Lil Big Hauler Combine Car Into Railbus Bash

[vsmith]

Lil Big Hauler Combine Car Into Railbus Bash
As part of the ongoing evolution of my roster I have been trying to find ways to upgrade older models that for what ever reason just never worked as well as I would have liked. With the main layout becoming a harbor transfer layout, I have pieces that are now extraneous without any place on either the harbor layout or are too big for the pizza. This was one of them, a railtruck bashed from HLW parts and a NWSL Magic Carpet drive:

Its track powered but it was too large for the Pizza but there is no place for it on the Harbor, so its has lingered in limbo as to what it should become, I wanted a passenger railbus but it had to fit the pizza. From the first moment I saw the new Lil Big Hauler lineup I was certain the combine car would make a nifty railbus and, come a lucky low bid on a brand new Lil Big Hauler passenger train set on Evilbay and low and behold I had the perfect base for bashing the a new railbus. I started by carefully cutting up one end and re-positioning the two end walls.

I had to reposition the body forward, so the engine hood got moved up, otherwise the chassis is unchanged. Add some LGB passenger car seats, a couple figures inside and the final results:

BTW Pollyscale DRGW Yellow is almost an exact match for the Bmann plastic color, still searching for a few finishing touches but its 99% there.

PS yes it fits on the pizza ... B A R E L Y !

 

[mike]

nice bash,looks the part

 

[beavercreek]

How sweet is that? Excellent different use of the new 'lil' range!

 

[trammayo]

Neat little bash

 

[Richie]

What a fantastic little bash love it

 

[Zerogee]

An excellent little bus!

I like your well-organised system of parts drawers behind the workbench, too - mind you, having one labelled "Body Parts" could be a little disturbing if taken out of context....

Jon.

 

[Madman]

Now I have a reason to buy one. Thanks Vic.

 

[steven large]

keep in posted mate... loves it!!!!!!!!!!! loves yr idea

 

[C&S]

Excellent work, Vic. It looks just great. Are there any passenger facilities on the new harbour layout or is it just freight?

 

[vsmith]

Thanks

Giles this will live on the pizza layout. I dont plan on any passenger service on the harbor layout other than crew transfer cars.

 

[KeithT]

It really looks the part - and - you have a spare bonnet(hood) to make a second one!

 

[vsmith]

After my NWSL magic carpet drive bit the big one at the BTS I was fishing around for ideas on how to fix it, after considering a HLW wadling goose drive and a couple other candidates that panned out, I settled on what was a pretty fast conversion, I took the USA Speeder drive off another project, and with a minimum tussle replaced the front truck of this, the rear is now a standard metal wheel but I have to eventually replace it with a BB unit to cut friction as these are already pretty low power.

Thats OK all it has to do is pull itself around the pizza.

 

[dunnyrail]

I was looking at some of these new Bachmann 'smalies' only yesterday at Glendale and thought I wonder what could be done with some of those. What a great start to the thought processes of us/for us all.
JonD