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The photo below shows the way I do it.

Or rather it shows the end result More information on the way its done would be very useful.
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I think you stand a better chance of concentricity with steam era/Branchlines wheelsets rather than any plastic centered type. They do 3ft disc wheels.
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Not how I interpret "across the end"
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Easiest way to pin an axles is to cut a slot across the end of the axle at a slight angle so it is deeper at one side and hardly goes down the other side at all. Pop on the axle as usual. Then use the slot to drill into the wheel hub. Put in a wire pin, fill up slot and clean off. Don Roland taught...

Looks like you have since succeeded. I have moved the replies to your new topic. "GWR Number Plates"
For others wondering the new topic button is on every subforum page. eg from here click 'return to steam locomotives' at the page foot.

Whilst such intensive running methods are fine for those of us with layouts they don't really help Bill with his question, how does he confirm that a design change has made an improvement? As a manufacturer time is money.

If these are coach bogies then I suspect that a free rolling test as described by Guy, and with each bogie variant tested on the same vehicle, is the best you can do. As soon as you couple it to another vehicle you bring in a whole load of additional variables from interactions through the couplings...

Thanks for that, those Huntly Archives films are fascinating. I like the Edge Hill traverser with the Capstans mounted on it, and the Broad St hoist with wagon turntables.
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BrianW's homemade unit above is essentially the same as the 'handlaidtrack' product and much cheaper than that or a GW roller. :) Get hold of 3 ball bearings and you can build your own 'handlaidtrack' clone simply enough. Find bearings on Aliexpress. Save wear on your fingers and thumb if you hace a...

I also use the thumb and fingers method and have not had problems with unwanted vertical curves appearing. Bullhead rail naturally curves horizontally due to its shape, this can be a problem for tight curves in chairs as the curved rail will not naturally take up the 1:2 inclination so a tiny bit of...

That's because its the same link

Or pliers as David Thorpe mentioned in the post before yours!

It is neccessary to drill if you don't have a punch.
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Thanks for your replies, folks. I'm getting the message that you take the thickness of the boss as correct, and you get or make a suitable length axle. Not the inverse, taking the axle as the given, and filing or sanding down the boss to the length of that axle. Nor is anyone so far going with Dave...

The rivets have a diameter of 1.1mm and the same goes for the hole punch. A drill should be the same.
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Here's an answer https://www.scalefour.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=70226#p70226
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It seems some photos, especially from iPhones, can have orientation info built in. I have found that opening it in MS Paint, rotating if needed, then, whether rotated or not, doing a 'Save as' will allow the resulting files to be uploaded and displayed correctly.
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Yes, sorry it would be feet

This gets down to 25m, I don't see any better on the NLS list.
https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=16&lat=53.2454&lon=-1.7397&layers=10&b=1

Why not use the NLS maps?
This one has the contours https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=16&lat=53.2454&lon=-1.7397&layers=193&b=1
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http://www.proto87.com/media/gresley%20sub%20coupling-600.jpg Just checking on my (Gosh) 65 year ago memories. These (prototype) coaches would have been coupled with screw couplings and the buffers would always have been in contact. Or even slightly compressed by the couplings. Is either or both co...

The thinned bit should be half way up the long side of the link, then you have to try hard to get it to fall out.
But I just open the link and thread it in, then close the link. Can't do that in full size
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So 21.6 mm, that is very tight for a P4 wheelset, just about possible with an Exactoscale wheelset. AGs are 21.7 mm wide.
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From Andy's and Knuckles' replies I would surmise that the sideframes are spaced closer together than needed for P4 and maybe not using 26mm axles, I suppose that does not affect Andy but it would be rather a shame as the recent Hornby LMS and Pullman bogies have been easy conversions. Perhaps the o...

Robbo wrote the definitive article on this topic, albeit before the introduction of 100 degree solder.
See http://www.norgrove.me.uk/Robbo.htm
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