Old AHM/Rivarossi 4-4-0 upgrading

[doctorwayne]

For the tender trucks i decided to retain the original axle wipers. As the material of the trucks is not glueable, two tiny bores of 0.5mm were done as shown.
A length of 0.3mm bronze wire were bend to a U-shape. The legs were threaded into the bores and bent to shape. Excess material was cut off.
So an all wheel pick up of the tender was realized.

That's a very simple, yet elegant, solution to working with those non-glueable engineering plastics. It seems to me to be much easier than drilling and tapping for a screw-type mounting, and I'd guess it to be more durable, too, as there's no chance of stripping threads if one is a little too heavy-handed with the screwdriver. Very nicely-done, Lutz, (and very useful for my Challenge locomotive's tender, too)!

Wayne