No idea how long it took to get me this far but no more than a couple of hours.
The chassis sides fold up and thanks to some nice tab and slots design, everything locates reasonably accurately in place. The slots are perhaps a little larger than perfect so some care is required to make sure everything lines up.
Aluminium axle jigs aid the positioning of the bearings. Two lengths of these are supplied with the short ones for the gearbox end and the long ones in the other holes. I'm intrigued by this as there is a support for the centre of the axle which would normally indicate it rocks to compensate for uneven track. The long bearings would seem to make this less likely though. We'll have to wait and see.
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The answer to your question about the chassis is "sort of".
The chassis is Branchlines' "Eagle", originally designed to replace the Airfix/Dapol "Pug", which was, among other things, used as a donor for Springside's range of semi-freelance 0-16.5 loco kits.
I built several of the kits and chassis in the late 1990s and, more to the point, am busy building one right now, nearly 30 years later!
This one's to go under a Springside Avon, the next will be for another Barclay like the subject of your blog, so thanks for an excellent series of posts on how to build both chassis and loco!
All the best,
Simon.
Bilmey - a 10 year old post, and still useful! Thanks for letting me know.
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