Does anyone here have Beyer Garrats, or K's model

[CG9602]

It's good to read that the DJH kit is more straightforward than what I experienced with the K's model kit. I regret that I really have no tips to share in regards to the missing parts. You may find yourself either doing without the parts, or having to kitba***he parts from what you can improvise. If you end up having to improvise, you'll have more skills than most modelers out there. The website where I purchased my K's kit is Modelfair.com. They might have something, but I really can't be certain. Sorry to write, but I have no idea where you'll be able to find parts for a kit that went out of production over 2 decades ago. Perhaps you might send email to DJH and ask them if they would make replacement parts. Rumor has it that years ago, DJH bought out the Grandspot model kit line, which was originally made by Keyser, the makers of K's model kits. Keyser is no longer in any kit building business at all, they are now some sort of plastics molding firm in Oxfordshire, I think.

In any case, I learned a few lessons along the way ( which was what I expected to occur all along ), and now I have a kit that has a few obvious alterations - but it still runs and it works. All I have to do now is assemble the PB pick-up strips, becuase I wreaked the ones that came with the kit.

[CG9602]

Now that the LMS 2-6-0+0-6-2 is almost complete, I can start on the HO scale 4-8-4+4-8-4 and the 4-8-2+2-8-4 from DJH. Are there any members of the forum who have dealt with these two models before, and, if so, what are some issues that you had to deal with during assembly?

[CG9602]

Well, summer is coming to an end here, and i'll resume working on these models from DJH. So far, the quality of manufacturing has been much better than the K's kit, but i'm still curious to find out tif there are any others out there who model Garrats. Are we really that small of a group?

[AltonFan]

QUOTE: I had to use CA glue to attach the motor to the rest of the frame because I would've had to destroy part of the motor in order to mount the worm screw the ways that the instructions implied.

I don't know anything about the kit in question, but I think mounting a motor with CA isn't a good idea. How are you going to remove that motor if you need to? A better choice would have been silicone bathtub caulk which makes a nice secure bond, and provides some insulation/vibration absorbsion, while still being breakable, if necessary for repair work.

I hope this helps in some way. This kit sounds like an interesting build.

[CG9602]

I'll have to keep that in mind, now that i've completed the real crummy kit from K's, and moved on to the first of the DJH kits. oh, well, one lives and learns. thanks for the recommendation - i'll be sure to put it to use.

[Anonymous]

Although I haven't done the Beyer Garrat as such, my advice to you would be to ditch the motor and the wheels and axles. It'll spare you in the long run. As somebody else suggested go for Romford axles and drivers, and get 2 decent can motors (portescap, etc)

Good luck

Jon Grant

[Krokodil]

Hi 

 

is there still somebody?.

I assembled many years ago the Keyser 2-6-0+0-6-2 kit and during our recent moving the box was a bit destroyed and of course my Garratt as well. I am trying to fix the model again, but I lost somewhere the documentation. Can somebody help me with the scanned copy. Thank you very much.

Eugene

[tstage]

Wow!  I think this has to be the new record for thread drilling.   Nonetheless, maybe someone will have the assembly instructions you're after...

Tom