thank you wery much!!
summing up this kit is within reach of anyone who is able to build a small kit vessel,just to make a comparison of difficulty and maybe is more easy., of course there is to work for a month.
I have not encountered any particular difficulty and nothing that has not been able to solve including the mistake of the smoke unit in the tender.
in the kit I found an unthreaded screw which I solved with a 2.5mm tap and die, OcCre have a support team and if you find problems they give an useful help.
the price is around 400 euros but not too different from a piko locomotive.
in the box is included a second text manual in Italian (or your language) but I never needed to consult it, the photos were sufficient.
I tried to limit the use of cyanoacrylate which is mainly used for squared floors and some parts that there was no way to hold firm in place.
somethimes I used a drop of cyanoacrylate to react the epoxy glue, it is useful to block the parts quickly while the epoxy glue dries
in my model I changed colors compared to the box version, the yellow adhesive lines I replaced them with a flat brass wire and I colored the wheels .. unfortunately I did not give an adhesion and the plastic does not like the paint much, in case you want changing color to the wheels is better sandpapering and using a plastic primer.
for the rest I used vinyl glue, a good slow drying epoxy, solder and tin paste.
absolutely needed a dremel and a nail naliler tool like Amati 7399 or OcCre 19108
for the paint I used two-component polyurethane because it makes no sense to spend money in spray cans, you can also use it without adding catalyst, it will only be more delicate,but it dry in 10 min.
for the details I used water colors like vallejo lifecolor etc
my aerograph is the worst quality ever, just a first price Revell badger
I use smd led 335 warm white,and some 330k resistors for 12v, they need a good visor with lenses to weld them
the motor unit is predisposed to take current from the track so if you have the metal tracks the work of electronics is much simpler, if necessary to pull coach vagons it is better to mount 2 or modify it for 4x4wd and I made the traction rings with a bicycle tube
