Sometime in the 80s ( I think) Model Railroader had a sieries of articles about scratch building a USRA Mikado . I don't remember the Author (Gordon Odeguard?) .
I have an engine about 3/4 done , I got stalled at the point of building the driver crankpins because the way he was doing it required a jewelers die plate which I could only find if I was willing to shell out about a hundred bucks.
Every thing got put in storage when I moved in January, I have found the engine , but the magazines are somewhere in among 40 plus boxes of magazines at trhe very back of a 10 X 30 storage that is crammed to the door !!
I found & bought a die plate for 25 bucks on E bay, so now I can get back in business-- BUT I need the information in the MR mags .
Anybody remember the articles, & have them handy that could copy them for me? There were about 6 -7 installments, I don't need all of them, just the ones from the Crankpins onward.
I have an engine about 3/4 done , I got stalled at the point of building the driver crankpins because the way he was doing it required a jewelers die plate which I could only find if I was willing to shell out about a hundred bucks.
Every thing got put in storage when I moved in January, I have found the engine , but the magazines are somewhere in among 40 plus boxes of magazines at trhe very back of a 10 X 30 storage that is crammed to the door !!
I found & bought a die plate for 25 bucks on E bay, so now I can get back in business-- BUT I need the information in the MR mags .
Anybody remember the articles, & have them handy that could copy them for me? There were about 6 -7 installments, I don't need all of them, just the ones from the Crankpins onward.