An OMI brass caboose - also a good model?

[modelsof1900]

David,
yes, all blue prints which I found are drawn in this view on top mode. Compare the first drawing on my website in it's original view.
For avoiding each irritation I turned over these main parts of my plans and so I have got a good base for comparison of my model with the construction prints. However I can't say how other models are built, this is my first brass caboose.
The bad running quality is a really problem of many brass trucks at this and other brass models. I have inserted new nylon axle bearings in the bearing boxes in all cases or I will replace the trucks by correct ones as here on this model. Compare also this picture with the trucks and the inserted nylon bearings of a reworked depressed center flatcar.



The center axle did not receive new bearings, it runs now as idler axle in its a little enlarged original holes.