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coupling and paint |
9. here are the new coupling and paint job. also take a look at the now fitted motor! |
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here you can just about see the new coupling hook and chain |
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the loco at the moment (buried in rubbish!) unfortunately this shot shows up the rusty wheels but i am going to attack these with a wire brush soon! |
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first test run |
| 10. Livvy paid a visit to the Great Cockcrow railway recently to undergo track tests. she worked well. she hasn't got a motor by the way, we coupled her to a works train and pushed her round, didn't fall off, must be a good sign....sadly i didn't get any pics damn... |
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Motor fitted. |
Hi i'm back happy new year for 2006 and so on. Due to GCSEs Livvy has had to take a back burner in my life, and energy in my hobby has been centred on my 5" loco, which now is a regular at Staines MES. But I have now bolted a motor on and have located parts for the drive, once I get the parts it will take about 2 hours to get it all running! However getting the parts is hard and so this has stopped all progress to date. See the pic for the new motor. Getting the motor fitted was a horrible experiance, I have put no clearence into the mounts so that when you do the bolts up it is difficult, possible but difficult! It is so far the only bit of real engineering I have done on this machine and it only gets easier after this! |
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this is the new motor as fitted, note the use of angle as brackets fastened to the shelving supports, when fully assembled a massive jubilee clip (or string!!) will firmly hold the other end. |
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