mervyn Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 Does anyone know if the old Hornby evening star body will fit on a new 9f Railroad chassis? the Loco was one my late brothers and would like to update it to use on my layout...Ta ..mervyn.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGR Hooper! Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 Yes it should, there's no changes as such apart from NEM couplings, DCC socket etc. So I doubt there's major changes to the fitting of the body. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bike2steam Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 Well I swapped the chassis on an old ( 40 year old) converted* Hornby Evening Star with a 'Railroad' chassis a couple years ago. * Converted to a Crosti altered to conventional running using an old Crownline Kit. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandwich station Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 Yes it should, there's no changes as such apart from NEM couplings, DCC socket etc. So I doubt there's major changes to the fitting of the body. And changing from tender drive to loco drive. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGR Hooper! Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 And changing from tender drive to loco drive. That's funny, I thought I typed out a sentence including the change of motors and drives. Must have been dreaming. Thanks for mentioning that Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mervyn Posted October 23, 2017 Author Share Posted October 23, 2017 Thanks for the replies one resurrected evening star on the way! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mervyn Posted October 25, 2017 Author Share Posted October 25, 2017 Chassis has arrived courtesy of Peters spares fitted and Loco now running Thanks for all the help! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bike2steam Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 Chassis has arrived courtesy of Peters spares fitted and Loco now running Thanks for all the help! Thanks for that, I've just got one for a replacement for an old tender drive version which the body had been detailed, and I was loathed to part with as it was renumbered to the first member of the class I copped ( 92129 ) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mervyn Posted October 26, 2017 Author Share Posted October 26, 2017 you will probably need to use a larger screw for the tender coupling to be fitted to the Loco as the old Hornby electrical contact /coupler was a smaller diameter ,put a self trapper into mine . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bike2steam Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 you will probably need to use a larger screw for the tender coupling to be fitted to the Loco as the old Hornby electrical contact /coupler was a smaller diameter ,put a self trapper into mine . Thanks but all my Hornby tender locos are permanently coupled, and wired together. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCB Posted November 2, 2017 Share Posted November 2, 2017 There are at least 4 major variants of the Hornby 9F. The original 6 traction tyre 6 wheel drive tender with loco pickup by wipers both sides with permanently attached tender and wires, the 2 traction tyre tender with pick up on the loco and a detachable tender, The superdetail Chinese version of the 2 traction tyre tender drive and the loco drive version. The loco drive chassis fits the Chinese tender drive loco, I've done it. The cylinders are different as are some some chassis details so some parts will not interchange between Chinese loco drive and tender drive chassis. There is a good chance the earlier bodies fit the latest loco drive chassis. The tender chassis seems to interchange between tender bodies, the railroad loco drive uses a Tender drive chassis less armature etc. Ours crumbled to bits and was replaced by a 1980s Hornby 47 trailing bogie chassis which is lighter, stronger, better. The loco drive chassis needs a big lump of lead if it is going to pull the skin off a rice pudding. The 1970s 6 traction tyre version will pull about three of the loco drive railroad versions backwards. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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