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R1 project


TurboSnail

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The other day, I got some Duck fresh discs through the post. Slightly bemused, as I had not ordered anything like that, I had a closer look and it turned out to be the Wrenn R1 bodies I bought off eBay. Some guy seems to be selling old factory surplus, so I picked up a couple of bodies to have a go at detailing them, and it doesn't matter if they get too damaged.

 

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Assuming I get at least one of them into a reasonably good state, I'll need a chassis. The old Wrenn ones are very difficult to come by without a body attached and would need a lot of work anyway, so that's not an option. Maybe I could use a cheap RTR chassis, but none seem to have the same wheelbase as the R1, so I'd have to live with the inconsistency. The most promising option at the moment is to buy a wheelset and rods of the correct diameter, modify the rods and fit them to a 3D printed chassis, unless I can find an old Wrenn chassis block without wheels and motor. The CAD is easy and I can get dimensions from another complete R1 I have (which has sentimental value, hence why I'm not cutting that one up), and I may even be able to include motor mounts and other fancy things. It will probably be slow progress as I have hardly any modelling time at the moment, but if all goes well I might end up with a detailed, slow running R1 for probably under £30 outlay.

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Don't Branchlines do a chassis?

Yes, brass I think, but it's a bit expensive for me and I have no prior experience with brass. It also has the correct wheelbase, which doesn't match up with the Wrenn body. So I'd rather be wrong, but at least consistently wrong if that makes sense.

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I think Wills (now SE Finecast) did a generic 0-6-0 chassis kit, which I have used under the old Hornby 8750 pannier body in the past, but it is admittedly etched and I don't know whether the wheelbase would match, either.

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I used a Triang 0-6-0 chassis under mine (which someone had already done the handrails on!), which (though far from perfect) works pretty well. I've posted a picture over on Alex's thread in the pre-grouping forum.

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