Hi,
Yesterday having painted the body and chassis of a Glendale Rocket I looked for something to do for the rest of the time in the shed.
I have a couple of Chinese tin plate subway cars which I intended at sometime to electrify.
Because of their length they would need bogies with small wheels. I have made bogies before using standard wheels.
Prototypes:
I have recently bought some 1" x 0.75" 0.125" thick aluminium channel which I wanted to try for making electric chassis its thickness meaning that it wouldn't need bearings fitted. The wheels are Binnie 16 mm skip, the first chassis made has a along wheel base and single axle drive.
The second has a shorter wheel base and 4 WD. The lump of steel is to balance the weight of the motor motor.
Given time today I hope to assemble the Glendale Rocket before continuing to play with the bogies.
Regards Tony.
Electric Bogies
Re: Electric Bogies.
Good to see your off and running again Tony.
Grant
Grant
Re: Electric Bogies.
Great examples - just shows that chassis building can be simple but so practical - Tony, where do you acquire your gears from - always happy to identify new potential suppliers
Where did I put that uncoupler?
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Re: Electric Bogies.
Hi Mark,
I use several suppliers but mostly Squires the small plastic gears used I bought recently and they cost £0.40 for 5. They have a minimum order charge of £15 but don't charge postage and you have to either post or phone an order.
Regards Tony.
I use several suppliers but mostly Squires the small plastic gears used I bought recently and they cost £0.40 for 5. They have a minimum order charge of £15 but don't charge postage and you have to either post or phone an order.
Regards Tony.
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