During my time modelling the Ffarquhar Branch, I have been looking at he ways some of the rolling stock and engines are built and how one could do this if he'd have the chance.
One engine which I'd like to have a go at, to use as a spare engine during shows, is the Third model of Thomas made from a Hornby E2.
The conversion of this model to make it into Thomas is quite simple but one issue has been troubling me. The wheels.
The Rev Awdry replaced a number of the wheels on his models with Romford ones so that they would perform smoothly on his layouts but after looking at some posts on line about fitting them on Triang locos, I'm still left puzzled on how the process can be done.
Truth be told I tend to understand these methods by seeing a visual guide but I haven't seen one done before online in regard to this type of conversion. Most of them would just show the finished product. If some one here were to take the time to provide a step by step visual guide to the process of this conversion I would be most grateful.
It may sound silly but I find this helps a lot in my opinion. It's best that I ask now before I go and buy the needed items only to find that I bought the wrong ones.