Today was a good day, the brakes rigging and everything finally went together and looked great, the 4 free axled wheels turned fine. Great result. A little bit of shenanigans followed when the cross wires were cut and replaced by sleeves to insulate the 2 sides, one shoe fell off, but soon fixed.
Then, a small setback.
The whole gear train, previously running well, even with the wheels coupled, is locked solid...
More on this story later.