CoggesRailway
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LGB Geeks may wince.... But this loco was far from pristine hence the project....
The Cogges Railway was looking for a new diesel locomotive capable of hauling 5+ fully loaded coaches for bank holiday weekends. An Austrian bo bo with a blown engine was going free to someone who would collect it. A whip round was held for fuel and a Cogges Member with a haulage business sent a low loader out to Austria. Back in England an English Electric lump that had been in store was spliced into the drive train (very clever our workshop team) and the lighting was brought into line with Cogges conventions and a new coat of paint was applied. New windscreen wipers were needed as were multiple brake hoses per end owing to the motley collection of stock at Cogges. Then, finally, the highly secret magic re-gauging spell was whispered over the loco ? across the years Gandalf?s free life membership has certainly paid off. The loco has taken the defunct no 3?s place in the roster and is now on trials.
In reality I have wanted a 2095 for ages. I sourced a cheapish one and Whatlep of this parish kitted it out with a lion battery and a Cliff Barker RC kit. There were a couple of issues (none of which originated in the Ruritainian Workshops I hasten to add) ? the battery from China had an LED which over weeks flattened it. I am going to use it where I can get at the switch. The main problem though was a lot of brush painting on the body and some very bad stickers welded to it also. I also managed to break a crank. So the following has been done:
[*]Crank spliced with Plasticard and superglue and repainted[*]Cliff Barker RC (Thanks Whatlep)[*]Two 14.4v nimh battery packs in parallel giving 7600mah ? diode protected and separately charged[*]A Brian Jones Class 37 sound card with an automotive mini bass woofer (Thanks Dunny for idea)[*]The three lights each end cut out and filled with milliput and sanded to match body profile[*]Single high intensity LED fitted either end in Cogges convention (Thanks ROSS for supply and advice)[*]Sand down and re spray including new black roof[*]Re glazing to replace glass broken when trying to remove for paint job (night mare job ended up using putty as in full scale did it THREE times before it was passable)[*]Cogges lettering and numbering[*]Mesh instead of windows in body to port the bass sound. (My mesh bin in the workshop has a bunch of squares missing now)
The woofer and batteries are quite a weight so if she visits the Pootank again she should do well.
Pictures and link to video and sound below?. It really isn?t perfect but I have tried to be patient and I am fairly pleased as I am cack handed type unlike some of you artists! I wish I had noticed the buffer was wonky before i got the camera out (now fixed) and I wish I had lined up the mesh properly where the windows were. Oh well you always learn I guess. It is better than when I bought it I reckon anyway.
Sound Demo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Encwmsk-qLo (I am not a sound fan, and this is the wrong sound- but you have to admit it is pretty good coming from a toy train!!)
The Cogges Railway was looking for a new diesel locomotive capable of hauling 5+ fully loaded coaches for bank holiday weekends. An Austrian bo bo with a blown engine was going free to someone who would collect it. A whip round was held for fuel and a Cogges Member with a haulage business sent a low loader out to Austria. Back in England an English Electric lump that had been in store was spliced into the drive train (very clever our workshop team) and the lighting was brought into line with Cogges conventions and a new coat of paint was applied. New windscreen wipers were needed as were multiple brake hoses per end owing to the motley collection of stock at Cogges. Then, finally, the highly secret magic re-gauging spell was whispered over the loco ? across the years Gandalf?s free life membership has certainly paid off. The loco has taken the defunct no 3?s place in the roster and is now on trials.
In reality I have wanted a 2095 for ages. I sourced a cheapish one and Whatlep of this parish kitted it out with a lion battery and a Cliff Barker RC kit. There were a couple of issues (none of which originated in the Ruritainian Workshops I hasten to add) ? the battery from China had an LED which over weeks flattened it. I am going to use it where I can get at the switch. The main problem though was a lot of brush painting on the body and some very bad stickers welded to it also. I also managed to break a crank. So the following has been done:
[*]Crank spliced with Plasticard and superglue and repainted[*]Cliff Barker RC (Thanks Whatlep)[*]Two 14.4v nimh battery packs in parallel giving 7600mah ? diode protected and separately charged[*]A Brian Jones Class 37 sound card with an automotive mini bass woofer (Thanks Dunny for idea)[*]The three lights each end cut out and filled with milliput and sanded to match body profile[*]Single high intensity LED fitted either end in Cogges convention (Thanks ROSS for supply and advice)[*]Sand down and re spray including new black roof[*]Re glazing to replace glass broken when trying to remove for paint job (night mare job ended up using putty as in full scale did it THREE times before it was passable)[*]Cogges lettering and numbering[*]Mesh instead of windows in body to port the bass sound. (My mesh bin in the workshop has a bunch of squares missing now)
The woofer and batteries are quite a weight so if she visits the Pootank again she should do well.
Pictures and link to video and sound below?. It really isn?t perfect but I have tried to be patient and I am fairly pleased as I am cack handed type unlike some of you artists! I wish I had noticed the buffer was wonky before i got the camera out (now fixed) and I wish I had lined up the mesh properly where the windows were. Oh well you always learn I guess. It is better than when I bought it I reckon anyway.
Sound Demo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Encwmsk-qLo (I am not a sound fan, and this is the wrong sound- but you have to admit it is pretty good coming from a toy train!!)
The sound is 37248 at Spalding.