Tim, Lead is easy. One large cast saucepan, heated up on the gas stove. (While SWMBO is out!) alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx www.alanstepney.info Model Engineering, Steam Engine, and Railway technical pages. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Rickard" <the_viffer@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, November 05, 2004 9:08 PM Subject: [modeleng] Re: casting If you find someone let me know. It may be a dirty trick but I love to load my locos with lead ballast. I've a hundredweight or more or of clean lead ready to be cast. MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.