After that quick reply to pete I've had my shower & breakfast, which gave me time to calm down.
Calm down why ? This has been a pig of a kit and at one time was near crashing into the wall &
waste bin.
So what's wrong - could it have been me ? First the brass bearings wouldn't fit, it suggests a drop
of liquid poly into the mounting holes, perhaps indicating a tight fit. Tight or what ? even after the
liquid softening the plastic axle boxes I couldnt press home without using pliars !! Did they go fully
home ? NO. So I have bearings set in at different depths and as I require perfect running this is not
a good omen.
The floor was distorted with a bend & twist the shallow sides not having enough strength to hold the
floor flat. I added one solebar & that didn't work either, more manual manipulation, enough to snap the
axlebox tie bar, but still not enough. I pulled off the already sticking pieces and twisted that floor through
nigh on 90 degrees & the plastic showing stress lines (near breaking) down the planking lines.
The ends complete with buffer beams & sides had excessive flash & when cleaned up didn't fit well. With
no pictures or decent instructions you're on you own. In the end wet with liquid poly to soften the basic sides
& ends it was left all night under a full jam jar on top of a flat metal plate.
A photo of it this morning :-

There is a very slight twist still, just enough to feel when trying to rock diagonally. I now have the job of fixing
the solebars & axle boxes in such a way as to have the wagon running square with axle boxes at 90 degrees.
Thank heavens I've made 100's of plastic kits and don't give up easily !!
I still wonder how well it'll run & to be any good to me it must work !!
Geoff T.