Thanks for the description, Bud - I'm looking forward to seeing the upgraded tractors in person. Cheers! - Trevor
--- In [email protected], "bud9351" <BlackDiamondRR@...> wrote: > > > Trevor, It was a fairly easy replacement. I first cut off the plastic wheel > and part of the shaft just behind the wheel (or the side towards the > front)using a small Micro Mark toothed saw blade in an Xacto handle. I > suppose a Zona or jeweler's saw would work also. I had the Micro Mark blade > handy. Next I filed the cut shaft nice and flat, tapped a centered dimple > with a sharp punch, then drilled with a #72 bit in a Dremel to about 1/8" > deep or so, no need to be exact. The wheels are snipped off the fret with a > sharp pair of scissors and the cuts filed a bit to keep the wheel round. The > included straight pins are cut off to about that 1/8" or so and acc'd to the > wheel and then acc'd into the drilled hole using gap filling acc. Lastly I > touched up the pin head and the cuts/file marks with flat black paint. > I've already been asked why I didn't replace the entire steering shaft > with wire. A good question as once the new, finer wheels are in place, the > oversize shaft is now more pronounced. This would've been more involved than > I really wanted to go as I have 10 of these to do and would require touch up > paint of a matching color. > I guess its up to anyone doing these how detailed they want to go. > Myself, just replacing the wheel was a big improvement to my eye. > Bud Rindfleisch > > > Hi Bud: > > > > Thanks for the photos and the link (in subsequent messages). Can you > > describe the process for replacing the stock steering wheel with the etched > > version? How easy is it to get the stock one off - and is drilling > > necessary? > > > > Just looking for an opinion from someone who has actually done it, before I > > go ahead and upgrade the wheels on my flat car load. > > > > Cheers! > > > > - Trevor > > > > Trevor Marshall > > > > Port Rowan in 1:64 > > I model a steam-era Canadian National branch line terminal in S scale, and > > blog about it here: > > http://themodelrailwayshow.com/cn1950s > > > > The Model Railway Show > > Listen in as two S scalers (and recovering radio newscasters) host a > > podcast about the hobby: > > http://www.themodelrailwayshow.com > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
