Sunday, 3 July 2022

1-87 R class

 This weekends project is mainly revolving around the R class single Fairlie articulated locomotive, i'm using a rather basic plan that at least shows the pivot points. last night before finding some good pictures I drew up & 3d printed a basic shell to work out what's possible in terms of fitting a small motor & worm using an HO diesel truck drive & trickery. The rear wheels were taken from a hornby 4-4-0 I purchased on special specifically to try out the TTS sound chip which now resides in my 1:24 pecket. The rear wheels both pickup track power, just need to produce the side frames & bogie mount point.


Donor chassis mid surgery








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