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Balance Spring


RedgateModels

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Take one bit of 1/8" diameter tube (bought at Trains4U last Sunday), drill a 0.6mm hole through the end, elongate this hole with the drill so that two 0.45mm brass wires will pass through. Bend said wires inside so that a 0.7mm wire will pass between them axially down the tube. Repeat at the other end and solder up. Afer cleaning up the ends of the 0.45mm wire you get this

 

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cut excess 0.7mm wire off the long end and flatten with a pair of pilers. Solder to RHS weighshaft bracket (burning your fingers in the process) gives you this

 

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which looks a bit like the real thing

 

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Thanks to Pinkmouse for this photo :D

 

Another bit of detailing bites the dust. Now for the lubricator/cross slide support brackets :blink:

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Neat. I like it!

 

So does that mean when you do the other side you'll put the reverser screw thread in? ;)

 

edit: Rats, I can't post the drawing in your blog - I'll mail it to you...

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  • RMweb Gold

This is the pic pinkmouse was referring to

 

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Next thing he'll be expecting it to work :lol:

 

I will be adding the part of the lifting arm that connects to the screw though

 

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it's supposed to be part of the lifting arm as you can see, but there's a definite edge that will allow me to add a shard of scrap etch to represent it as it disappears under the running plate

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  • RMweb Gold

Been thinking over the weekend, and I might just park the chassis for now and switch to the bodyshell. Getting a bit stale and a spot of plasticard modelling to get the cab detail up to scratch might just do the trick, otherwise there's always the Comet detailing pack for the body - all those lovely pipes and superglued fingers :lol:

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