Spitfire2865
Western Thunderer
A lovely shade of green. Very fitting for such a locomotive.
Getting back to the problem of securing the cranks on the axles. These may sound like the words of a drowning man but, would Loctite on it's own be strong enough to secure them?
Well, that's a first for me - a 2mm scale modeller telling a Gauge 3 modeller that he is used to bigger components!
Mike
Jon,
Model engineers have been using cyanoacrylate adhesives to fix driving wheels on axles for some years now so I would think that would be a possible solution. But I believe you have to leave some clearance in the joint to allow space for the adhesive which might cause problems when fitting the cranks to the axle ends and getting them truly concentric.
Here's one thread from the Model Engineering forum on the topic
wheels and loctite | Model Engineer
Here's another thread from another forum
Loco Wheels and Loctite | Model Engineering Clearing House
Note that in this thread a contributor mentions turning a one thou deep channel on the axle end to provide space for the adhesive yet allowing the wheel to align on the axle on either side of the channel.
There also seems to be a tendency to pin the wheels after gluing for a bit of "belt and braces".
Jim.