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Issues 11-15: Trainyard Garage  With these issues we mostly receive tools and build a jig. They go so far as to spend an issue to teach you how to build a sanding block. Not delivering one no, but literally "go get some sandpaper and a block of wood, the glue these together, you have a sanding block now, cool stuff, see you next week" Pictured above are a wheel intended to simulate bolts (doesn't actually work), a bending tool to get the brass sheets in shape (holy mackarel, this one's doing its job, i hardly can believe it) and the completed inner structure braced and straked in the building jig we spent two issues building. The latter is kinda strange because for the jig parts in one, but only one, issue they put all the mounting points to the fret at exactly the most inconvenient places instead of the free sides. In the second issue this doesn't happen. Kinda weird. Also the laser didn't cut all the parts all the way through. I don't even know how such a thing can happen, sounds like alien physics to me.  In the last issue we finally get to add some more stuff to our train, namely the conductors roof. A large brass sheet bent in shape by rolling the flat out of it with a baking pin (do not listen to the instructions, you will never be able to bend it correctly by simply "forcing it on the cabin until it retains its shape"), then planked with thin abachi wood strips. Looks kinda nice actually.  However when glueing the roof to the cabin it turns out the cabin front sheet is too high by a millimeter. Needed to spend an evening filing it down until the part sits correctly without gaps. Eaglemoss! 
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Stage 16-20:   Work has begun on covering the boiler with brass plates (which are too small but things like that don't even phaze me anymore). Some decorative detail was added to the roof and side walls of the drivers cabin (with great instructions like "cut off a long and short piece off wood, what do you mean HOW long or short, we don't care" and interesting adventures like "take this wire we bent a billion times around itself and straighten it, good luck") Also the firebox was put together and smothered in an all encompassing layer of putty. In other news, I ordered a pack of extras for this build like lighting and a presentation motor set. That was several weeks ago. I have received nothing yet. In fact it took a major campaign were i camped every social media channel Eaglemoss has and yelled at them in every post they made to even get them to acknowledge my order even exists. Eaglemoss!
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Looks really cool sounds like u got double the work to do good luck Facebook-model maker
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It sounds like this is starting to turn into a bit of a headache for you 
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 I admire your patience with this I think I would have thrown it at the wall by now  Good luck with the build Rgd Martyn Building ?
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greyhawk wrote:Stage 16-20: Work has begun on covering the boiler with brass plates (which are too small but things like that don't even phaze me anymore). Some decorative detail was added to the roof and side walls of the drivers cabin (with great instructions like "cut off a long and short piece off wood, what do you mean HOW long or short, we don't care" and interesting adventures like "take this wire we bent a billion times around itself and straighten it, good luck") Also the firebox was put together and smothered in an all encompassing layer of putty. In other news, I ordered a pack of extras for this build like lighting and a presentation motor set. That was several weeks ago. I have received nothing yet. In fact it took a major campaign were i camped every social media channel Eaglemoss has and yelled at them in every post they made to even get them to acknowledge my order even exists. Eaglemoss! Do you want to join the OCCRE appreciation society.We also have a support group for the poor souls that take on one of these kits. You can order the motor and lighting kit directly from OCCRE if Eaglemoss screws up your order. I have this kit and was going to build it after I finish the Jupiter, but after perusing your build I think I may change my mind. Carl
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That's good to know about the motor set. The kit is actually not THAT bad, one just has to be prepared to put in A LOT of extra thought (because of the bad instructions) and effort (because of the bad fit). I have actually seen WORSE from Eaglemoss *cough* Mercedes Benz 300SL *cough* At least with this one you have the option of fixing things because it's mostly wood.
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greyhawk wrote:That's good to know about the motor set.
The kit is actually not THAT bad, one just has to be prepared to put in A LOT of extra thought (because of the bad instructions) and effort (because of the bad fit).
I have actually seen WORSE from Eaglemoss *cough* Mercedes Benz 300SL *cough* At least with this one you have the option of fixing things because it's mostly wood. That is what those on this forum that have built OCCRE kits have found.They seem to be quite simple at a glance, but as you start building they really need a ton of work to get everything to fit.Pretty decent quality parts, but pretty sad instructions and plenty of fit issues. cARL
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Stage 21-25  In these issues we continue cladding the boiler structure with brass plates and also build and stain a wooden floor for the drivers cabin. We paint the instrument panel, install some pewter parts and drybrush them and simulate some piping with brass wire. All in all some good progress, though the brass wire did fight back a lot. Eaglemoss DID fail on delivering my order for the optional parts and I spent the last few weeks yelling at them until Paypal clawed back my money. I'm going to see if I can get them directly from OcCre. Eaglemoss!
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A long, long time ago... you might still remember how that trainwreck made me smile. But I knew if I took the ride I'd go too fast and let things slide And so I stopped with building for a while. But bad conscience always simmered With every package I’m delivered. New kits on the doorstep; It's time to take one more step. I can’t remember if I cried When I brushed the coat of dust aside But something touched me deep inside The day the train was dyed. Here's a preview Hi hi, my Bavarian S Drei....  (with apologies to Don McLean)
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I am so glad to see it back
Its one less kit to add to your stack
I hope it wont make you swear
Occre kits often make you lose hair
I am sure you can make it all fit
before it makes so mad you can spit
I really like that shade of green
Will it be finished-that remains to be seen.
Why are we all such masochists
we build these kits through turns and twists
I cant wait to see the next update
Hopefully it wont include the words "EAGLEMOSS" and "HATE"
So I will eagerly anticipate
You build this train at a rapid rate
If you fail at least you tried
I am sure it will be an interesting ride
Carl
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So, issue 29 is finally done. After a half a year oh hemming and hawing and not being able to decide on a colour, the cab is finally painted. Well the outside of it anyway. 
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30/31/32  Added counter weights to the drive wheels (need another coat of paint) and made some more detail for the backhead  Also put in the cab floor and made the first foldable (or rather swivel-able) seat
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Detail is really starting to show, looking great.....
Regards
Alan
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She is looking good on the detail now and should make a great model although I expect there will be more than a few tribulations yet to come in this build Current builds:-C57,Zero, Lamborghini Countach, Caldercraft HMS Agamemnon,Robi,R2-D2, MFH Cobra .
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arpurchase wrote:She is looking good on the detail now and should make a great model although I expect there will be more than a few tribulations yet to come in this build I've made it easier on myself by convincing myself I'm not actually building the Bayerische S3/6 anymore but rather a fictious train inspired by it. This way I can happily ignore the dozens of deviations from the original. I've also made a trip to a train museum recently and had a chance to inspect some steam trains from this period up close and personal. I've learned alot about the condition these trains are in and were in when they where still running. This helps in not worrying anymore about making perfect paintjobs or precise measurements. These things were largely kludged together, there simply weren't the tools available for absolute precision. Now I just need to worry about parts not fitting at all - like the actual seat part of the seat where the mounting hole was way waaaaay too large and needed a thorough filling with putty.
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greyhawk wrote:[quote=arpurchase]Now I just need to worry about parts not fitting at all - like the actual seat part of the seat where the mounting hole was way waaaaay too large and needed a thorough filling with putty. It's always either filing or filling, that's the charm of this hobby :D You're doing great, I really do enjoy how this is coming together. Any images I post on my personal builds are free to be used and shared under Creative Commons Attribution license, which means you can do what you want with them, on the condition you mention I'm the author.
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