I have just acquired an ip Jessica kit. It is lacking it's motor and wheels.
I see ip still do a motor and gearbox set but I am rather tempted to go down the route of bevel gears and an elliptical gear box and motor combo. What are peoples thoughts on the matter before I spend the wife's housekeeping money?
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Hi Big JimBig Jim:105223 wrote:I have just acquired an ip Jessica kit. It is lacking it's motor and wheels.
I see ip still do a motor and gearbox set but I am rather tempted to go down the route of bevel gears and an elliptical gear box and motor combo. What are peoples thoughts on the matter before I spend the wife's housekeeping money?
I'm not familiar with the Jessica kit but I have built a Jessie (no longer available). Now it might be because I make excessive demands on my rolling stock but I got through two IP Engineering gearboxes and a tailor-made gearbox (which also failed) before eventually sitting everything on a USA Trains motor block. I assume this latter option is not available to you if you are modelling in SM32 v SM45.
There's an account of my build of Jessie + my trials and tribulations with her gearbox(es) on my blog
http://riksrailway.blogspot.co.uk/2014/ ... my-ip.html
I've also used an MFA motor/gearbox and bevel gear combination to replace another failed IP Engineering gearbox on my kitbashed railbus - see the tail-end of this posting
http://riksrailway.blogspot.co.uk/2012/ ... m-two.html
Hope there's something helpful in these
Rik
Thanks every one. I think the coma motor is the way to go. With a decent sized battery pack.
The next thing to do is work out how to assemble the body without screws all over the place. I am quite temped to weld the majority together. The steel is quite thick and I have a decent mig that should be gentle enough.
The next thing to do is work out how to assemble the body without screws all over the place. I am quite temped to weld the majority together. The steel is quite thick and I have a decent mig that should be gentle enough.
If at first you don't succeed, use a bigger hammer!
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