What happened at your workbench today?

Not really in the workschop, but
I'm currently on holiday and have spent the last week at the Hanover-Wehmingen Tram Museum. While there, I made some improvements to the LGB layout and added some overhead lines to one section. This section had previously been built by young people. The plan was for a steam reversible train unit to set off from there. Unfortunately, the children did not finish this task. Other members completed the section.
I installed an overhead line there. The masts are still being painted.
 

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This doesn't help..
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I noticed 'daylight between the side-piece and bottom plate on this GRS gauge-modified to 'Lyn'.
This piece hold the bearing in place, and has broken away from the bottom-plate.

Covered in grease / oil, so will need to be degrease, before I attempt to get it re-attached.

Just slows things down, and means I have 'bits' sitting around taking up valuable work-space.

PhilP.
 
Just caught this in time, I think?
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A liberal bath in IPA, and the other side is coming away as well. - Suggests the glue is coming to the end of its life?

You start one job..........
:tmi: :D

PhilP.
 
I wonder if they would be less prone to uncoupling than some of the LBG Toy Train are?
they are just as reliable, as LBG/Playmo.
i had this bash on base of a "GOLDILOK" chinese car running for about 12 or 13 years without problems.
(just for interest: if the axles are GOLDILOK, they should be either for 50mm gauge, or be manually changed to 45mm)

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Just caught this in time, I think?
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A liberal bath in IPA, and the other side is coming away as well. - Suggests the glue is coming to the end of its life?

You start one job..........
:tmi: :D

PhilP.
Was it a glued job or a moulding that has been trashed due to a nose dive from a height?
 
Was it a glued job or a moulding that has been trashed due to a nose dive from a height?
Jon, it has been 'hacked' and glued..
These were a very limited number, converted to 32mm gauge by GRS. The blocks cut-down so everything could be moved inwards.
There are gaps where the cuts have not been very accurate.

I have bonded where it touches with Tamiya thin cement. I will now use something thicker, to fill the gaps and add strength.

These are not the most robust units to start with, and the modifications don't help.

PhilP.
 
Jon, it has been 'hacked' and glued..
These were a very limited number, converted to 32mm gauge by GRS. The blocks cut-down so everything could be moved inwards.
There are gaps where the cuts have not been very accurate.

I have bonded where it touches with Tamiya thin cement. I will now use something thicker, to fill the gaps and add strength.

These are not the most robust units to start with, and the modifications don't help.

PhilP.
Scary conversion, I can see the desire but a scratch chassis would have been a more robust and expensive job. I expect in the day they would have had a lot of punters looking for a 32mm gauge version.
 
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