Further on down the tracks now

While I took the evening off tonight, I continued with sheet 2 of the J27 instructions the previous evening, attaching finer details like the leaf springs and guard irons. Pete devised a rather nice method of mounting these; corresponding holes in the frames and irons. A piece of .45 wire was inserted through each iron, the frames and lastly the opposite iron.
Three holes in total provide solid location whilst the irons are soldered in place. When soldering was
Complete, the wire between the frames was cut and dressed down.
After that I attached the wheels and gave the loco a n

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  1. Reblogged this on sed30's Blog and commented:
    Always a good read

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