
Turn the Bolster assembly the right way up and check that it sits truly on a flat
surface, with the legs vertical and joining tabs tightly home in their slots. You can re-
melt the joints and adjust them if necessary.
Cut away the transverse jig pieces
between the Inner and Outer Legs. Put
them to one side as they are used later when
fitting the Pivot Frames to the loco.
Tidy up any remnants of the jig pieces
using a file.
Pair up the bolster with its subframe, as designated by the presence or absence of the
etched triangular marks on the Bolster Frame and the Subframe Mainframe. Orientate
the Bolster and Subframe correctly - the 'pointy' end of the Bolster faces towards the
outer end of the Subframe.
Check the fit of the Bolster on to the Subframe:
the inside faces of the Inner and Outer Legs should just fit over the radiused edges of
the lateral control ears on the Subframe sides, with no more than just a slight
resistance,
the longitudinal control arcs on the legs should just fit between the longitudinal
control ears on the subframe sides, again with a free sliding fit.
A tight fit can be addressed by light filing on the radiused edges: they have been drawn
to be slightly over-size with half-etched guide marks to help preserve the correct shape.
That completes the brasswork for the bogie bolster.
Bachmann 'Peak': Bolster
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27/09/2021
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