brakes for 4 and 6 wheel coaches

[andrewnummelin]

I'm building a few old coaches and have hit a problem. It seems like the W-iron etches from Bill Bedford had only half the number of brake hangers/blocks needed. Whilst I could make new ones this would be very tedious for a whole train so I looked around well known suppliers of bits and pieces but failed to find any. Have I not been looking thoroughly?

[barhamd]

I 3D printed these for my coaches and horse box. These were designed for a 14mm diameter wheel to fit Bill Bedford sprung bogies.

aIMG_9932.jpg

PR me if you want some for the cost of postage + something towards the resin

David

[billbedford]

I'm building a few old coaches and have hit a problem. It seems like the W-iron etches from Bill Bedford had only half the number of brake hangers/blocks needed. Whilst I could make new ones this would be very tedious for a whole train so I looked around well known suppliers of bits and pieces but failed to find any. Have I not been looking thoroughly?

In general six-wheeled coaches did not have brakes on the centre axle. There were exceptions but they tended to have been built post-grouping.

[andrewnummelin]

I 3D printed these for my coaches and horse box. These were designed for a 14mm diameter wheel to fit Bill Bedford sprung bogies.
aIMG_9932.jpg
PR me if you want some for the cost of postage + something towards the resin

David

David, very many thanks for the offer but the design would not fit my model. Seeing what you have done is yet another nudge to seriously consider getting a 3D printer.

[andrewnummelin]

I'm building a few old coaches and have hit a problem. It seems like the W-iron etches from Bill Bedford had only half the number of brake hangers/blocks needed. Whilst I could make new ones this would be very tedious for a whole train so I looked around well known suppliers of bits and pieces but failed to find any. Have I not been looking thoroughly?

In general six-wheeled coaches did not have brakes on the centre axle. There were exceptions but they tended to have been built post-grouping.

Bill, unfortunately the drawing of the 6 wheeler I'm modelling shows brakes on the centre wheel; but I don't have a good enough photo to prove the point so I may well take the easy way out and leave them off. If anyone turns up a photo to prove me wrong I'll just ...