Will wrote:
I this context probably any chassis that isn't built with rigidly fixed axles, but most particularly compensated chassis that are often quite remarkably floppy.
Will, that sounds like my mum's cat...
Flymo, that looks good. I just looked at your Pug on 'Beer and Buckjumpers', very nice too. I'll follow your chassis building with interest.
Since we're onto chassis talk, now's probably the time to confess that I'm going to rebuild the chassis on my Black 5. Being a complete noob at modelling (used to be a mechanic in 1:1 scale, but everything in 1:76 is so dottily
small) I missed a few tricks. It runs sort of ok, but I knew it wasn't really right from the amount I had to open out the coupling rods. Anyhow, inspired and educated by Allan Goodwillie's thread on loco building in Starting in P4, I'm going to have another bash. I started today by making a back to back gauge from a piece of angle iron...
Ealing, that sounds like a good idea. I've only got wagons in plastic though. Lined coal trucks anyone?
I do have a BR mk 1 moulded body that needs lines though, so could get that done as practice. Only straight lines though...
Re the cockups, I've been there: see the above

What I did get right was the bodywork, so I don't want to mess that up. The main thing is to make sure I can correct mistakes without spoiling the cellulose, so I'll order Ian Rathbone's book, and only go ahead lining on the loco when I'm good and ready.