Height adjustment Now that the buffers were attached the bogies could be inserted and the ride height checked, this was now found to be 0.5mm high. The ride height is controlled by the top edges of the frame contacting the bottom of the driver's door recesses inside the body shell. A bit of work with scalpel and scrapers was required to remove the half millimetre from the bottom of each. Once the height came out correct, the tank and motor mount could be refitted, a 20thou plasticard spacer was needed between the top of the tank unit and the bottom of the frame after which the clips could be reglued. No 35, short overset, were used.
Pictures show the complete chassis and the assembled loco.
Now I have a working loco it joins the queue for cosmetic attention to the bodywork. There is also the original Overland chassis waiting inspiration to complete the P4 conversion. Return to homepage Copyright Keith Norgrove.