Step by Step Guide to Building a Rapier - PART 3

[silver760]

Well done for putting the kit together,Ip engineering rely on glue too often to hold mechanical components together,it may be a cheap way of doing it,but its the wrong way of doing it.For the cost sake of some metal and fixings your left with an inheritantly weak model which spoils the rest of the work put into making the kit/model.

[ColumbineMHLR]

Well with a wooden kit like this aimed at the beginner/pocket money market, glue is the best way of securing it... usually it's the wood that gives way instead of the glue. The only thing that I think that relying on glue to secure is the Nylon gears the steel axles, as you are an engineer I can guess you know that nothing will stick to Nylon, so it will only be the glue forming a tight 'grip' on it. I'd prefer to pay another couple of quid for a metal gear set with a grub screw to secure them.

[silver760]

I bought a Romfords set the otherday 30:1 with a 2mm hole for the motor on the steel worm gear with locking screw (tiny) (will fit yours) and the gear fitted straight onto an IP eng axle I happened to have here,the gear is brass with helical teeth so is quiet,this too is secured by a tiny grub screw,cost me under £4 new from ebay,they do different ratios aswell like 50:1,60:1 etc depending on how fast you want your loco to move,top quality product.

[ColumbineMHLR]

Ah fantastic, I will look into that.

[ColumbineMHLR]

Actually I have a set somewhere, I will fit them to the Rapier perhaps and see how it goes.

[Crayfish2020]

Where did you get the skips from? £14 seems very reasonable. The presentation and narration of the video is excellent and great work on the model as well. I'm off to look for some clamps in Poundland now!

[ColumbineMHLR]

They are from Binnie Engineering (no website), £7 each skip kit. Thanks for the comments!

[jermca]

Fantastic! I'm ordering one of these little beasts, I think.

[hancockshire]

Where did you get the music?

[Easterntractorboy135]

Lookin' Good Pete!

[Firrboxfryup]

Are you able to control the speed of the loco?

[ColumbineMHLR]

no, not unless you fit a speed controller but it trudles around nicely so I found no need for one... let along space onboard for it.

[Firrboxfryup]

Ahh, just wondered!

[omnibus360]

it dont go that fast anyway so i dont think you could use one anyway

[Firrboxfryup]

Well, speed is not always the key, I don't want mine flying round the garden at "60mph" slow, I think is more realistic!

But, it's your railway, and your choice! :)

Jamie

[omnibus360]

anyway i soon hope to be starting up my own garden railway with one of these yay

[andyg3]

I may jsut have to get one now

[petterwill]

andy are you feeling OK? first I see you posting on G scale mad and now talk of buying a desisel?!? hehe