2 small diesel loco's
Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2017 11:02 pm
Hello Everyone,
Since it is winter and snow is at times hindering normal railway operations in the garden, it is an ideal time to build some rolling stock. A while ago I bought two chassis from ebay from I guess IP engineering from the old days. They are solid built, brass frames and metal wheelsets, brass gearing and heavy duty motors. I had a 3 axle and a 2 axle chassis to work with.
The 3 axle one has been built using aluminium and plasticcard in various sizes, mainly 5mm and 3mm thick polystyrene and brass angle and rod for the handrails. An old cab from an LGB locomotive has got a new life on this little engine, though I'm not sure if it is what I want. Probably it fits a lot better when everything is painted.
It has an 8 battery compartiment which can be switched by pairs (2, 4, 6 and 8 ) by the rotary switch on the hood. Behind the steps in front the switches for forward/ backward and on/off are hidden. Light is always on 8 batteries and can also be used to drain the batteries before recharging.
The other one is a 2 axle locomotive, featuring an all stainless steel housing, made from scrap material from my work which I welded together with a tig welding machine. Batteries are 4, switchable in pairs (2 and 4) and are under the hood, which is made from 5mm polystyrene in order to prevent shorts.
Couplers and buffers are LGB and this little engine has no lights yet.
Today I let them get a spinn on the layout to test them. Wheels are a bit too far apart, causing whobble and sometimes derailing on the frogs, but I'll sort that out.
Cheers, Daan.
Since it is winter and snow is at times hindering normal railway operations in the garden, it is an ideal time to build some rolling stock. A while ago I bought two chassis from ebay from I guess IP engineering from the old days. They are solid built, brass frames and metal wheelsets, brass gearing and heavy duty motors. I had a 3 axle and a 2 axle chassis to work with.
The 3 axle one has been built using aluminium and plasticcard in various sizes, mainly 5mm and 3mm thick polystyrene and brass angle and rod for the handrails. An old cab from an LGB locomotive has got a new life on this little engine, though I'm not sure if it is what I want. Probably it fits a lot better when everything is painted.
It has an 8 battery compartiment which can be switched by pairs (2, 4, 6 and 8 ) by the rotary switch on the hood. Behind the steps in front the switches for forward/ backward and on/off are hidden. Light is always on 8 batteries and can also be used to drain the batteries before recharging.
The other one is a 2 axle locomotive, featuring an all stainless steel housing, made from scrap material from my work which I welded together with a tig welding machine. Batteries are 4, switchable in pairs (2 and 4) and are under the hood, which is made from 5mm polystyrene in order to prevent shorts.
Couplers and buffers are LGB and this little engine has no lights yet.
Today I let them get a spinn on the layout to test them. Wheels are a bit too far apart, causing whobble and sometimes derailing on the frogs, but I'll sort that out.
Cheers, Daan.