{"id":6745,"date":"2024-08-12T10:39:57","date_gmt":"2024-08-12T09:39:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=6745"},"modified":"2024-08-12T10:39:57","modified_gmt":"2024-08-12T09:39:57","slug":"david-andrews-princess-royal-increasing-the-swing-of-the-rear-truck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=6745","title":{"rendered":"David Andrews Princess Royal &#8211; Increasing the swing of the rear truck"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>All issues of whether the styrene might wear over time aside, even with added weight on the trailing truck, the chassis still wouldn&#8217;t go around a 6ft curve reliably so more drastic measures were needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Using a piercing saw I cut out part of the inner frames.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1-IMG_0002.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"669\" src=\"https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1-IMG_0002-1024x669.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6746\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1-IMG_0002-1024x669.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1-IMG_0002-300x196.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1-IMG_0002-768x502.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1-IMG_0002-459x300.jpg 459w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1-IMG_0002.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">DA Princess Rear frame modifications<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Then I soldered a plate across the ends of the frames at the front by good fortune there were two tabs at the rear with could be soldered to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1-IMG_0001-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"734\" src=\"https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1-IMG_0001-1-1024x734.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6747\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1-IMG_0001-1-1024x734.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1-IMG_0001-1-300x215.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1-IMG_0001-1-768x550.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1-IMG_0001-1-419x300.jpg 419w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1-IMG_0001-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">DA Princess Rear frame modifications<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1-IMG_0003-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"686\" src=\"https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1-IMG_0003-1-1024x686.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6748\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1-IMG_0003-1-1024x686.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1-IMG_0003-1-300x201.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1-IMG_0003-1-768x515.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1-IMG_0003-1-448x300.jpg 448w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1-IMG_0003-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">DA Princess Rear frame modifications<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I then reduced the width of the inner plate and soldered the frame pieces back together with some end plates to take up the gap left by the saw kerf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1-IMG_0001-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"662\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1-IMG_0001-2-662x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6749\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1-IMG_0001-2-662x1024.jpg 662w, 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