Px 29 Modelik 1/25 - Page 3

**Michael Mash** · #21 02-20-2023, 11:35 AM

Watching the effort you are making with the details inspires me to work harder.

**romanmodels** · #22 02-20-2023, 04:27 PM

good work Rcleite

**ricleite** · #23 02-23-2023, 10:43 AM

Thanks for the comments

The cylindrical part of the boiler is modelled in a single main part. The kit includes 4 formers and I linked them two by two, as you can see in the third picture.

**ricleite** · #24 02-24-2023, 08:07 AM

I confess to ignore the use of the assembly shown in the first pictures. Regarding the chimney, the red section makes it look nice.

**ricleite** · #25 02-27-2023, 08:07 AM

The longerons are made from two parts each, both being laminated on 1mm thick card. Not bad for a narrow track locomotive! The suspension is made of leaf springs, placed both inside and above the longerons.

**ricleite** · #26 03-01-2023, 08:19 AM

The main structure is complete. The narrow track is apparent on the pictures.

**Erik Zwaan** · #27 03-01-2023, 11:49 AM

Beautiful assembly Ricardo, it reminds me of a real Marklin or Fleischman train, but the paper version is by far more attractive

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Cheers,
Erik

**ricleite** · #28 03-06-2023, 08:06 AM

Thanks, Erik

As usual, the spoked wheels take a lot of work to assemble and require a good deal of card cutting. There are 8 of them, with the same geometry.

**Michael Mash** · #29 03-06-2023, 11:04 AM

Flawless work. I have never made spoked locomotive wheels, but I assume they are not easy.

**ricleite** · #30 03-09-2023, 08:06 AM

@ Michael - The trick is to use a jig. It serves to fix the inner and outer wheel parts and should have the spoke positions printed. It is convenient to add the spokes in a sequence that prevents distortion. Another snag is that some spokes must be trimmed, sometimes at an odd angle, because neither the inner nor the outer wheel parts are round.
A couple of pictures for the braking system. As always, I used rolled paper instead of wire.