Respected Sirs.
I hereby respectfully make application for full membership of the Surprisingly Ancient Order of Bodgers (Model Railway Branch).
Would members of Finney7, Nick Dunhill and PAD please look away now.
Today oi mostly been working on the bogie. First problem is that there is no provision made in the instructions for fitting this. As a result I had to
bodge design it as I went along.
I used one of the unsatisfactory (too narrow) spacers on which to mount the bogie. Using the tabs filed back a bit this fits between the frames. The pivot comprises the short piece of tube to fit over the 10BA screw, a few washers to provide spacers and to prevent the screw from escaping through the hole in the spacer and a nut to hold it all together.
A question, though, to those what may know. Are those rather lovely spring/bearing castings for the bogie? It seems a surprising refinement on this kit. They are very good castings, and there are only two of them, so it seems to me that the bogie is the only possible location. It'll be the devils own job to see them in there when fully assembled and I'm not convinced they'll fit without further modification, but I'll give it a go. Advice definitely needed here, though.
This is the bogie with the spacer as it will fit between the frames. Soldering was using safety flux applied with a hypodeemic nurdle and 179 degree solder.
....... and with the spacer
bodged carefully located in position viewed from top and bottom.
..... and this suggests that the bogie wheels may actually be in approximately the correct place.
Clearly some vertical and side control is needed on that bogie, so I soldered a hand rail knob to the bogie spacer and another to the frame spacer with a piece of nickel silver wire between the two. This was based on bodging - sorry, I mean a calculation of the vertical and horizontal forces involved and the result that a piece of 0.7mm nickel silver wire would provide the required resistance. (What a load of cobblers!) However, when checked on my test plank the bogie ran perfectly, so all those calculations
were worthwhile.
And just for a trailer of the upcoming excitement:
This is the back head. I SAID THIS IS THE BACK HEAD. Seems a bit flat to me. I wonder what I'll do with that?
I have no doubt that there will be suggestions about how to make my bodging even more remarkable. Any comments (apart from the obvious ones which I've not thought of yet) will be gratefully received and duly ignored, except for the one about what to do with the potential bogie castings.
Dear sirs, I am hopeful that, on completion of this project you may be generous enough to send a Fellowship of your steamed society in my direction.
Would you all please hang on a minute while I answer the door to the men in white coats.
I remain, sirs, still here.
Brian
so that's a good hint. Of course, not anticipating losing my means of forensic identification I'd not planned on doing a burgling spree. In fact, by the time I'd realised that the Al2O3 had removed my fingertips it was a bit late, but it certainly smarted.
