Building the Regner Paul Tram Kit

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After having purchased the kit some time ago, I have finally found some time to start the assembly. I will upload a few pictures of my progress along the way. Instructions are in German, but there are plenty of detailed pictures supplied, so assembly should be straight forward.

The larger parts are nicely protected & wrapped in tissue paper



Smaller components are supplied in little zip lock bags, numbered to the photos in the assembly instructions. A set of small tools are supplied with the kit, although the instructions say a 6mm spanner will also be required, as well as pliers & small screwdrivers, files etc..
Teflon tape is supplied for the pipe unions, as is a syringe to empty out the lubricator after steaming



All the parts look very well made & the oscillating twin cylinder steam unit is supplied ready assembled

 

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Making a start with the chassis, firstly installing all the little grub screws into the threaded holes on the gear wheels, cranks & wheels. A handy track gauge is supplied with the kit.





There are no flats on the end of the axles, so quartering the cranks is a matter of eyeballing, before locking the grub screws in position

 

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Setting the wheel spacing with the supplied track gauge. My track is LGB, so the wheels are set to 45mm



Installing the connecting rods on the cranks



Axle & gears for countershaft

 

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Countershaft installed in chassis, the gears are not aligned at this stage



Then the pre-assembled twin oscillating unit is dropped into the chassis, along with the footplate & both secured in position with the mounting bolts



Then the chassis is flipped back over to align the gears. Happy so far, everything seems to turn freely with no binding

 

[Paul M]

Looking good, they are lovely engines and run well. There was actually a write up in on of the magazines about building this model

 

[Centrifugal Governor]

Looking good, they are lovely engines and run well. There was actually a write up in on of the magazines about building this model

Thank you Paul. Have you reference to the article in the magazine ? It may be of some help to me

 

[dunnyrail]

Good to see this build, as a Steam Tram nut I have long looked at this Regner beuty. But as I already have 4 live steam Trams one an earlier Regner do I need another? Hm…..but a kit would be a new experience for me in live steam.

 

[Centrifugal Governor]

Good to see this build, as a Steam Tram nut I have long looked at this Regner beuty. But as I already have 4 live steam Trams one an earlier Regner do I need another? Hm…..but a kit would be a new experience for me in live steam.

I have found when it comes to Regner locos, you can never have enough !
The kit version offers a cheaper purchase option & you have the satisfaction of building it yourself. I assembled my Heisler & Guinness tram loco from kits & they were both a pleasure to build.

 

[Paul M]

Thank you Paul. Have you reference to the article in the magazine ? It may be of some help to me

Unfortunately im unable to find ot, at the moment, I'll keep looking though

 

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Unfortunately im unable to find ot, at the moment, I'll keep looking though

No worries Paul, but thank you anyway