Can you change the wheelsets on LGB Feldbahn wagons?

[Jasper]

I'd like to put metal wheels on these wagons. But it looks as if the frame will break if I try to change the wheelsets. Does anyone have experience with this?

 

[Gizzy]

Yes you can Jasper.

You just need to be brave....

 

[casey jones snr]

Jasper, they are very easy to replace the wheel sets. Ideally you wlll need a decent size flat head screwdriver to pry the axelbox out a little.

 

[Chris Vernell]

I installed Bachmann metal wheels with no trouble at all:

 

[dunnyrail]

Certainly the LGB ones were as tough as old boots, mine before I sold them on had been left out in the garden for getting of for a decade with no issues. That LGB plastic certainly was fit for indoors and outdoors, I assume Maerklin is the same?

 

[ge_rik]

Jasper, they are very easy to replace the wheel sets. Ideally you wlll need a decent size flat head screwdriver to pry the axelbox out a little.

I installed Bachmann metal wheels with no trouble at all:

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Ditto
Ditto

Rik

 

[ge_rik]

Yes you can Jasper.

You just need to be brave....

And ditto

Rik

 

[Jasper]

Thanks all, for your replies. It worked:




This morning I visited the industrial narrow gauge museum around here, and got inspiration on how to use these wagons or at least their frames:




It seems 7/8" scale is becoming an important side quest for me....

 

[tac foley]

Thanks all, for your replies. It worked:

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This morning I visited the industrial narrow gauge museum around here, and got inspiration on how to use these wagons or at least their frames:

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It seems 7/8" scale is becoming an important side quest for me....

At least passengers won't complain about banging their heads when standing up................

 

[Fred2179G]

The frames can be used for many things, as they seem to be quite common in the 1:1 real world. LGB puts them under several wagon types, and I glued Faller eTrain hoppers on them to make a different ore train.

 

[Jasper]

The folks at the museum even used a tipper frame to make another no-headbump-coach:

 

[Chris Vernell]

The folks at the museum even used a tipper frame to make another no-headbump-coach:
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Fully air-conditioned

 

[Henri]

Where did you go Jasper? Valkenburg or Erica..? There seems to be one in / around Enter in Twente?

 

[Jasper]

Where did you go Jasper?

Gelderse Smalspoor Stichting in Heteren.
www.smalspoor.nl

 

[Paul M]

Thanks all, for your replies. It worked:

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This morning I visited the industrial narrow gauge museum around here, and got inspiration on how to use these wagons or at least their frames:

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It seems 7/8" scale is becoming an important side quest for me....

Very similar to the Binnie frames. Cheaper if you want to build your own tops

 

[dunnyrail]

Can be made rusty by the casey jones snr method of some iron filings and vinegar, left overnight magic rust on plastic.

 

[pugwash]

When I have to work with hard plastic I put it in very hot water for a couple of minutes to make it more supple.

 

[Chris Vernell]

When I have to work with hard plastic I put it in very hot water for a couple of minutes to make it more supple.

 

[pugwash]

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Looks like chocolate Santas would that got left out on my balcony today.