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How I built a Thompson 6W PBV

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...there came a 6W PBV with some detail

Well, time has moved on and I've done more work to the carriage. However, the earlier post didn't show a picture of the chassis from underneath, so here's one. The picture shows the end wheels mounted in the W irons, and pivoted. The rods that comes from the end "trucks" (is that the right word?) and slot in to the middle W iron are what moves the middle W iron sideways when a curve is encountered.   The Brassmasters Cleminson chassis may seem a complicated means of giving the coach a chass

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In the beginning...........

This is the first time I've ever posted a blog, so please treat me gently!   For various reasons I haven't done any serious modelling for 7 or 8 years, but I've recently got back to modelling and wanted to build something a little different.   I looked throguh my pile of kits and discovered, squirreled away at the bottom, some Comet sides and ends for a Thompson 6 wheel passenger brake van.However, it's not a complete kit for the coach, just a set of body components.   In a masochisitc mom

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