Looking good. I wouldn't worry about the passengers having to duck to enter, most early railmotors were tiny things, look at the size of the Wee Donegal's first one........
Laser cutting has a lot to recommend it for model making, especially flat panels.
metalmuncher wrote: ↑Wed Jun 29, 2022 10:08 pm
the idea was to hold the wheels with superglue, but it wasn't very strong and was difficult to keep everything free. The slightest knock and the quartering could go.
As you found out, superglue is useless as a retaining compound. I use Loctite 601 for fitting metal wheels to axles on live steamers, but I've no experience of using it with plastic wheels. The current equivalent is Loctite 609, I think.
The d shaped axle is self quartering and probably as good as anything else you could use.
I don't like the look of the wheel flanges though, too thick and what looks like a ridge on the front face. I'd be giving them a skim in the lathe, which should reduce any slight wobble as well.
metalmuncher wrote: ↑Wed Jun 29, 2022 10:08 pm
So that's where we're up to today, tested ok pushing one of the coaches up the section of track clear of vegetation, just needs a bit more traction, some lead weights might help.
Plastic wheels won't be helping traction, but lumps of metal for the cab control panel and drivers seat will sit over the power bogie and should do the job.
Regards,
Graeme