Very true Walking. Given the mineral vans were dragging heavy coal trains up hill and down dale in the Durham coalfields a bit of sanding would...
Andy Bear in mind how little is known about the V2's due to a dearth of either documentation or photographic evidence a lot of the detail is...
What resin do you use? I use Anycubic Craftsman does a much better job than standard.
Pipework from the sand boxes in the verandas. Brake guards there are 6 each is a square U shape affair around each of the pairs of break shoes....
First of the 2 NER brake Vans, the mystery that is the V2. A long shaggy dog story but of interest if you like Victorian wagons: [ATTACH]
Paul I think you should host a web session for dumb folk like me and Andy, I use the same setting for everything and it's pretty much always the...
if the diagram is correct (posting 1333) the pull on the shoes is outside the wheel it can be clearly traced in the drawing but then how does that...
Rob Q1 Tick makes a bucket full of sense Q2 Not sure what the... they are, definitely not foot board supports which are clearly shown on the...
Rob, Thanks for confirming what I suspected, that begets another question if there are 2 sets of brake levers either side of the centre line,...
Despite being clueless as to where they hang from on the chassis and what they do, a first punt at the brake pull rods (the final pull rods to the...
Rob Not quite a milk van more like a yoghurt pot the running gear mounts onto to this: [ATTACH] Now advice please. Richard Lacy's drawings...
Jim when I tested the acetone I created about 10 different parts, of different thicknesses and used variable amounts of glue to fix them together....
Thanks Keith, never heard of it but will give it a go!
Well it looks like a 6 wheel chassis and there's one that at least 2 years ago Rob said it would be his first Fusion wagon so I deferred. Years...
It's ben a while but the noisy one is back. First up Paul asked the question does Acetone unglue superglue. Well to cut a long story short NO,...
Paul Clearing the leaf spring is always my problem, I tend to draw solebars 2mm thick an leaf springs 2mm wide guess what happens! I've also...
Two shoes per wheel isn't going to be a problem for someone of your experience. More importantly I'm following how you solve the footboard...
Paul, Never tried that before if I decide on a destruction I will try it first.
Hi Paul, Yes there are footboards to add and looking at the sketch no they wouldn't cover up it mistake. I haven't progressed that far as I am...
Rob, You converted me to a details freak! No there nothing being impeded, but if I decide to reprint there are a couple of other improvements I...