The brake shoes, v-hanger and buffers have gone onto the underframe since the last blog post. The V-hanger and brake shoes are part of a huge collection of whitemetal odds and ends that I bought off ebay several years ago. The buffers are (I think) from a Slater's Midland Railway wagon kit. I just need to work out what I'm doing for the rest of the brake gear. I'm keen to find the rest of the collection of whitemetal bits, as I recall that I had brake levers there. If you're wondering why I cut
Well, I found the 2.5mm drill and all the top-hat bearings!
A comment on glues: I used a PVA-type glue called "weldbond" for the timber underframe, and I used araldite (a 2-part epoxy resin) to glue the whitemetal axleguards to the frames.
The holes for the coupling hooks were made by drilling two 1.0 or 1.5mm holes and then using a sharp craft knife to make them into a slot. A little more work with the craft knife and the hooks fit in perfectly. The springs are somewhat superfluous, as
The timber underframe (scale 12" x 6" basswood) was only glued together this evening.I had cut these parts out several years ago, and they've been languishing in a box of bits ever since! Amazingly, I also managed to find the whitemetal castings for the axle guards and the brake blocks that I had originally intended for it.
The axleguards are a superceded casting originally from GAGO then Waratah Models, the latter company now recently bought out by ModelOKits. The casting for the brakes com
