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Nice work Graham! Those brass detailing parts really make a difference to the underframe and overall appearance of the wagon. Will you be detailing the underframes on your rake of CDA's in a similar manner?

Best regards,

Jeremy

Some very nice work you've done here. I, too, have some more to make to go with the 3 I have already made. I want to change those horrible buffers for something new and am waiting for Steven Harris fron the 2mm Scale Association to make the buffers he promised last year. Any further news on this we be on my blog - Marsh Lane Sidings.

 

Good luck and keep up the excellent work.

Thanks for the mention!

 

Hope you find a new place soon, meantime, as others have said, keep up the great work.

 

By the way...it's amazing how small micro layouts can take over your life so probably good to keep with rolling stock until you are settled again...

How did you add the top hat bearings to the plastic underframes.

Nice work Graham! Those brass detailing parts really make a difference to the underframe and overall appearance of the wagon. Will you be detailing the underframes on your rake of CDA's in a similar manner?

Best regards,

Jeremy

Thanks Jeremy, they do now but once they're black they'll probably just blend into the background! Will post some more photos on here once they're finished. There are also some tiny handles yet to be fitted to the side which will test my patience... They'll be painted white though, so will be worth the effort, I think... As for the CDAs, all 3 manufacturers have done a reasonable job of the underframe on these, mainly because they're very similar to the HAA (the HEA kit uses the Peco chassis to keep manufacturing costs down which is a compromise, hence the detailing kit included). So the only detail I intend to add to the CDAs will be to the hopper covers and end equipment. More on these before long!

 

Some very nice work you've done here. I, too, have some more to make to go with the 3 I have already made. I want to change those horrible buffers for something new and am waiting for Steven Harris fron the 2mm Scale Association to make the buffers he promised last year. Any further news on this we be on my blog - Marsh Lane Sidings.

 

Good luck and keep up the excellent work.

Thanks Robbo! I'm not a fan of the buffers either but was going to live with them - I'll keep an eye on your blog and see if you come up with a better solution!

 

Thanks for the mention!

Hope you find a new place soon, meantime, as others have said, keep up the great work.

By the way...it's amazing how small micro layouts can take over your life so probably good to keep with rolling stock until you are settled again...

Thanks Pete - moving at the end of this month so hopefully not an interruption for too long! And surely a little 2FS micro layout competition is a good thing...?

 

How did you add the top hat bearings to the plastic underframes.

Very carefully Rich, but that's probably the cause of the wobbles. I opened the axle cups out with a small (1mm I think) drill bit until I could just see the plastic on the outside of the axle boxes start to deform under the tip of the bit inside. I then used tweezers to press home the association top hat bearings, between which a 13.70mm association axle was fitted. No glue used. I tried to maintain exactly the same drill position for each axle cup, with the bit resting on the bottom of the axle box opposite.

 

Graham