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Finished sanding the body down and added the truck bolster mount points.
I thought I had some 100 ton roller bearing sprung trucks on hand but they aren't all 4 the same style. I'll have to place an order for a couple sets.
Did a little more sanding and painting on the body. The smaller indents are more obvious now. I'll have to decide when enough is enough. Added a few more dabs of baking soda and CA glue.
I did a lot of fretting over that point. I used a couple of blocks of wood on the desktop. Put the truck bolster mount on them then set the tank on top of them. Applied the CA/baking powder mix to it while they looked level. If there is any fine tuning required, I can just file or sand the mounts.
Ah, sounds like a good solution!
Some of my favourite cars are the ones built with blood sweat and tears.
Well mostly blood and tears.
(ok tears. I shed a lot of tears)
Finally got back to this project.
Mounted some roller bearing axel trucks to the bolsters then mounted them to the body of the tank.
It sits level and rolls good.
Gonna have to measure for coupler boxes. I have 33"wheels on it now. I think the 36" wheels would look better though.
I'm at kind of a conundrum. The coupler shelf is just a skosh to low. I don't want to put an overset coupler on it because that looks to hooky. Setting the tank higher off the bolster will look odd too.
I'm at kind of a conundrum. The coupler shelf is just a skosh to low. I don't want to put an overset coupler on it because that looks to hooky. Setting the tank higher off the bolster will look odd too.