{"id":3248,"date":"2018-02-05T17:57:05","date_gmt":"2018-02-05T16:57:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3248"},"modified":"2018-02-05T17:57:05","modified_gmt":"2018-02-05T16:57:05","slug":"more-improvements-to-kirk-bogies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3248","title":{"rendered":"More improvements to Kirk Bogies"},"content":{"rendered":"

When fellow modellers came along to see me when I was demoing at Pontefract show, the parts that I was cutting were some brakes for my Kirk coach bogies<\/p>\n

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Once glued together (5 layers) they came out looking like this.<\/span><\/div>\n
Apologies for the poor photo, white on white isn’t the best combination<\/span><\/div>\n
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Silhouette cut brakes for Kirk Bogies<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The demo must have been well received because I have also been asked to demo at Telford as well as Doncaster this year.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Not much modelling got done last week due to having a busy week compounded by minor surgery, but over the weekend the Mojo returned and I made progress on the twinset.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Scratch built Bolster Springs for Kirk Bogies<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The first bogie now has it’s bolster springs an I have the parts prepared to fit to the other two. I did end up having to remove the bolster frame to fit the springs so a lesson learned.<\/span><\/div>\n
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I also managed to get three of the ends attached to their respective sides. The fourth one needs cutting down for the narrower brake end.<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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