After much procrastination during the last 20 years I have finally decided to attempt to build a layout, It will be based on Grogley Junction in Cornwall and/or other elements of the railways in that area with a lot of "what ifs" thrown in for good measure. This blog will be a record of the projects rambling progress and hopefully an incentive to keep going. It all could be a bit of a disaster and end up in tears but if I don't give it a try I will never find out.

I will be happy to receive comments about postings or information on railway history in the area.

Saturday, 20 June 2009

57xx coupling rods

Some Bill Bedford coupling rods for a 57xx arrived in the post this morning. Now I've got no excuse to complete the conversion. That's if I can work out how to put these coupling rods together!!!

I've found some assembly instructions for a NER E1 here on Bill Bedford's web site . This kit looks to have similar coupling rods to the 57xx so may be able to use these instructions as a guide.
Posted by Yan at 12:31
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1 comments:

Flymo said...

I do believe that you'll be fine with the guidance from the N1. What you've found is one of the more quirky aspects of Bill Bedford kits - no instructions are guaranteed.

You'll have noticed that even for the E1, they are headed up "Assembly Suggestions" - implying that you may well have a better way of doing things!

Either way, by following prototypical practice and pivoting them on the knickle and not on the crankpin, you should get an excellent result.

22 June 2009 06:20

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