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Chain for a Tichy Jib Crane - teejay - 02-09-2016

Anyone know where I can get chain CHEAP for this HO Tichy jib crane kit I've had sitting around for years ....didn't realize the chain didn't come with the kit . Does cheapo costume jewelry do the trick ?

Thanks , T

Re: Chain for a Tichy Jib Crane - modelsof1900 - 02-09-2016

Teejay,
I'm not sure if I can help you, hewever here is a picture and the link to a shop where I purchased a very fine silver chain - 50 links per inch with a wire thickness of 0.008 in.

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See on the left the 50 link chain which I installed to an AJAX brake gear in comparison to an ordinary 40 link chain and plastic part from a brake kit.
Click my post on MRH forum where I implemented these fine chain on a hand brake - http://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/node/23377#comment-206018

Here the Ebay shop if you would be intersted - http://www.ebay.com/itm/231094720901?ru=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fsch%2Fi.html%3F_from%3DR40%26_sacat%3D0%26_nkw%3D231094720901%26_rdc%3D1
My advice, select lenght 50cm (20 in) and thickness 0,8mm (0.032 in). Thickness of wire is 0.008 in.

Re: Chain for a Tichy Jib Crane - Prairie Trains - 02-09-2016

Detail Associates #2210 is 12 inches and already blackened and only costs about three dollars at a hobby shop. Unless you are using a magnifier it is pretty hard to tell the difference between 40 and 50 links per inch. You did not say how much is needed on the model?

Re: Chain for a Tichy Jib Crane - teejay - 02-09-2016

This just in .... Goldth , happened to mention the chain to my wife and she tells me she's had a broken , unfixable , chain in her jewelry box from before we even met , 24 years ago !! It's mine , all mine !!

Thanks for the suggestions anyhow , guys , much appreciated .

T

Re: Chain for a Tichy Jib Crane - doctorwayne - 02-09-2016

The chain is supposed to be included with the kit - I have two of them and both had the chain as part of the kit.

Wayne

Re: Chain for a Tichy Jib Crane - teejay - 02-09-2016

It's got me to thinking that I bought a 2-pack of these at a train show many moons ago .....no chains , maybe that's why it seemed like a "good deal " Icon_lol Neither kit has the chain right now . ..........just noticed they were repackaged , 2 for $8.95 in Sept 2003 ....guess it's been hanging on the wall a while !

T

Re: Chain for a Tichy Jib Crane - modelsof1900 - 02-10-2016

@Prairie Trains,
you did not see these both chains in reality. The difference is visible and remarkable, also without a magnifying glass.

Re: Chain for a Tichy Jib Crane - Prairie Trains - 02-10-2016

modelsof1900 Wrote:@Prairie Trains,
you did not see these both chains in reality. The difference is visible and remarkable, also without a magnifying glass.

99 percent of all people looking at a model will not even see a brake chain let alone see the difference between 40 or 50 links per inch. Even a contest judge is not likely to get out a magnifying glass and try to count the number of links. No one but the builder of the model is likely to ever notice. Just saying.

Re: Chain for a Tichy Jib Crane - MountainMan - 02-10-2016

teejay Wrote:Anyone know where I can get chain CHEAP for this HO Tichy jib crane kit I've had sitting around for years ....didn't realize the chain didn't come with the kit . Does cheapo costume jewelry do the trick ?

Thanks , T

Michaels Hobby Stores - the costume jewelry section. If that doesn't work, any place that sells model sailing ships, or check the numerous ads in the railroad hobby mags.