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I got this tin toy at a flea market, tried to resist it, but it kept calling me over and telling me how cool it would look on my railroad.
I took it apart and did a trial fit with the Hartland motor block. I turned the wheels down(first time!) from some castings I got off ebay last year.
The battery car is an old bike front fender headlight that I had been saving for years. It has a 9.6 volt battery holder from Radio Shack and I put some rechargable RS NiMh batteries in it. The trucks are modified New Bright with streamline fairings.
The Hartland block fit into the old friction motor housing-with some drilling/grinding. I re-attached it with the bent metal tabs. The rear axle assembly I made fit into the old hole for the rear wheel.
The finished car.
First outside run went well.
A youTUbe movie of the first run. The lens got a little cloudy, since the humidity was 100% outside and the camera just came out of the air conditioning.
I took it apart and did a trial fit with the Hartland motor block. I turned the wheels down(first time!) from some castings I got off ebay last year.
The battery car is an old bike front fender headlight that I had been saving for years. It has a 9.6 volt battery holder from Radio Shack and I put some rechargable RS NiMh batteries in it. The trucks are modified New Bright with streamline fairings.
The Hartland block fit into the old friction motor housing-with some drilling/grinding. I re-attached it with the bent metal tabs. The rear axle assembly I made fit into the old hole for the rear wheel.
The finished car.
First outside run went well.
A youTUbe movie of the first run. The lens got a little cloudy, since the humidity was 100% outside and the camera just came out of the air conditioning.