"TENDER TUESDAY"

[Schraddel]

Something from beyond the Big Pond:


Typical German Toy Train drive: fast, faster, still faster and even still faster. Traditional pan cake motor with traditional clock work drive behavior.





Henceforth with it.





Cutting off the moulded on truck side frames, in this shape they are only decorative pieces. So they have to be removed from the underbody casting to make them to become real Archbar type trucks.





Making independent moveable truck sideframes.





Securing them by soldering brass to brass without melting the plastic parts.





Adding pick up wires.





And two Archbar trucks with independent swivelling side frames.





So you will get real tender trucks. Looking like trucks and acting like trucks.




OT Supplement:

The drivetrain is now were it belongs to, completely in the loco itself. Mabuchi can motor and a homemade gear enables this.


A 3-point suspension was made at this opportunity too.


Removing the traditional deep flanges and converting the wheels and wheelsets to NMRA Standards.


After. Nothing to see of the new drive train.

Cheers Lutz