Pugsley
Western Thunderer
I think I could do with one of those as wellall you need now is your own Xenia Onatopp
I think I could do with one of those as wellall you need now is your own Xenia Onatopp
Interesting build; you know Guetzold did a rtr version of the earlier series way back when? Typically for them it's a lovely model let down by a poor paint finish and slightly rubbish mechanism. I've got a couple of them to do, which will end up with Black Beetle drives in due course.
There are also some very attractive and unbelievably affordable etched brass kits of them available from the Czech Republic, they occasionally turn up on ebay.de, as do the multitude of resin bodyshells available for CSD prototypes.
Steph
Excellent, I do like a bit of unseen bodgery. Single axle drive and plenty of ballast Neil?
Adam
Would you like me to pop some in the post for you Neil, or will it arrive too late?... ideally I need to find some thin phosphor bronze wire rather than strip...
Turning something from one thing into another We're enjoying watching it too.I'm rather enjoying this particular build. It's a bit of an 'old skool' approach to take something and make it into something else. Admittedly it doesn't quite match the princess to black five hacks of the sixties in scale but the satisfaction is there nonetheless.
Would you like me to pop some in the post for you Neil, or will it arrive too late?
Neil, I recommend dead mouse tails as a good source of fine insulated wire. The computer type of mouse that is, and not the wireless ones.
How do you get on with brass wheels? I have found them very frustrating in the past as they work for a short time then the pick up becomes erratic, but I have noticed Peter Kazer seems to use brass wheels on some of his locomotives and they seem to work. Is there a secret to using brass wheels successfully for pick up?