Changing a simple coach

[modelsof1900]

Thanks to all for your heavy compliments. I think only that I have done what I could do with my handcrafted modeling and hand tools – and a magnifying glass. We have a phrase here in Germany: “Der Weg ist das Ziel” or in English “The journey is the reward” and I like to build such small items as my personal goal. I do not have a must for a big layout or a large model collection; I would like to get a small collection of items which are not part of each other collection.

First an answer to Sumpter250. Yes, my drill bits start at a smaller value as #80.
Here a short view to the diameter table in US and metric dimensions.

gauge/inches/millimeters
? / 0.0118 / 0.3
80 / 0.0135 / 0.343
78 / 0.016 / 0.406
76 / 0.020 / 0.508

My regular drill bits start with a diameter 0.3 and this is smaller as #80, than I use after metric system drill bits with diameter 0.4 and 0.5 similar to #87 and #76 and larger. However I think that I must use also smaller drill bits yet because I should use also wire with a diameter of 0.2 millimeters for grab irons or other very thin part. I try to calculate for many parts and I know that 0.3 millimeters are very close to an inch in reality – a very thick rod.

Now a few additional pictures for nkp_174.





The material is ordinary brass flat rod of 0.5 by 1 millimeter (0.02 by 0.04 inch) that I bent around a 1 millimeter wire. After I soldered the ends together and I finished the short end in length. The eye end of this anchor was spliced with a sawing blade which was wide enough for the wire of trussrods and I drilled the holes for NBWs. This was all.
Mounting started with glueing the anchors on the body underside and than I fixed these anchors additionally by long cut NBWs which I inserted in predrilled holes in the underbody. Next I inserted the small eye bolts to the anchor eye ends and fixed them by small drops of ac-glue. After I have drilled holes through the body behind the eye bolts I inserted the bent trussrod and I fixed them against the inside of body. This is all. Ok, I wrote already that the long ends of these anchors are too short for this model. They should reach until the body bolster because they are originally fixed to the body bolsters. Here I worked faster with a cutter as I have thought about the correct position of anchors.

Last a word to hand brake mechanic - and an answer to Wayne.
This solution with the crossover lever concentrating both hand brakes to one single pulling chain which is then connected to the air brake system that is a system that I found in one of my books about American railroad car brake systems. In this case the air brake has no repercussion to handbrake and hand brake is connected only by one short chain to the brake system and so I think this will be the best solutions that you can get.

Thanks again and I would be lucky to get your next comments.