The Jinty chassis is calling. After thinking I had all the parts it turns out that I’m missing the coupling rods. Not to worry as I can always make up a new set. In the meantime though I assembled the chassis.
To keep everything square I used my Mastermodels chassis jig again. To get the positions I slipped bearings into all the axle holes and set the rods to these. I then fixed the spacers in, building the chassis on the jig as intended. Apparently this will keep things square – it certainly looks good so far.
The slots for the hornblocks were cut out with a piercing saw.
Next the rear bearings were soldered in. Finally the hornblock assemblies went in one at a time with lots of clips to hold things in place while I wielded the soldering iron.
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