No, but I bought the wheels myself.
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Talking About Trains...
- Thread starter Captain Caveman
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Well they lo9ked great anyway..!.
I did experiment making wheels though more experimentation needed.
Slowly working out sizes... Getting the footplate ready to fit the chassis. Chassis was tested and it does work.
Now if I shorten things I can make the loco be something like this...
It all depends what it looks like on a shortened chassis and if everything will fit.
I am aware ,I wrote this before but you do magnificent work...Hope it comes together, referring to the Sizing of the components. Might be very impressive to see this actually on the tracks, Might be a excellent representation of a Ore hauling,mining Loco.
We shall see.
The cab and bonnet (Hood) are made from resin. Came from someone's loco kits they decided to use bits for to make other locos? I rescued them as I can still use them.
The white parts are what we call plasticard which you might know as styrene. I had to rebuild part of the lower rear of the cab so it is now the right length.
The chassis is a rescued Hornby chassis which has been shortened.
The photograph shows how much shorter it is compared to a standard length Hornby chassis above it.
The white parts are what we call plasticard which you might know as styrene. I had to rebuild part of the lower rear of the cab so it is now the right length.
The chassis is a rescued Hornby chassis which has been shortened.
The photograph shows how much shorter it is compared to a standard length Hornby chassis above it.
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Did a brief test today of the chassis to check it is running the right direction and it does which is good...
Do railways need to be self propelled? For years railways in mines and quarries have been used where waggons were deliberately made small so they could be pushed and emptied by hand.
Then there were whole railway systems like this...
Which was a whole lot easier than carrying things by foot.
Then there were whole railway systems like this...
Which was a whole lot easier than carrying things by foot.
The really great thing is that I have come up with an idea on to how to make the ultimate universal narrow gauge coupling.
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