1:35th TACL rail tractor

[Bill Gill]

The axles and the drive mechanism are very well made and look good too.

[finescalerr]

I am still reeling in stunned disbelief at the perfection of the fabrication and assembly just as I have been after reading all previous posts. Most satisfactory. -- Russ

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Bernard.
All that work will be worth it it should run perfectly
cheers

[Ray Dunakin]

Marvelous work! I really like your solution for the chains. They look great!

[Bernhard]

From the clutch for switching between forward and reverse driving I have no pictures of the prototype. So I improvised a little bit at this point.

[Bernhard]

The clutch is turned, drilled and two pins are inserted.

[Bernhard]

The lever for operating the clutch is soldered together from a few parts.

[Bernhard]

I wanted to etch the shifting gate for the clutch lever as well. But somehow the part disappeared from the etching template. In my material box I found a blank for a clock board, from which I can mill the part.

[Bernhard]

On the rotary table, the part is first milled to thickness, drilled, and finally separated from the blank.

[Bernhard]

And there's the cute part.

[Bernhard]

Now only the mount has to be soldered to the shifting gate.

Bernhard

[finescalerr]

Satisfactory. -- Russ

[Ray Dunakin]

This is like watching someone build a wristwatch!

[Bernhard]

The next sub-assembly is the brake. Since it is relatively simple, it is designed to be functional.

[Bernhard]

First, the pressure levers that press the brake pads onto the wheels are soldered together.