Bit of an overhaul on an old friend...

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Bit of an overhaul on an old friend...

Post by mhlr » Sat Aug 15, 2009 12:55 am

Well, my Locolines Quarry Hunslike (one of the very first made lol) was looking in bit of a sorry state on the shelf in my workshop, so decided to tidy it up a bit...

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The battery holders in a stupid place, but I can't put it elsewhere!
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Post by LMS-Jools » Sat Aug 15, 2009 8:30 am

I like it :)

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Post by PCLR » Sat Aug 15, 2009 11:46 am

could you put it between the frames
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Post by mhlr » Sat Aug 15, 2009 2:28 pm

PCLR wrote:could you put it between the frames
Unfortunately no, the motor is at the rear and I put weights in the front to balance it out. I suppose if I got the right battery holder, I could replace the weights with it.
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Post by Crackingjob » Sat Aug 15, 2009 7:16 pm

Change batteries to AAA and arrange them in the cab roof
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Post by Hancockshire » Sun Aug 16, 2009 12:16 pm

Hey, same with my Kerr stuart.
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Post by mhlr » Sun Aug 16, 2009 8:41 pm

heh that looks a hell of a lot better. You could do with some couplings on that - get a piece of wood, shape it so it has a slightly rounded profile on the front (like there are on real buffers), and stick a small nail or piece of wire whatever as a hook for chain ;)
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Post by Hancockshire » Mon Aug 17, 2009 9:11 am

mhlr wrote:heh that looks a hell of a lot better. You could do with some couplings on that - get a piece of wood, shape it so it has a slightly rounded profile on the front (like there are on real buffers), and stick a small nail or piece of wire whatever as a hook for chain  ;)
I did, I just super glued some wood on the rear buffer beam (as it's forward drive only). Mind you, I'll try & replace it with accucraft couplings so I could do double heading when I get a second loco :P
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