If you have any old/tired/well used track rubbers knocking about, cut out the largest circle of rubber you can and put a hole through the middle. Attach to a long screw with some washers and pair of nuts to lock the rubber tight and put the free end of the screw in your hand held Dremel/hobby drill. You've now got a track rubber whizzy wheel. Take care, especially where sanding pipes are near the wheel to be cleaned.
Cradle? Plonk the loco upside down in the four-foot of a length of spare, straight track with some thin foam as paint protection.
A pair of wires from a track feed occasionally touched on the wheels of said loco will negate the need to keep lifting the loco off and onto your cradle.
wheel cleaning...
in time for a tea break yet?
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If you have any old/tired/well used track rubbers knocking about, cut out the largest circle of rubber you can and put a hole through the middle. Attach to a long screw with some washers and pair of nuts to lock the rubber tight and put the free end of the screw in your hand held Dremel/hobby drill. You've now got a track rubber whizzy wheel. Take care, especially where sanding pipes are near the wheel to be cleaned.
Cradle? Plonk the loco upside down in the four-foot of a length of spare, straight track with some thin foam as paint protection.
A pair of wires from a track feed occasionally touched on the wheels of said loco will negate the need to keep lifting the loco off and onto your cradle.
C6T.