The Home Machinist!

Hey Friends,
im in need of castings for a kozo a3 in 3/4" scale. If you have any castings please PM me or post a reply below.
Thank you .

Best wishes,
Nico Amato

yeah jack. this sounds like a very cool and interesting challenge for us 3/4" scale lovers.

Bill Shields wrote:why don't you look at what John K at Friends models has to offer?

Coventry's 0-6-0 is a nice model and easy to transport.

His castings are superb.

Or a Raritan? Amazing little loco.

Do you know where drawings/castings can be aquired to build a 3/4" scale raritan?

Hello My Friends Here are a couple photos of machined brake cylinders. The bore is 5/8", the piston rod is 1/8". The piston is free machining brass with a Teflon cup seal. Tiny tee bolts were made from #1-72 brass model bolts to hold the heads in place. The return spring is stainless. The...

highiron999 wrote:Jack;

That cab layout is too nice! Go man go!

Leonard Evans/Highiron999

The man has a point jack. Your work is just beyond outstanding and is by far my favorite.
Keep it up man!

Nico.

Hi all, Jack, your tender looks great so far. And that looks like a lot of rivets. How many will you need to complete the tank? I don't have a air chisel so I use a normal hammer too. Here are some progress views on my water tank (some weeks old, as I didn't had time for further progress the last w...

wow, when I first posted this i never thought everyone would be so helpful. Once again I do appreciate all your posts. I am looking into the websites as we speak and still accepting all suggestions.

thanks for the help!

Nico

Adirondack wrote:Jack, the work you do continues to blow me away. I wish I could sit in your shop just to watch you work.

Really.

I agree with Adirondack.... your work is outstanding.

Nico

Steve,
Thank you very much for the advice on that, makes plenty of sense. Just outta curiosity, where should i go order rivets and sheet metal from?

Thanks,
Nico

Thank you all for replying. This really does help in some way. To Bill Shields, I was planning on making the cab out of brass. What rivets would ou recommend? This is for a 3/4" scale tich that is being americanized, so its not the bigest of projects... Thank you all for replying. Keep posting ...

Hey there fellow steamers,
I'm writing this in need of guidance on how to build a riveted metal cab.

Please write soon, need help. All suggestions welcome!

Thank you,
Nico

Wow jack. your work is beyond amazing. It really has/is influencing me. Again, amazing work and keep it up!