Big Blue has inspired some purchases

[TMo]

CN paint and decals arrived this week - still waiting for my bell.  The shell's still in a bath of isopropyl alcohol.

Got my replacement motor out (this one has flywheels on each end) and looked at installing it in the GP35 chassis.  Hadn't thought I'd need to modify the cast chassis, but I do.  If I install the motor using the standard push mount (rubber style) mounts, the flywheels each bang into the frame before they seat - the old flywheel-less motor sat in there fine with no interference.  Dremel generated a pile of cast particles before I got rid of the interference.  Because the flywheels extend the driveshaft length of the motor, I also needed to modify the lengths of the shaft couplings to the truck gearing. 

       


In the end, I think I have something that will work, but for stability's sake, I also purchased a couple of motor mounts from evil bay ($7 for a set with free shipping) that secure with screws (Genesis style) from the bottom rather than the friction fit rubber style.  The screw-in type will also allow me to shim up the motor if I get too much interference between the back of each truck and each flywheel - not a lot of length in a GP35...  Once I get everything secured and rolling well, I'll install a decoder and see how she works.