Jon Nazareth
Western Thunderer
This picture has come out darker than I thought that it would but, one can still see 'things'.
The thing about scratch building is that it takes time, well, it does for me, to work out how to do 'things'. The 'things' in this instance are the brake blocks or how to hang them. I've managed it now but it took a bit of head scratching in order to work it out. As can be seen, the top of the blocks touch the wheels but, when given a gap of say, 3/32" between frame and axle box, they do look a bit better. I've said 3/32" as I don't know how far the finished tender will sit down onto the coil springs or even, how much I should allow as a gap. If needs must, I'll trim back the top of the blokes to get them to sit better against the wheel rim. The hangers are silver soldered onto a length of tube which also acts as a spacer between fram side and top of hanger. The next job is to make up the brake rods, another fiddly 'thing' to do .
Jon