The slide bars have been made up and attached to the cylinders and he's also soldered them to the bracket which connects to.....ah....that's interesting....
At first glance you wonder where the problem is, don't you.
The bracket is quite firmly held in position, with the bar along the top sitting in a slot in the top of the frames, and the cross head has been slipped onto the slide bars, with the connecting rod attached, and it all just squeezes past the bracket with a fag paper clearance.
So just the leading driving wheel to slip into place then.....ah.......
That helpful bar on the top of the bracket means the wheel no longer fits.
It's just a construction aid and will have to be sliced off with the cutting disc.
And what's supporting the slide bars and bracket then?
Answer: not a lot.
It's not so much of an issue with the 7mm version of the kit because the slide bars are a white metal casting, but a flimsy brass etch is quite a different proposition.
Unfortunately there are no suggestions about what to do here in the instructions, so Himself will have to make it up as he goes along.
I'm sure he's secretly enjoying it, even though that's not what he says every time I pop over to see how he's getting on.....
The joys of 3mm!
ReplyDeleteIf the wheel does clear the footplate supports, move the slidebar bracket back to there??
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