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28b - Thames compressor - unlisted variation
Posted: Sun Feb 09, 2014 9:50 pm
by tandyfan
Probably more of an oddity/oops rather than a genuine variation. This one has a mix of axle types; one crimped, one rounded.
Re: 28b - Thames compressor - unlisted variation
Posted: Sun Feb 09, 2014 10:33 pm
by Diecast
Please check the front axle from the other side, it will be probably crimped.
Antonin
Re: 28b - Thames compressor - unlisted variation
Posted: Sun Feb 09, 2014 11:13 pm
by tandyfan
Diecast wrote:Please check the front axle from the other side, it will be probably crimped.
Antonin
Sorry, but no, both rounded on other side.
Re: 28b - Thames compressor - unlisted variation
Posted: Mon Feb 10, 2014 1:01 am
by Tinman
The base plate has the wheels and axle installed in a seperate process and at a different time, so it's entirely possibe for the axle ends not to match. Must have been assembled right as equipment was being switched over. It's a similar production quirk to the older models having one flat head axle and one round head axle (although the latter is far more common). Nice find!
Re: 28b - Thames compressor - unlisted variation
Posted: Mon Feb 10, 2014 6:45 pm
by nickjones
This is the first time I have seen this, Thanks for showing.