Nick Dunhill
Western Thunderer
It's new job week. This time into the world of narrow gauge. I'm told the EDM Kit is a decent one so off we go.
I started, as usual, by making the rods. Easy enough...
I followed the instructions provided as a pdf download from Paul Martin's website. The kit comes with a CD that has the instructions uploaded onto it. It might as well have been on a cassette because only Martin Chuzzelwit has a CD reader these days, and when I borrowed one it wouldn't read the CD anyway.
The chassis was easy to build.
Layering up the chassis cleverly creates horn guides for the axleboxes. I dropped the axleboxes in their slots and inserted jury axles. I offered up the coupling rods and their centres did not match those of the axleboxes. I did a bit of filing so that the axleboxes could find their own centres using the rods as a jig.
I made my own horncheeks (1 x 1 mm L section) to locate the axleboxes, and dispensed with the kit system of setting the ride height using spring steel and holes in a bracket. I made some brackets with 14 BA screws to adjust the correct height. If anyone has a drawing of the loco with the ride height of the chassis shown could you get in touch?
The kit seems quite comprehensive and covers all the variants, so let's see where we go next week.
See you at Wigan tomorrow, I'm Scratchbuilding demo and Technical Help guy. D5.