nothing of being a lot cheaper.
I should have mentioned that I did all of this with a jeweler's loupe, so magnification is a must. I use a pin to make a dent in the center of each of the broken ends to give the point of the mini drill a locating mark, otherwise the bit will wander. I never thought I'd get straight through the step supports (I thought I'd probably fubar the whole thing), but it's easier than you think if you go slow. Everything lined up perfectly. And yes, plastic is a lot easier than diecast. I wouldn't mind trying it, but aside from being harder, diecast parts usually bend before they break so they won't line up anymore.
The wire is .015" dia. steel music wire, which is very stiff and perfect for this.
I've used it to repair other details like the horn on my RS2.
I puttied over the empty hole, then drilled that and the remaining pin out for the wire.
It also works for bells or just about any other detail part you can think of, and in most cases it's better than a direct replacement because it's reinforced. It's kind of like rebar.
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Posted - July 31 2012 : 08:47:38 AM
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Thanks for the pics Nelson! here is another not so challenging step repair.
Used steps from Yardbird Train! they are a bit smaller but if painted hard to see!
Was a great pleasure to fix it ! - Erich
Edited by - Erich on July 31 2012 08:53:26 AM
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Posted - August 01 2012 : 05:34:39 AM
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I must say I too do sort of the same.....I actually in one cast drilled the step bracket on my milling machine (Unimat) to do that and then Nelson and I had spoken about it and I'll tell ya, its MUCH easier to do on plastic with a pin vice then on a mill. The one I had used the Unimat for was die cast so......
As for the stirups on a tender, the Yardbird steps are GREAT, BUT I had found I needed ALOT of them and went on to mold my own parts! As it seems they are the first thing broke on a tender to begin with!
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