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Back again - The right side driving gear
Thank you Don and Ricardo! The driving gear indeed turns the model at once into a real steam locomotive.
The short getaway to the Swiss Alps was very refreshing. Back to basic, no fuss, no stress, no hurries. Just hiking in the mountains, ploughing through fields of snow at 3000m altitude and sleeping in deserted mountain huts. The cold water that knocks you off your feet. But above all, the absolute silence all around if you stand still for a while and hold your breath. Just listen. A moment of tremendous joy, amazement and healing. It still exists in this crazy world of terrorist attacks and horrible disasters like the recent London apartment tower and Portugal forrest fires. Welcome back to the real world I thought very cynically when listening to the news again. So far for a short moment of reflection.
Time to continue with the Gresley, the right side driving gear. Although the layout is different from the left side, the assembly follows the same procedure. Much work is required to cut out the printed parts of each bar, and to paint the edges. To get proper alignment between the individual bars, small cardboard circles are required as spacers.The simple flat-faced one part driving gear (no. 84) provides a perfect template for how to position the various parts one by one.
The step by step build up of the driving gear is indicated in the pictures.
Note there is a surprising difference between this template and the assembly of the individual parts. The other problem that arose is the opening in bracket no. 68 being too small for part 84d to protrude properly, preventing fitting with 84e. Both issues are shown in one of the pictures.
As the bracket is already firmly in place I need to figure out a way to solve this without causing too much damage. By checking actual pictures it looks like the actual opening in the bracket is much bigger than what the model provides, which also goes for the left one (no. 67). However, this bracket did not result in an issue.
So, to be continued next time, in any case: GRRRR.
Cheers,
Erik
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