No.22 Six Wheel Bogies
There has been discussion on the 'net' relating to the ex Dapol / Hornby twelve wheel restaurant cars. I have lowered the ride height of mine to run with Bachmann stock: In order to get the buffers of the Hornby Restaurant Car to match the height of my adjacent Bachmann Mk1s it was necessary to lower the underframe on the bogies. First it is best to take the whole coach apart. This can be done by sliding ones finger nail between the coach side and the underframe and leavering the underframe down and out. There are six plastic lugs to free, two at either end and two in the middle. It is best to ‘free’ one side at a time. With the coach completely disassembled the bogies can be removed by squeezing the top of the plastic holding pegs and pushing down and out. With the bogies out of the way a metal file can be used to remove 1mm or more of plastic from the bogie support pillars on the underframe. In this c...