Finish the underframe
While the Sunshine instructions do not call for it, I also add
short lengths of chain between the cylinder and the cylinder
actuating brake line from the handbrake.
The easiest way to do this is to open up the end of an eye bolt,
slip the chain over it, and close the eye with pliers. Don’t try to
put it on the eye end. You’ll go blind trying. I take the long end
and thread it through the chain link just like threading a nee-
dle. The other end is some .012” brass wire with a small loop
bent into it, then threaded on the same way. It is easier to do
[9] than to describe.
To get this line in the underframe, I drill a number 76 hole
through the bolster. I make a small inverted “U” holder from
.012” brass wire, and place it over the line. Alternatively you
can mount the line on the bolster with another eye bolt. I pre-
fer to keep it away from the truck swing and mount the line
through the bolster itself. It may not be prototypical, but at
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9. The underframe with the train line and stringers
installed.
