Van Repairs

My collection has a lot of old, used, maybe even used up, Roco and other vehicles.  This van is one of those.

It is missing the landing gear, one rear door.

So rummaging thought the spares I found a set of landing gear for it and installed that along with a spare tire.

But not before I got a front set of wheels and installed those. 

The little pin on the bottom of the trailer is usually welded onto the dolly by putting the pin into the dolly and melting the end of the pin with a hot screwdriver.  That was accomplished.

This second trailer had a hole cut into the roof by a previous owner and a clear plastic dome installed.  It was also missing the little foot on the front part of the towing gear.

I made a new foot out of plastic rod, melting the end like I did with the previous pin.

I also had to make a new undercarriage for the rear axle.  The locating circles for the metal axle were broken off and so a bit of square tubing glued in place fixed that problem.  This one also got a new knob on the rear door.

 The van with the dome still needs more work, the area around the dome does not look right, the roof of the van is very thick and does not fit well with the dome.  I like the dome, maybe use it as an observation station for missile testing or radar observation. This one did get a replacement rear door from the spares box.