Connoisseur Models Six Wheeled All Third Coach Instructions Manual - page 16
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Tapered reamer & Fibreglass Scratch Brush
The use of these tools is mentioned in the instructions. These and most other general modelling
tools can be obtained from Squires Model and Craft Tools, 100 London Rd, Bognor Regis, West
Sussex, PO21 1DD, Tel 01243 842424. They do a free catalogue
and a very good mail order service.
The scratch brush is like a propelling pencil holder into which a
fibreglass refill is fitted and which will give a vigorous abrasive
action. I find this tool indispensable for cleaning up and removing
solder. One very useful tip is to soak the refills in dilute PVA glue
(Evostick resin W wood glue let down 50/50 with water and a spot
of washing up liquid) and then drill holes in a block of wood and
stick the ends of the refills in the holes while they harden off. This
will make the refills much more abrasive and longer lasting, and
also stops the fibres breaking off and ending up in your fingers.
You will need to give the refill a good rub to get it started but if you
use green label flux you will soon have plenty of rusty tools that
need cleaning.
I used a tapered reamer to open up the holes in the roof for the lamp holders. I find this tool
invaluable for building etched kits
Folding Bars
You will find a set of these very useful
and here are details of the set that I have
made for myself, in fact I have made three
s ets of differ ent sizes.
T he
dimensions or materials are not critical so
make yourself a set to suit the materials
you can get hold of. The important thing is
that you can clamp the part along its
entire length, with the etched fold line just
above the front bar. Then clamp the bars
in the jaws of your vice, a couple of 1” G
clamps are also useful for long folds, and
laying a steel rule at the back of the part to
help transfer the pressure from your
fingers evenly, pull forward to make the fold. Once the fold is close to 90° you can finish by
pressing down on it with a block of wood and moving the block along the fold with a stroking
action or by giving gentle taps with a small hammer on the wood block. Occasionally it is
necessary to emboss bolt heads onto a part before folding, by lining the face of one of the bars
with two or three layers of masking tape, you can still clamp the part without crushing the bolt
heads but you wont get such a tight fold, so deepen the fold line with a triangular file.
Can You Help Me?
If you have enjoyed building this kit and have been satisfied with the quality, I would be most
grateful if you could recommend it to your friends and fellow modellers. Although my kits are not
perfect, I try to put a lot of time and effort into producing them. If I can get extra sales of a kit
through customer’s personal recommendation and I find that word of mouth is the best form of
advertising. This will help me to put extra time and money into developing the next kit. Hopefully
this will give me more satisfied customer to recommend my kits to their friends.
If you are not happy with this kit then please tell me. Hopefully I will then be able to help and sort
out any problem.
TR0010
Tapered
Reamer
3mm – 12mm
12”