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Brass strip for boiler bands?

Started by John Candy, Jul 11 2010 05:59

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John Candy

Have run out of brass strip suitable for boiler bands but cannot remember where I bought it.
Suggestions, please.

John.
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IanT

Depends what you want in terms of thickness/width John.

Maidstone do 1/8" in 22 swg brass, see:

http://shop.maidstone-engineering.co.uk/?mod=product&cat_id=1&product_id=950

Getting narrower (thin) brass section seems to be getting harder but you could use nickel silver instead?
There are quite a few model railway suppliers out there who do NS sections, for instance you can find nickel silver strip (1.5mm wide x 0.010 thick x  12" Length) for 1.20 each here:

http://www.smpscaleway.com/

Regards,

Ian
Nothing's ever Easy - At least the first time around.

Andy B

Just the Ticket - http://www.justtheticket.tv/brass.htm

1/64" (16 thou) x 1/32 (£1.50/yd)
1/64" (16 thou) x 1/16 (£1.70/yd)
1/64" (16 thou) x 3/32 (£1.80/yd)
1/64" (16 thou) x 1/8 (£2.10/yd)

and many other sizes too.

I'm going to stock up at the G1 North show at Bakewell, this weekend.

Andy