A Shell Out On Tanks

Very nicely done too. I've got a couple of these to do. I've done something similar with sprung W irons on a dogfish and a mermaid but it's good to see it works on a tank too. I drilled through both W iron and sole bar and pinned with 0.45mm wire to be on the safe side.

 

Go on then, turn 'em round!!!

Hah. Hah you got it!....Ray only ever painted the viewing sides of his stock!

I tried to fit chopped-apart BB units to a Parkside hopper, but failed, not so much because of the width spacing, but on their height setting. How did you go about establishing what height to set the units?

Hah. Hah you got it!....Ray only ever painted the viewing sides of his stock!

Now I know what my technique is called!   i can never resist taking photos when I've only finished one side.

Very much trial and error Miss Prism. I used the MJT axle box casting as a reference, bearing in mind there is compression of the springing wire to think about. If it is too weak then I replace the guage of the wire until the ride height is acceptable.

Thanks. I guess those DG tanks are very heavy, so spring replacement will effect a greater range of difference in ride height compared to a normal wagon weight of say 50g or so.

 

Can you remember what diameter you ended up with? (I have a couple of DG Y3s to do, and they're quite chunky, although I suspect not as heavy as those tanks.)

Btw, is there a way of seeing a list of your blogs? I'm finding it a bit pot luck at the moment.

Hi again

I'm more an artist than an engineer, so I don't measure wire gauges. the wire supplied with Bill Beds w-irons copes with just about everything ,but for cast metal kits I just guage by eye up to a little thicker. I have two sets of wire and bearing holder of each guage and ' trial and 'error '

Sorry about the blog issue but every modelling site has its idiosyncrasies when it comes to downloading pics. With the O guage site you have to send your pics to another country before adding them to their site. Don't know about you though but I've learnt an awfull lot by trawling these two modelling sites, it's as enjoyable as making a model.

Regards

John