4-8-0 a rebuild

Gareth

Gareth

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Well last year towards the end of the summer I scratchbuilt a 2-8-0 tender loco from Bachmann parts. I posted the topic on G scalemad and it was well recieved by all . Unfortunately last November disaster struck !! while running oneday hauling my rake of Bachmann hoppers there was a bang and a snapping sound the train came to grinding stop and smoke appeared from under the loco !!! on investigation the chassis had seized and coupling rods snapped in numerous places. When got the loco back on to my work desk and stripped it down I discovered that the gearbox and disintergrated and this intern had caused the coupling rods to snap and at the same times jammed up the driving wheels oh dear ! Hmm what next a new chassis so I attempted to purchase a Aristo mikado chassis with thoughts of turning down the centre drivers so the loco good go round my r1 curves. Alas no such luck even contacted Aristo and they were very helpfull but had none in stock or for the foreeable future. So loco stored pend replacemnt chassis ! heres a piccy of "ELSA" as a 2-8-0 in brand new condition !
 
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So in the meantime I obtained a nearly new Delton 2-8-0 have made it a bit more European British and must admit I am impressed by the running qualities a photo of before being modified
 
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So when a spare Aristo chassis appeared on Ebay I had to have it well I got it and I think I paid a bit to much for it ! So after thought of what to do I realised about Elsa stored in the loft collecting dust. So after some cutting and filing "Elsa" is now a 4-8-0 and is fitted with a Massoth 24v smoke unit which is very impressive . The loco is very strong and powerful and has a charm of its own! Here are some quick piccies taken in between showers of the test runs and entry in to service dueto nature of weather photos are grab shots !
 
I also managed to get my hands on a Aristocraft chassis, and decided that the small wheels wouldn't look too bad on a JZ83, like the Zillertal No 4
locomotive.

Having now made a start, here's what it looks like so far.

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I like the look of that silverflyer interesting I am thinking next of building a kitson Meyer.
 
Spule 4 said:
Hmm, tiny drivers. Interesting modification/kitbash, and now I do remmeber the loco from GSM.

The small drivers got me thinking....Russian PT4 or Chinese C2/C4 options perhaps?

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The Russian/chinese 0-8-0's are even smaller than they look, drivers are usually in the 600mm area from memory - the block would work OK if you're in 16mm scale, but is probably to big otherwise. For my money the polish Px48 (which did come in metre gauge) is a better bet, though the wheel spacing isn't quite right.

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Yes, they are very tiny drivers, a good point.

The Px48s could be a better fit!
 
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