mike knowles
Active Member
Thanks for the many compliments Sean. Had I realised the amount of work which would be involved I might have not been so keen to volunteer! However the finished article does offer some degree of satisfaction.
For reference the bogies were the original style being a mix of etched brass and nickel silver with various white metal and brass castings. Current models use resin bogies as per the other kits in the JLTRT range.
As received they were coated in a thick layer of black treacle (paint?). A soak in paint stripper removed most of it, revealing the following;
Whilst some parts of the bogies had been soldered (with large globs of solder) most of the assembly had been done with glue which was in a thick layer over everything. So with a lot of persuasion the bogies were stripped right back to the component parts, thoroughly de-glued and de-soldered and assembly started again. In so doing the correct frame spacers were used, as originally a mix of O Gauge and S7 spacers had been used and the carrier for the front pony wheels inserted the right round.
As Sean has mentioned some of the castings had to be replaced as they were too clogged up with solder/glue/paint to recover. The (poor) photos below shows one of the spring/axlebox assemblies and given all due respect to Sean's table top resin casting method I have to say the results were superb, showing up the efforts of many others who expect us to pay money for their poor efforts.
Finally I'd like to thank Laurie at JLTRT for providing replacements for some parts which were beyond repair e.g.the steps and Northampton Model Supplies for providing a replacement buffer housing after one of them came into contact with my soldering iron!
For reference the bogies were the original style being a mix of etched brass and nickel silver with various white metal and brass castings. Current models use resin bogies as per the other kits in the JLTRT range.
As received they were coated in a thick layer of black treacle (paint?). A soak in paint stripper removed most of it, revealing the following;
Whilst some parts of the bogies had been soldered (with large globs of solder) most of the assembly had been done with glue which was in a thick layer over everything. So with a lot of persuasion the bogies were stripped right back to the component parts, thoroughly de-glued and de-soldered and assembly started again. In so doing the correct frame spacers were used, as originally a mix of O Gauge and S7 spacers had been used and the carrier for the front pony wheels inserted the right round.
As Sean has mentioned some of the castings had to be replaced as they were too clogged up with solder/glue/paint to recover. The (poor) photos below shows one of the spring/axlebox assemblies and given all due respect to Sean's table top resin casting method I have to say the results were superb, showing up the efforts of many others who expect us to pay money for their poor efforts.
Finally I'd like to thank Laurie at JLTRT for providing replacements for some parts which were beyond repair e.g.the steps and Northampton Model Supplies for providing a replacement buffer housing after one of them came into contact with my soldering iron!
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