Ever feel like you’ve just had it too good? Me either, but for some reason, testing new tools? Over confidence? I felt like I needed to break part of this model purposely and repair it solidly. I think I’m paying too much attention to how cheap this was. Might be an idiot too.

I’d assembled the dolly wheels for the jet when I was suddenly taken with the stupid notion that I could do no wrong and had all remedies for any calamity. You know there’s something dumb about to happen when you feel like that.

So I broke the wheel off one side of the dolly.

I went to my new trusty pin vise and bits and also started making a replacement part from the sprue for the bit I’d broken off.

Having shaped the sprue into something I could start with, I matched a bit to it and then drilled out the broken axle from the wheel I’d broken off.

After that, I used the same bit to open up the dolly axle where I’d broken off the wheel.

Having prepped that, I now had the bits I needed with good fit to fix the broken dolly. I test fitted those and then cut the pieces to fit.

And there you have it. A fixed dolly I broke on purpose, to see if I could fix it. It was … good practice? A confidence builder? I guess it’s a good feeling knowing I can fix what’s broken or find a way, but I’m not sure in retrospect this was necessary. It made sense at the time is the best I can say.