RSS Fetcher Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 The chassis for my Caprotti Black 5 has now been painted and re-assembled, apart from fitting the motor and DCC chip. The latter will be a Digitrax DZ126, a tiny, fully encapsulated item, which will be held to the motor with some Bluetack.A couple of similar looking shots of the painted chassis are shown below: Close examination reveals one of the twin rear equalising beams and the single front one extending from the front coupled axle to the centre of the front bogie. The gearbox is an extended High Level driving the centre axle and prevented from rotating round the axle by the loose anchor point behind the rear axle. Various pipes can be seen between the frames, which match up with continuations either under the chassis or under the boiler/footplate unit.The cetre crank pin retainer on the side seen has not been painted as the lubricator drive return crank screws on, outboard of it.The body/footplate unit and tender body are off the be painted and lined next week, so it's all coming along quite well. Dave. Attached thumbnail(s) View the full article 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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