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Scratchbuilding Without Brass Part One

Locomotives don't have to be made out of brass; they can be made out of styrene, and the author shares his methods for doing so. He uses existing mechanisms. He describes how to form the boiler, how to make styrene domes and stacks (using a "finger" lathe), and how to make the cylinders.