lankylad

The tender has received a light dusting of Halford's etch primer and the spud bogie has been temporarily located. I need a 4BA brass washer but wouldn't you know, that's the one size I've run out of. However, the good news is that with the tender in place, the spud can propel the loco chassis. 

The bad news is that the loco chassis repeatedly derails on curves. Time to check whether the wheels are in gauge and whether I need to increase the amount of play in the axle boxes. Check twice, cut once...

The bearing eventually stayed put and was opened out with the broach. It was surprisingly easy to fit the driving wheels even with the footplate in place and with some patient tweaking with the hand drill the leading and trailing axle bearings have been teased so that all the wheels sit on the track.

So far, so good; to coin a phrase. The chassis is quite free-running even before lubrication: but the spud bogie won't shift it. No great worries yet: the spud is very light in weight, so with the tender on top it will have more traction.

And there's always Plan B...

Thanks!

Although working the layout from the front makes it easier to talk with the public, it also means that you can be more easily distracted and can also obstruct their view.

Will Grime Street appear at Manchester?

Very nice, an ingenious idea.

 

Does it come with Lederhosen, by the way?

Regrettably I wasn't able to find a pair of Lederhosen with a 72" waist. But the layout does come with a Noch sound system with cow bells.