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tacfoley
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Hi Tac,
Nice loco! But where are the 12 coaches for the train?
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Its got to have something to pull, and looking at one of the videos on one of them, it will easily take 12 at the back of the tender
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Yup, I can guess that train will cost more than the loco!!!
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But the thouight is there.
Nice loco! But where are the 12 coaches for the train?
Yup, I can guess that train will cost more than the loco!!!
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Posted By tacfoley on 03/07/2009 10:21 AM
Uh, right.
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1. We don't have stores like Metals4U here in my part of the UK [a bit like Albania, but flatter, and not so friendly]. In fact, I don't think we have a store like Metals4U anywhere in the entire United Kingdom.
2. I CAN buy buckles like that at a 'camping supply store' but they come with pants attached.
3. I gave up trying to find Kadee couplers here years ago - that's have to wait until next time I'm in their part of Oregon later this year...
Well, I DO have the loco, so that's a start, I guess.
I hafta say that it looks just great and is VERY workmanlike and effective - you wouldn't have any dimensional data, would you?
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tac
http://www.ovgrs.org/
Hi Tac,
Hobby's sell some bits for cases, have a look under Materials Box fixtures at http://www.hobby.co.uk/; there are catches but not the plastic ones alas, and some handles.
I can get Kadee couplings from Bay Models, at Carnforth: which will require a phone call, he is a bit slow re e-mails, my last (a couple of weeks ago )were 830's at £7 per pair. For the 'ally' angle B&Q may be able to supply from their bits range - I use the plastuc stuff ob buildings and noted the 'ally' range but not the sizes!
David also sent me a note in reply to my questions direct - he has said that I can put it up here - so here it is from his note - Thanks David,
The aluminum angle is 2" on the bottom, and 1 1/2" on the sides and 1/8" thickness.
For the Royal Hudson, i had to make it 37" long The plate that holds them together is 30' long and the chamfer needs to be about 5".
I just use a router on a router table with a 1/2" diameter cutter with lots of cutting fluid to cut the chamfer.
The trick is to NOT make it too thin at the end or the aluminum becomes a little weak to take the weight of an engine when the back end of the carrier is lifted.
The attached is one that I made for someone in the UK that is my 'normal' Hot Loco Carrier that is without a box, and folding handles for storage when not in use. Pieces of wood are held behind the clamps on the sides to hold the loco in place. Works with buffers, not too well with bufferless locos.
There are 3 extra photos as well: I have reduced them so they will load straight in.
David's original posting is at the following link, which is also very helpful -
http://www.mylargescale.com/Community/Forums/tabid/56/forumid/11/tpage/1/view/topic/postid/67537/Default.aspx#67554
Uh, right.
1. We don't have stores like Metals4U here in my part of the UK [a bit like Albania, but flatter, and not so friendly]. In fact, I don't think we have a store like Metals4U anywhere in the entire United Kingdom.
2. I CAN buy buckles like that at a 'camping supply store' but they come with pants attached.
3. I gave up trying to find Kadee couplers here years ago - that's have to wait until next time I'm in their part of Oregon later this year...
Well, I DO have the loco, so that's a start, I guess.
I hafta say that it looks just great and is VERY workmanlike and effective - you wouldn't have any dimensional data, would you?
Best
tac
http://www.ovgrs.org/
Hi Tac,
Hobby's sell some bits for cases, have a look under Materials Box fixtures at http://www.hobby.co.uk/; there are catches but not the plastic ones alas, and some handles.
I can get Kadee couplings from Bay Models, at Carnforth: which will require a phone call, he is a bit slow re e-mails, my last (a couple of weeks ago )were 830's at £7 per pair. For the 'ally' angle B&Q may be able to supply from their bits range - I use the plastuc stuff ob buildings and noted the 'ally' range but not the sizes!
David also sent me a note in reply to my questions direct - he has said that I can put it up here - so here it is from his note - Thanks David,
The aluminum angle is 2" on the bottom, and 1 1/2" on the sides and 1/8" thickness.
For the Royal Hudson, i had to make it 37" long The plate that holds them together is 30' long and the chamfer needs to be about 5".
I just use a router on a router table with a 1/2" diameter cutter with lots of cutting fluid to cut the chamfer.
The trick is to NOT make it too thin at the end or the aluminum becomes a little weak to take the weight of an engine when the back end of the carrier is lifted.
The attached is one that I made for someone in the UK that is my 'normal' Hot Loco Carrier that is without a box, and folding handles for storage when not in use. Pieces of wood are held behind the clamps on the sides to hold the loco in place. Works with buffers, not too well with bufferless locos.
There are 3 extra photos as well: I have reduced them so they will load straight in.
David's original posting is at the following link, which is also very helpful -
http://www.mylargescale.com/Community/Forums/tabid/56/forumid/11/tpage/1/view/topic/postid/67537/Default.aspx#67554
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