Model Shipways Western Mountain Buckboard Wagon, Instruction Manual

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Front and Rear Axles
Remove front and rear wood axle caps from WB-2 the 3.32” basswood sheet and sand all 1.
surfaces and stain only. Dry fit and adjust if necessary the cast metal axles for a tight fit to
the mating surface of the wood axle caps.
Select the front axle cap (with two holes) and glue to the painted cast metal front axle
2.
centered between the outboard wheel bearing surfaces to the top surface of the axle. Use
small spring clamps to hold tight in place until glue sets. Repeat and glue the rear axle
wood cap to the cast metal axle. Let the glue set on both axles.
Carefully carve /file and sand smooth the upper surfaces of the front and rear axle caps 3.
from the ends in to the flat mounting surfaces. Do not carve the flat mounting surfaces. Use
the stain finish as reference while carving to keep all carving even. (See photo17)
Photo 17
Once satisfied with carved and sanded smoothed surfaces re-stain carved areas with a little 4.
stain on the tip of a Q-tip. Once the stain is dry then spray Clear Matte Finish on both axle
assemblies.
Front Axle
Dry fit the front axle assembly (with the two holes) into the painted cast lower half of the 1.
fifth wheel aligning the two holes with the two axle holes and centering the cast part with
the two flat mounting surfaces on the axle cap. (See photo 18)
When satisfied with the dry fit then glue the axle assembly to the cast fifth wheel half.
2.
Cut and paint two (2) axle clip brackets from the photo etched sheet and glue onto the bolt 3.
shafts on the fifth wheel half and then glue two (2) small square nuts onto the bolt shafts.
Insert/glue two (2) 1/4” painted round head bolts into the two holes in the axle assembly 4.