What are these things? And why can't we stand on the foot boards?Here is a Proto that I made footboards for;
ER Models, Sharks
I do not know the original I model uk but the colours seem very bright if I was to recommend a weathering this one would top my list perhaps someone can throw up the real thing for comparison althought that might mean I have to eat my words
These are air hoses/control lines. They outlawed foot board use because one dumb cluck fell off.What are these things? And why can't we stand on the foot boards?
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Lovely very nice
Is the r for Robert as I see the 808 and it looks like bob as in Robert likely I am way off course but I like the idea of it being called bob lolBlue-Box repaint;
Those are tricky. Not losing the worm bearings is the priority I think. Make sure the top cog/pulley is not slipping on its shaft. I have used super glue to lock them down.It's reassemble day for this Spectrum 2-8-0 Steam. I'm replacing the belt that seemed to be slipping. Hopefully this one will be a little tighter. Maybe I'll find there's a different issue. We'll see. Oh yeah, wish me luck reassembling this thing that I took apart last week.
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