Tuesday, February 04, 2025

Falling at the first hurdle

 

First job on the wagon kit - put the bearings in the W-irons. I clean up the minimal flash on the whitemetal castings, and turn my attention to the brass bits. 

Oh dear. 

While they fit in the castings, there's no way those holes will accomodate the 3mm diameter axles. It looks like the previous owner spotted this, and tried to file some of the ends to pinpoints, just like we do in smaller scales. 

In this one however, we are left with a rounded off axle end or two, that don't stand a chance of running in the bearing. Worse, there's not enough meat to sit properly in there if I open out the hole. 

So, it's back in the box with this kit. A note is written on the outside reminding me I need some new axles, if not wheels. The perils of buying second-hand kits!

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