Full valve gear scratch built and front bogie converted to only 1 axle. Still battery powered with hand built control in cab by a regulator and revercing fwd/off/reverce switch.
Removing the body is quite exciting. You will probably find that you have to remove the pilot and the running boards, and certainly the cab - from memory, the cab sits down on top of the boiler.
How about a "shorty" Annie power bogie. There were supposed to be two to provide the bassis of an L&B style Mallet. This was the test build. There is no binding in the motions. Never quite finished and project floundered. Still got all the bits, loads of GRS castings and other bits that can be adapted. Just minus one Annie chassis to convert, it was sold off here. "Big Hauler" mining Mogul 2-6-0 behind. Max
Love that mining car! That's the kind of stuff I like to make: unique stuff!
That's beautiful!
The picture that our man has posted of the underside indicates that the loco has a power bogie (from what I can see).
Late '60's I used to race 1:24 slot cars. I ran an anglewinder brass chassis with a "floppy" pans. Mostly US running gear was used, like Lancer bodies, Mura motors and Cox gears, etc'. Track I ran on was an AMF built 8 lane 155' "Blue King". The cars hit a real speed of 70 mph + on the straightaway that led into a 210° turn, with a 45° angled banking. Friday night was race night. This was in an area of north East London, Tottenham. It was just round the corner from the famous Spurs soccer team's home ground at White Heart Lane who also now host NFL games now annually. Home to the Jacksonville Jaguars when they play there. Duuuuvall ! This is what I think we call "thread drift"
Max
I think I will keep the 4 wheels up front to prevent any issues, though reducing to two would change the look for the better I think.The picture that our man has posted of the underside indicates that the loco has a power bogie (from what I can see).
I found mine a bit unreliable, but I had fiddled with the bogie to shorten it - that way the Tweetsie origins are a little bit hidden
It's a feature of the original ET&WNC 10-wheeler that the front bogie axles are fore and aft of the cylinders; that doesn't present a problem, it's just that all the derivatives are so obviously Tweetsie rip-offs. I shortened the bogie to move the rear axle forward, and the loco's origins are less obvious
Damn fast slot cars!Late '60's I used to race 1:24 slot cars. I ran an anglewinder brass chassis with a "floppy" pans. Mostly US running gear was used, like Lancer bodies, Mura motors and Cox gears, etc'. Track I ran on was an AMF built 8 lane 155' "Blue King". The cars hit a real speed of 70 mph + on the straightaway that led into a 210° turn, with a 45° angled banking. Friday night was race night. This was in an area of north East London, Tottenham. It was just round the corner from the famous Spurs soccer team's home ground at White Heart Lane who also now host NFL games now annually. Home to the Jacksonville Jaguars when they play there. Duuuuvall ! This is what I think we call "thread drift"
