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Stick a bit of BlueTack on the either screwdriver or screw head before you start Kevin - it helps a bit ....................... :thumbs
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Bachmann usually use cheap steel screws. Invest in a set of magnetic screwdrivers, or wipe a magnet a dozen or so times across the blade of the screwdriver. I store one set of non-magnetic steel screwdrivers with their blades on a KD track magnet. Enough magnetic field is transferred to keep screws on the end when removing and inserting. Working on a tray helps as well. Treat steel tweezers the same way.
You can also slip a bit of transparent heat shrink tubing over the end of the screwdriver and the screw head when inserting.
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Simplest solutions are the best. I use KD screws to replace lost Bachmann ones. If the screw hole gets too loose, drill out and glue some styrene tube inside.
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Easier to fill up the existing toolbox with liquid Lead/Gravity or similar lead free weight system, screw it back on with Kadee screws and you'll be all done in 20 minutes and without the need to fabricate a tiny brass box and try to refinish it to the high Bachmann standards.Hi Nigel. Thank you. Following your previous reply I sorted out another mini pozidriver set which are magnetic.But I have had another idea, if I could get hold of a suitable brass offcut ? I could make a replacement Toolbox ? Which would be superior to the “ two gram weight†that the shunters truck was made with.
Best wishes. Kevin
As Nigel says, keep it simple, then you can move on.
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As I said, use lead. Significantly more mass than iron, and zero effect on KD coupling. That said, it's the steel axles that are the problem.
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Mainline to my knowledge never fitted KDs. If it has NEM pockets they're probably retro-fitted (or it's a newer Bachmann in an old box). It can take a tension hook coupler at one end and a KD at the other.
A few shunters trucks were simply old Mogul chassis with the body removed and tool box and rails added. Simple DIY project.
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