I cant pretend that I actually know - but when you looked at the photo on the page next to the one with the drawing you will have seen that there are three rings on each side.Peter Butler wrote: ↑Tue Sep 14, 2021 11:09 pm Fortunately mister bandsaw was very gentle with the flat truck and neatly removed part of the deck on either side making it possible for the Braugham's wheels to drop onto platforms.....
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I need to make support brackets to attach the platforms to the underside of the flat deck so the wheels can be rested on them.....
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I am now basing my model on the Ffestiniog Railway four-wheel carriage-truck as shown in my copy of the 'Spooner Album', which I have acquired since I built the first model....
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Unfortunately it doesn't show how the load was secured to the wagon. Can anyone please offer advice on this?
I am sure that is where the ropes would have been on the wagon end - but I wonder if they attached the other ends to the axles or to the wheels themselves. I wouldn't think that they would have anything on the body of the coach to attach to, it being very lightly built, nor with soft springing would that have worked.
I wonder if that Ffestiniog wagon was used much - or even ever!
Trevor