As I've fancied a Garrett and I can't afford the roundhouse live steam version I've decided to start building one myself.
I'm going to use 2 stainz chassis as power and to provide some body parts.
The first part was of obtaining 2 sensibly priced starter set locos.
After this they were stripped down the motor block only and examined as to how to sort out valve gear, as the stainz has a support bracket for the valve gear mounted on the red loco body that I wasn't using
As seen in the picture it's the loose black bracket.
It was worked out that by trimming of 2 round raised pips, and removing the l bracket from the end, that the motion bracket can be glued onto the black motion support.
Luckily this method means the the loco can be reassembled and only the untrained eye can spot what's different
The next stage is to work out the body pivot locations, as there is a screw for the motor access cover and a raised moulding to clear the motor in exactly the wrong place. Luckily I have a plan just need to get some materials
Here's a crude mock up
I will keep this thread updated, but it will be slow progress due to other projects
Dan
I'm going to use 2 stainz chassis as power and to provide some body parts.
The first part was of obtaining 2 sensibly priced starter set locos.
After this they were stripped down the motor block only and examined as to how to sort out valve gear, as the stainz has a support bracket for the valve gear mounted on the red loco body that I wasn't using
As seen in the picture it's the loose black bracket.
It was worked out that by trimming of 2 round raised pips, and removing the l bracket from the end, that the motion bracket can be glued onto the black motion support.
Luckily this method means the the loco can be reassembled and only the untrained eye can spot what's different
The next stage is to work out the body pivot locations, as there is a screw for the motor access cover and a raised moulding to clear the motor in exactly the wrong place. Luckily I have a plan just need to get some materials
Here's a crude mock up
I will keep this thread updated, but it will be slow progress due to other projects
Dan