Portable North American logging layout - DCC

Too hot for woodworking today so look what is still sitting in the garden…



It has not been a wasted day. I spent some time cleaning up the workshop and I found a few bits that might be useful including this:



This came in a lot I bought a couple of years ago. new and boxed it has never been run. So out with my test track and lets play trains! It runs like a dream but is no use to me as it is so I am wondering if there is any use for the chassis in On30 as the base for a scratch-built body…

…Any thoughts?

Ralph ;-)

G'day Ralph,

Does your loco have a centre mount can motor ? If yes, can the drive shafts be shortened and the loco converted into a little diesel shunter using the chassis that could been shortened and with a new body ??

Maybe something like this… http://www.actionroad.net/DSNG/RWD/HS1d.jpg …but a lot dirtier looking !

Cheers, Gary.

If it were mine Ralph, I'd put it back in the box and leave it as an unused model.  It won't cost you anything and I think it would be a pity to butcher a brand new model - however many of them were made originally.

Alternatively, you could try it on the Bay with a reserve ……………..:roll::roll:

[user=878]Gary[/user] wrote:

G'day Ralph,

Does your loco have a centre mount can motor ? If yes, can the drive shafts be shortened and the loco converted into a little diesel shunter using the chassis that could been shortened and with a new body ??

Maybe something like this… http://www.actionroad.net/DSNG/RWD/HS1d.jpg …but a lot dirtier looking !

Cheers, Gary

Cutting it down sounds interesting… Here is a shot of 'nude' loco chassis - might need a hack saw! I have also included a picture of the chassis next to a Bachmann On30 reefer…






Petermac wrote:

Alternatively, you could try it on the Bay with a reserve ……………..:roll::roll:

Tried that Peter, Couldent sell it for £7.99 (Twice!) so I decided to 're-engineer' it into something On30…

Ralph ;-)

With all that weight in the chassis, it should have great tractive effort ! It would be a pity to shorten the chassis, as it looks very sturdy indeed.

Cheers, Gary.

Thanks to a suggestion, made by one of the guys on the Narrow Gauge Railway Modelling Forum, a day or so ago, It  looks like it is going to be a box cab loco. A freelance,narrow gauge,  version of one of theses:

http://sbiii.com/jfcageir/ageir8a.html

A scratch built body should fit straight over the existing chassis.  So plastic or brass? Whatever,  there is a fair bit of riveting to  do…next job is to fit a decoder - Sound would be good… Hmmmm… Any  idea what these things sound like?
 


I have just been having a go at plastic rivets. I have never used this for plastic before but it seems to work just fine - can't understand why I have never considered using it on plastic before. The results below prove it works. If you look at where I am working on a double row, you can see the back of the work. Look at the front edge of the piece and you can see the results of three 'rivets' formed from the other side, earlier. Looks like I'm going to be a freelance rivet counter - is that an oxymoron?



Blimey! It is still hot here and yet it is supposed to be 5ºC cooler than yesterday!

Ralph ;-)

[user=510]martin_wynne[/user] wrote:

[user=386]Fishplate42[/user] wrote:

The problem with Templot is that it does not cater for On30

Hi Ralph,

Templot can do any gauge or scale, including 0n30. Narrow gauges are not included in the pre-set list because there are too many of them. They have to be created as custom templates. Here are some sample 0n30 templates which you can download.

Sample 0n30 templates  (2ft-6in prototype, 16.5mm model track gauge)
 
n.b. These are for American 0 scale (1/4in per ft, 16.5mm track gauge):



Download: 0n30 sample templates data file.

These were done several years ago. In the latest Templot2 version you can change them to flat-bottom rails to show the rail foot edges on the printed templates.

Please ask on the Templot Club forum if you need more info.

regards,

Martin.

Hi martin,

Please accept my apologies :oops:

I have used your excellent program, on and off, for several years now, I bought a licence before you made it a donation site. Up until now I have only ever used it to make P4 (18.83 gauge) templates. I am only now investigating the program further. I will download the On30 sample templates and go from there.

Thank you for the advice and please forgive my ignorance.

Regards,
Ralph.