i think with the older kits ( even though this is a re release) this type of thing has been improved upon with the later cars such as the B4 etc etc.
in this car the bearings sit pretty close to the layshaft gear giving the layshaft a lot more leverage over the bearings than that in say a B4 where the bearings are fairly well spaced apart. i built one of these and although it had play like you say your brothers had i'm really not expecting it to be up to modern standards and tolerances. its an old design, so guess it has all the old traits.
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