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Hi Rob, for passenger and traction cars I use bass wood for framing and laminate sheet brass with rivet detail, etc. embossed by clock gears over the wood frame. Elmers Glue All works well for laminating or Walther's Goo. Monitor roof requires two sections and lots of sanding. A list of all materials would be too lengthy for this forum. Suffice to say, "the right tools for the right job." G gauge of course, is a dream compared to HO for scratch building. I've never tried steam as the soldering skills and metal machining are out of my league. You can save a lot of time on structures using DPM prefabs as a basic starting point. Before DPM, I used bass wood frame work and card stock laminated to paper prints for brick, stone, etc.... not very satisfactory.
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