Gday All,
I have been putting a few more hours into the RT. I have obtained a number of goodies from various suppliers.
My first order, as per the first RT post, was with RailCraft (www.railcraft.50megs.com). I ordered:
- 4x laser cut W irons
- 4x axle boxes
- 4x bearings to suit axle boxes
- 4x dummy leaf springs
- 4x buffers
- 2x coupler brackets
I am very happy with the quality of their casts and it adds a much needed dimension to the RT.
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| This photo shows the RT chassis as it is today. |
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| This photoshows the 6BA (around 2.7mm) bolt set used to attach the W irons to the chassis. I was originally going to weld the W irons on. Glad I didnt!!! |
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| Wow its tiny!!! I ordered these from Model Engineering Supplies (http://www.mesupplies.com.au/). I have just ordered a 12BA boltset which is HALF what you see above!! |
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| The photo on the left is RT 17 at Healesville and to the right is my Railcraft W irons, leaf spring and axle box. Very pleased with the result of the parts sourced. |
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| Here is another part sourced from over the wide world web. 1" scale coupler from DNC System Technologies (www.dncsystems.dynalias.com/minirail) Ill clean up the cast and post more about this on a later post. |
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| I noticed on RT17 that there was a bracket riveted to the corner of the chassis. I have used 1mm steel cut and folded to recreate this part. Ill hopefully rivet these into place like the prototype. |
Im catching up with a friend tomorrow night to assemble the wheel set to get the chassis rolling. Hopefully ill get a video of this and post it as sson as possible.
Take care and Happy Modelling!!!
Adrian
