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Potential narrow gauge for Bachmann OO Wickham trolley


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I have been looking at pictures of the new Bachmann OO gauge Wickham trolley, and wonder if anyone has yet tried to use the chassis for larger scale narrow gauge(O scale ,or 1/32 possibly), and then using the body for OO9. The chassis looks nice and low, so might make an interesting small narrow gauge unit. The body could be mounted on a dummy wagon chassis and pushed, or two bodies could be joined and fitted to a Kato bogie chassis.

 

Think I might have just persuaded myself to get a couple!!

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only going on what some OO9 modellers have told me. The original Kato mechanism would fit under a 20hp Simplex, I have seen it done, but apparently the newer version does not. I tried an alternative which was not sccessful. I will ask next week at Rainhill Xmas show as it is co-hosted by OO9 group.

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As I've got a spare Portram in bits I thought I would give this a try.

Even next to a small 009 loco (Minitrains Bagnal) it still looks small.

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No modification of the Bachmann model is needed, just remove the two screws in the chassis and remove it. With the bit sticking out of the front cut off the Portram chassis is a perfect fit

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It's a bit light, but there is room for some lead under the roof.

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