Making a Alco A1A bogey cont.

Most of the brake rigging is now done. What is left is mostly doing the LOD.

Making a Alco A1A bogey cont.

 

Here we have added the brake shoes and the journal boxes.

Making a Alco A1A bogey cont.

 

 

 

Here you can see the start of the journal box, the pedestal sleeves, and the equalizer bar.

Making a Alco A1A bogey cont.

Here you can see I have added some more to the frame, brackets for the brake cylinders and the motors. Note that the motors are hung from the axles at one end and a spring at the other end that you can not see, in fact most of the motors can not be seen making then a easier to model.

You can also see that the center wheels show through the bolster but you can not see that under the body.

Making a Alco A1A bogey cont.

The frame is almost done, I have not had a lot of time to work on this due to a flooded basement and other non-trainz things.

The frame is made up of 8 parts, two sides, two ends, two inside pedestals, and the two part bolster. It is made this way so I can make the LOD. There are still some side parts to make where the casting is reinforced.

Finding a photo of just the frame is a big help!