Some time back I was taken to task as it were, because my J10 had brakes but nothing to pull them on.

I deliberately took pictures with the representation of the draw gear fitted in place but I’ve just realised I have not shown these on here; - so here is one!

I don’t attempt to model the prototype draw gear because it should never be available to be viewed; at least not under normal operating conditions. I was taught that the only reason to accurately model that which could not normally be seen was to set yourself a task, or stretch your abilities.

I fix the brake shoes and hangers firmly to the main frames and rely on the springiness of the hangers to hold the draw gear in position.Cross-bars are normally fabricated from 1/16” glass-fibre based copper laminate gapped at their middle (split-axle!). A lace pin is soldered each side to represent the connection to the hanger and a short length of electrical insulation slipped over. This limits the side-ways movement of the assembly. In this case the draw rods don't show in pictures so I have a central draw bar with cross-rods (rather than cross-bars)

If the draw rods on the prototype show, - some times they are even outside the wheels, but more usually just inside, - then I model them, but on the J10 you can’t normally see them at all, so they must have been well in-board or, indeed, very much as I have made mine.

The cab of my model does not include a brake lever that can be seen, (the driver’s hiding it!), so the brakes can’t actually be operated and therefore my linkage is not there.

So, my J10's got brakes, but they don't work!