Time to put right my earlier mishaps with the outer stretcher part for the incomplete bogie subframe.
Tag Archives: Soldering
BR Class 25/1 Diesel Locomotive: Part 4 – Bolsters
While I wait for a second Penbits kit to provide a source of spare parts, I’ve moved on to the next stage in building the sprung bogies.
BR Class 25/1 Diesel Locomotive: Part 3 – Subframes
A cautionary tale of how something apparently simple can catch you out if you get over-confident and fail to pay careful attention to what you’re doing.
BR Class 25/1 Diesel Locomotive: Part 2 – Bearing Carriers
Deep breath, here we go, time to begin building the Penbits sprung bogies for my Bachmann Class 25/1 conversion.
Build Your Own Instanter and Three Link Couplings
Here’s how I set about construction of my own accurate couplings from some photo-etched brass parts and a length of brass rod with the aid of a home-made tool.
BR Diagram 1/107 21-ton Mineral Wagon: Part 10 – Time For Solebars
It’s starting to look like a real underframe now that we’ve got the stage of adding the solebars and related acoutrements.
BR Diagram 1/107 21-ton Mineral Wagon: Part 9 – Finishing The Axleguard Assembly
Just a short session to finish off the spring carriers and tiebars so that I can test fit the wheels while it’s easy to make adjustments.
BR Diagram 1/107 21-ton Mineral Wagon: Part 8 – Axleguard Assembly
The next few steps with the underframe get us moving into the world of soldering techniques where we can learn from other branches of modelling.