[align=center]After reading various article about lowering the body of an Aristo U25, mostly from USA sites as George Schreyer, I decided that I could lower the loco, to improve its looks and also experiment with my choice of Kadee couplings.
The model as bought is excellent , looks good , has a nice if wrong finish, and runs well apart from its strange rocking motion, that appears radomly, usually when a video camera is running.
I first dismantled the loco, and discarded the odd truck mountings, as I dont have curves less than 10ft.
I then using an idea from George, drilled out the frame after experimenting with washers as bushes.
The top of the frame was cut flush and filed flat,
A washer was selected to fill the hole and large washers sandwiched the whole lot together giving a positive and captive mounting.
The loco was tested against the height gauge, then assembled for a test run to check for binding and tracking.
I have since lowered my FA/FB set by similar means and all been succesfull.
Cost of parts per loco >£1 or less
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The model as bought is excellent , looks good , has a nice if wrong finish, and runs well apart from its strange rocking motion, that appears radomly, usually when a video camera is running.
I first dismantled the loco, and discarded the odd truck mountings, as I dont have curves less than 10ft.
I then using an idea from George, drilled out the frame after experimenting with washers as bushes.
The top of the frame was cut flush and filed flat,
A washer was selected to fill the hole and large washers sandwiched the whole lot together giving a positive and captive mounting.
The loco was tested against the height gauge, then assembled for a test run to check for binding and tracking.
I have since lowered my FA/FB set by similar means and all been succesfull.
Cost of parts per loco >£1 or less
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