Electric Bogies
Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2018 9:41 am
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.
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.