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I am very intrigued with the concept of scratchbuilding a locomotive. I have the Scratchbuilding a Steam Locomotive MR articles from 97 that lasted 8 issues or so. I don't recall any photo-etching in there. I was just on the Priest's layout website: http://www.emporiasub.com and there's some mention of photo-etching brass on there. Does anyone know what this process consists of? (being an engineer, this hardcore stuff sounds quite appealing i.e., I'd really did the concept of spending several years building a killer diesel engine from scratch). Unfortunately, although I design parts to be machined day in / day out, I don't have free access to a mill & lathe, or any fancy machinery, and would like to do these things at home in the garage. Any Brass Photo-Etchers in the crowd?
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