This update covers Brake Rigging on the under frame.
First up, Tichy provides a template to cut .010 wire for the brake lines. The wire is provided in the kit.
They have you cut the wire between the two bends in order to fit it through the fish belly frames. Looking at the clearance, you might be able to work it through without cutting. I’ll have to try it on the next kit.
Next up installing the brake cylinder and it’s mount. I messed up here by not installing these aligned correctly with the lever slot in the fish belly frame. So now the line lever is at an angle, instead of being parallel, as it should.
Lever installed.
This little thing is the “Branch Line”.
And it connects to the cylinder dirt collector and then to the brake line. Oh what fun this was.
Lever rods cut from .010 wire and installed.
Weight installed on top.
A little paint touch up on the under frame. With everything black hard to see any detail.
I figured it would be easier access, to weather it now. I used colors rusty pipe at first, dry brushing it on. Then a mix of rusty pipe and raw sienna on the components and frame members, and now the detail show up a bit better.
Thats it for this part. Next time back to working the car body.
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