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  "description": "Stuart Brewer is a fellow GDNGRS member and is one of the most accomplished model makers I know - this is his first kit and my attempts at building it.",
  "path": "/post/2014-09-14-small-run-batch-deutz-oo9-kit/",
  "publishedAt": "2014-09-14T09:00:00.000Z",
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  "textContent": "{loading=\"eager\"}\n\nSRB001 Freelance DEUTZ Style 0-4-0DM\n\nPart of the premise for Stuart’s kits is that he will only do small runs. That’s how he wants to do it and he has gained a great deal of knowledge of his late father and the other members of the GDNGRS who manufacture kits — I am one of the few who doesn’t! So if you see one of these kits running it will probably be a rare sight but also will run really well.\n\nThe kit comprises of a nickel silver and a brass etch, and several bags of small parts. The instructions come on a small cd — I had to request a PDF from Stuart as I no longer have a functioning CD reader or one that will work with small format CDs.\n\nSo far I am enjoying building this kit. The instructions are very well thought through but you do need to have the right gear to get the best out of it and if you have never soldered a brass kit together before then this shouldn’t be your first kit to try it on! The specialist tools you will need are a 16BA tap and a good set of broaches — I have a cheap set and am now on the lookout for a much better set of broaches as the cheap plastic handles on mine keep shattering.\n\nOne of the first things I wondered was with the brass sleeve you put on the axle — this could have been 7.3mm in length thus giving the ideal back to back for the wheels though perhaps having room to adjust the wheels might be more important — just a thought as I don’t have any prior experience to call on.\n\nThe most difficult part was the construction of the cranks and the instructions do alert you to this and are clearly written to help you go through this. Soldering the three frameworks with the cranks together before you actually solder the cranks together really helps. I did that and tapped the holes for the crank pins while it was still on the fret. the instructions state you should broach the axle holes in the cranks while on the fret as well but I had no spare rod of the axle size and there isn’t room to offer up the axles in the frame so I did the broaching after the cranks were cut out of the fret.\n\nWhen I first examined one of Stuart’s prototypes for this kit I was pleased with the weight he had managed to pack in. The corner ballast boxes can indeed be bulked up with lead and to achieve this I capped the bottom of each corner with some spare brass sheet cut to size and soldered in. I then filled each with lead shot and covered in epoxy glue. this has provided a good amount of weight into the frame which will give the loco a much smoother ride.\n\nSmall Run Batch Deutz OO9 kit Gallery\n\nSmall Run Batch Deutz — axels and wheels\n\nSmall Run Batch Deutz — frames and suspension\n\nSmall Run Batch Deutz — frames with suspension test fitted\n\nSmall Run Batch Deutz — setting the back to back wheel measurements to my standard of 7.31mm\n\nSmall Run Batch Deutz — completed wheel-sets\n\nSmall Run Batch Deutz — frames with suspension soldered on\n\nSmall Run Batch Deutz — using a cocktail stick to position nuts for soldering\n\nSmall Run Batch Deutz — nuts soldered onto cross bar\n\nSmall Run Batch Deutz — wheel-sets in the frames\n\nSmall Run Batch Deutz — ensure the frame and wheel-sets are square\n\nSmall Run Batch Deutz — motor mountings folded and bushes in place\n\nSmall Run Batch Deutz — a really clever jig for axle worm spacing is in the etch\n\nSmall Run Batch Deutz — drive axle and motor mounts in place\n\nSmall Run Batch Deutz — fly cranks made from folding four layers of etch and soldering\n\nSmall Run Batch Deutz — coupling rod is made from doubled etch and soldered for strength\n\nSmall Run Batch Deutz OO9 kit — carefully reaming out the fly cranks to fit the axle\n\nSmall Run Batch Deutz OO9 kit — fly crank pins soldered in place\n\nSmall Run Batch Deutz OO9 kit — fly crank pins fitted on axles\n\nSmall Run Batch Deutz OO9 kit — connecting rod on the fly crank pins\n\nSmall Run Batch Deutz OO9 kit — connecting rods on the fly cranks\n\nSmall Run Batch Deutz OO9 kit — the large pulley wheel added to the drive shaft\n\nSmall Run Batch Deutz OO9 kit — plates cut and soldered into the ballast boxes\n\nSmall Run Batch Deutz OO9 kit — ballast boxes filled with liquid lead\n\nSmall Run Batch Deutz OO9 kit — ballast boxes sealed with epoxy\n\n  *\nAnd there is more...\n\nIn part two of the Small Run Batch Deutz OO9 kit build I complete the chassis and move onto the bodywork to complete this superb kit.",
  "title": "Small Run Batch Deutz OO9 kit"
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