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Thanks Peter, I did not buy from the link I provided although I should of now -sigh-

So to anyone else thinking of buying one of these do not use the supplier listed in Amazon as "otherland" as although cheaper it does not have the longer axles.

Where did you purchase your car from Peter to get the longer axles?

Yes, I seem to have the nasty cheap version!

Spent hours looking at gears/sprockets and have no idea what to buy so Keith as you have no railway I can test your van out for you if you send it my way haha

Good luck with your builds.

I cut the wheels off as I could not get the original wheels to slide off the axles. I have measured the axles after cutting plus the pieces left in the metal wheels and they only measure around 50mm. So if the axles had been longer I would not have had to try and replace them which has resulted in t...

Thank you gents, glad to hear it is popular.

What kind of vices do you guys use with your pillar drill?

I got mine in the post today and got on with removing the original wheels which will rust nicely in my scrap yard :) As I run 32mm the axles on the Zecar are not long enough to allow the use of axle boxes other than for cosmetic use: ./myff/1876896/Untitled12.jpg I would prefer the axles sit in axle...

Got a call from a mate of mine who saw this at a local boot fair:



Knocked the price down to £30. It's only 250w but the belt is in good condition and the chuck has no play.

I think the model number is PP250BD so looks to be something B&Q use to sell?

That is good suggestion by Phil, would look just right:

rebelego:110386 wrote:Why keep the wheel base? The flywheel works on one axle only.

That's interesting as that is the only thing that puts me off this idea as the wheelbase is very short.

When I get mine I will see if it's possible.

Having the wagon closet to the loco would be best.

Keith/Zach, This looks very interesting - and very effective too. Is it expensive and is much skill required to build it? All the best, Andrew Cheap: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Kikkerland-1589-Zecar-Wind-Up-Toy/dp/B000L2JVKW/ref=sr_1_1?m=AJ491Y5VEZ7HI&s=kids&ie=UTF8&qid=1429819470&sr=1...

Thanks Keith.

I have all the bits needed to have a go at one of these so will give it a try before investing in SSP slomos

Hi guys,

Is this the product we are talking about?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Kikkerland-1589 ... B000L2JVKW

Hi David,

Thanks for the clearer photos.

Unfortuantely, looking at their size they would not work with the larger Acccurcraft choppers to couple properly?

So this was the start of my first 7/8ths wagon last year: http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e339/pochicken/Large/DSCN1799_zps07e54ea3.jpg http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e339/pochicken/Large/DSCN1797_zps9e64f4c5.jpg http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e339/pochicken/Large/DSCN1802_zpsfbcdfa89.jpg Th...

Like it, the brass dome works well on this one and does not make it look toy like.

Can we see it running please?

What a fantastic fantasy world you have created there :-)

Got this off eBay recently, quite pleased with it: /myff/tom_tom_go/DSCN2582_zpsuvrsnwsn.jpg I did not think something this big would work on my small line but it goes round quite well and the overhang on the tight curves is not as bad as I expected. First mods will be to get rid of the buffers for ...

Roberts wood light railwa:109888 wrote:

MDLR:109854 wrote:That's coming along very nicely! What does the kitten make of it?

gets in the way alot and thinks its good to sit on the line when a fast approaching mamod rounds the curve

Whistles work well with cat removals

https://youtu.be/M19k3ZFmoMY