Here is a pair of half-legs clamped up ready for drilling, counter-sinking and screwing together with 8g x 30 screws.
Three legs glued & screwed on Thursday evening after pipe band practice.
Sixteen legs this evening, ready for fitting of the levelling arrangement
The t-nuts with 5/16 BSW x 1 1/2" hex head screw and wing nut to lock the screw.
I find it difficult to believe that the young blokes in Bunnings don't know the difference between a screw and a bolt - I seem to have to explain it every time. Perhaps they think a bolt is what you do after a screw.
Last Monday I had a few hours at Roy's place for a bit of fun with his Bradfield layout. I helped trace the cause of a couple of electrical issues with the layout and a pair of Lima 44s, then we did a bit more work trying to finish off the RUB set.
A Calson brass 47 getting a run at Bradfield
44216 with an AK car and container train at Bradfield, viewed from the tennis court.
The Jumbo in the platform at Bradfield.
After some minor re-wiring, "grey ghost" 4499 goes for a spin.
The light bulb for the #1 end headlight had been removed, but in the process, the motor had been shorted out. Easy fix. Another 44 had its motor reversed due to having had an underframe fracture / repair. Again, nothing too difficult to diagnose, as I've been dealing with Lima 44s since about 1980!
Hand rails applied to the three remaining RUB cars.
The OFS, kitbashed from an SFS following the AMRM article.
The ride height of the cars is all over the place, due to a mix of standard underframes, IFM underframes, and various bogies. The plan is to work out which is closest to correct (probably the PHS), then make up a go / no-go gauge based on it, and adjust the other cars as needed.
Off to Liverpool on Saturday ... oh, wait, it IS Saturday already! Must be having too much fun in the garage.
Cheers for now.
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