Club wagons

[Stephen Rainsbury]

I have checked for prototype examples but still can't work out how I fit the brakes to this wagon kit, could somebody help please?



Thanks

Stephen

[JulienW]

The bit with the break shoes on is fitted to the underside of the wagon floor inside the sole bar (the chassis side with the axle boxes attached). The job may be easier with the wheels in place so you can get it in the right place (not rubbing on the wheels), and whilst mounting the break block moulding  hard up to the back of the sole bar will give more clearance from the wheels I feel that things look a little better if the break shoes are in line with the treads (flat bit that runs on the top of the rail).

The remaining part - break leaver - needs to be fixed to the sole bar so that the end of the long part is lined up over the little pip moulded on the underside of the sole bar and the longer bit of the cross piece pointing vertically downwards and the short 'handle' horizontal. Note that this part is handed, somas showing in the photo the top is the side you want to have facing outwards.

In real life it would work by someone pushing down on the handle to rotate a rod attached to the other end (where the 'pip' is) and the rotation of the rod pushes the break shoes against the wheels. The vertical part is a toothed rack that allows the leaver to be held in place to keep the breaks on (a bit like the ratchet mechanism in a car's hand break).

The leaver may be better left until the body has been attached to the chassis as I've generally fitted the break leavers angled outwards from the sole bar so that the handle part is level with the side of the body - so that the shunter can get to them easier - rather than fitting them hard against the sole bar where a scale human would need to lean in underneath a potentially moving wagon to apply the break.

Hope that helps.

[Stephen Rainsbury]

That certainly does, thanks. And I agree about the handle that needs to go on last.
I will post pictures later.  :)