Having learned from yesterdays build, I built the last of the three sets of etches this morning while making all the alterations before assembly. I didnt like the amount of daylight between the bogies and the undeframe and so I fitted LMS solebars which are deeper. The Hornby bogies were also replaced with Bachmanns. The latter are readily available and are easiliy adaptable.
I glued a peice of 60thou plastikard between the sideframes. Then it was drilled so that when the bogie was mounted on the coach, the bogie sideframe was just behind the bufferbeam...
The tension lock mounting bracket was far filed level and the coupling mounted further back...
Yesterdays E157 was found to be too low compared with other coaches. So it was re-mounted on Bachmann bogies today to reduce the air gap between the bogies and the solebars. It still looks a little naked but will look better once black paint is applied...
Todays E157 was also mounted on Bachmann bogies. Deeper solebars reduced the daylight showing above the bogies...