Cool thanks, I like the way the whole piece looks :)
What are you using for the hangers / mounts for the brass wire ? - looks like brass sheet to me. How did you get to the decision on how wide and...
Carl, that is magnificent, you've just got yourself another "King of the Road" belt buckle :)
You could try a 12 volt DC 12mm x 16mm coreless motor from China (aliexpress) or somewhere else like tramfabriek. You'd need to use probably a...
FYI - Unfortunately he has run through his stock of parts to rebuild the Rivarossi can motors and he's not intending to do anymore
Have you looked at the shells available from Baldylox on Etsy? :)
I changed the motors over so now the loco I'm restoring has the donor loco motor, I also soldered new wire from the tender to the motor. It now...
Alas poor donor unit your motor is required :) . I fired up the main loco I'm restoring and you'll be lucky if it hits 10 SMPH and the motor gets...
A little bit of progress. I have some stainless steel rod, so I made a couple of pins to secure the two driver engines to the mechanism frame. I...
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I tried to preorder from Athearn but it takes you to the distributor and I had to grab what I was after from an online vendor. I would forget...
2 years later!! things have moved on a bit. The mechanism is repaired and reassembled - I managed to get another Rowa Y6b as a parts donor (it...
Can you take a vent off a completed model and make a silicon mold from it then you can cast more out of resin?
Ummm they have posted that they will return so all may not be lost hopefully they have kept their staff or ex-staff in the loop
Now that's timely, I've been staring at the plans I downloaded from years ago. I already have you bookmarked on Etsy :)
I'm going to be unpopular, I won't have dummies on my pike they must all earn their keep (no free loaders) :)
Outstanding work Carl!!!!
Oops, sorry Bruce I got that wrong. I hadn't realised you wanted to put a modern shell on the Trix mechanism. The only one that has a chance of...
Kato U30C / C30-7 mechanism
ATSF Blue Goose (hudson 4-6-4) A Robert Nunes shell on a Con-cor Streamlined Hudson mechanism. Finally got to get it together, needs detailing and...