What Lies Beneath the Paint
Have you ever wondered why high-end, detailed and often very collectable locomotives and, more rarely, rolling stock are made from brass? As a modelling medium, brass (in sheet, shapes and as wire) has some very useful qualities and remains readily available from hobby retailers. However, this doesn’t really answer my original question: “Why are the models from Japanese, Korean and, more recently, Chinese manufacturers produced in brass rather than other metals?”. Tin is generally easier to solder than brass and it holds paint far better. Being meticulous in the way I
