The progress on my Z19 continues... shown here is the progressive assembly and construction of the chassis.
Quatering was carried out by eye and was fairly easy to achieve. I have found that the use of a 'stiff' gearbox to hold a wheel in place, the one that all the rest are quartered in relation to really helps.
Finding appropriate sideframes for the tender bogies was a bit tricky...however a Bachmann 4-4-0 old timer tender chassis proved to have an answer...
The horrible small 'wheels' ( I say wheels because they skid) were removed and new axle points drilled with Gopher Models wheels fitted. Wheels can be bought from http://www.badgerbits.com.au/
After the wheels and base of the tender had been sorted out, from brass and PCB the sides were looked at....
Brass formed the solution and care was necessary in marking out the various 'landmark' sections, as the sides were to be formed and bent from one piece to simplify the assembly process.
The bent top edges were done using scribing and the jaws of my unimat vice.
The finished bent tender top prior to soldering to the chassis.
The footplate has had the 'splashers' added.
Attention turned to the cutaway cab, sweating two sheets of brass together and the plan side glued to permit identical cutting.
The finished cab soldered to the footplate and accompanying tender.
