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Originally Posted by creosotewind
What? No "Schweppes Lemon Squash"? (whatever that is)
But this whole thing looks great. And a great presentation as well.
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"I believe it is a popular fruit drink, M'lud." I have no photographs of B340 carrying an advertisement for Schweppes, but I have no doubt that B-types did so from time to time in the 1910s and -20s. It is the LTM's preserved K-type K424 which appears to have one currently on its right-hand side. The ABC model (see my first post in this thread) shows it on both sides, but recent photos of the left-hand side of K424 show an advertisement for the Great Western Railway.
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Now for the mostly black chassis. The two faces of each long side are layered on thin cardboard - my stock is 0.65mm thick - then again on thin card or paper until the combined thickness of the two sides is 2mm. Then the ends and bottom receive a covering strip to hide the cardboard filling. The top does not need a cover, as it is glued to the floor plate.
The prototype chassis is in fact wooden, sheathed in steel plate, so I claim that my design is very authentic... In fact, of course, it was just the easiest way of making a tidy, strong girder.
The cross pieces are similar, but lighter - 1.3mm thick.
They can all go together. There is also a tie rod joining the front horns, which I just made flat, as it is too small to roll a cylinder.
