Questions, Answers & Tips -
The two reamers mentioned aren’t identical. The Micro-Mark
item measures 25.86 mm tip to tip, and the Reboxx Exxact Tool
23.51 mm.
In the packaging for the Exxact Tool is a paper stating “The cur-
rent design of Exxact Tool was made a little shorter to make
it easier to insert them into the side frame and remove them
from the same. The trick in using them is to make sure that
when you squeeze the side frames together, you align the side
frame which is being cut so that it is perpendicular to the axis
of the cutting tool. A little more pressure needs to be applied
than was necessary with previous longer tool.”
Once the truck is tuned, dab a little fine powdered dry graphite
like Kadee Grease-Em into the bearing point with a Microbrush.
Walthers wheels:
Truck tuning tool:
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– MRH
Tenax advantage
In the article about building a boom gondola car, the author
stated he used a paint remover before bonding styrene parts to
the gondola. There’s no need to do that if you just use Tenax-7R.
It will bond styrene to styrene even through a painted surface.
Apply the Tenax, press the pieces together, and the paint will
bubble up. Just leave it alone and after the Tenax-7R evaporates,
the paint will settle back down.
– Richard Napper
TIPS
MRH-Jun 2014
