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Bachmann 9F 92061 -- Tyne Dock conversion for EM gauge -- complete!

RichardClayton

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92061 is now painted, weathered, and ready for action.

 

An initial outing on South Pelaw was rather unsatisfactory. The pickups were not properly adjusted for the new wheels, so progress was rather intermittent. This problem has now been fixed, and I have also added pickups for the centre wheels, which makes a difference on my test track. During this process, one of the shafts that holds the gears in place within the chassis simply dropped out through the spokes while the locomotive was on its side. It slotted back in place with a slight click, and has stayed in since.

 

We will see how she runs on South Pelaw, and as long as all goes well she will join her sister engines for a mammoth running session at RailexNE in a few weeks time.

 

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No crew are evident in shot above, and these have since been added. You can see the driver (a modelu one) lurking in the background of the picture below.

 

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Those of you who know about these things might have noticed that an air hose is missing from the front of the locomotive. I inadvertently broke it off, and this has now been fixed.

 

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These pictures do highlight the rather overscale screw coupling, which grates with me a little. On the other hand having a reasonably large loop to pick up under exhibition conditions does make life easier and less stressful. The handrail knobs look a bit big too ...

 

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Overall this has been a satisfying and fairly quick (for me) project. Now it is on to final weathering of the ore hoppers, tidying up broken bolsters, and fixing one or two missing transfers.

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EHertsGER

Richard, how did you get the tender wheels out? I have looked under mine and am stumped as to how to do so!

 

Lovely sense of the scale of the 9f without losing that ‘lightness’ they had. Impressed!

 

best,

Marcus

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I know it's been quite some time since you did this conversion. I am about to embark on the same as it would be fitting to have a coverted 9F pulling the Consett iron ore wagons.

I have the Lanarkshire pumps and plna to scratch build the air reservoirs plus note all the other improvements you have made.

Of course the Dave Alexander kits are no longer available, but what would be useful is a copy of the instructions for the kit as I understand there is much dimensional details. Perhaps a photo of those might be possible if you still have them to hand. I am trying to get a single chimney from DJH as the Bachmann locomotive I have has the correct tender but a double chimney.

Regards

David

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On 19/08/2020 at 12:30, EHertsGER said:

Richard, how did you get the tender wheels out? I have looked under mine and am stumped as to how to do so!

 

Lovely sense of the scale of the 9f without losing that ‘lightness’ they had. Impressed!

 

best,

Marcus


Marcus — many apologies for taking almost a year to reply. To be honest, I can’t remember anything about the tender wheels and I can’t check because the loco itself is currently sitting on our South Pelaw layout, which is rather a long drive away.

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On 23/07/2021 at 20:40, zr2498 said:

I know it's been quite some time since you did this conversion. I am about to embark on the same as it would be fitting to have a coverted 9F pulling the Consett iron ore wagons.

I have the Lanarkshire pumps and plna to scratch build the air reservoirs plus note all the other improvements you have made.

Of course the Dave Alexander kits are no longer available, but what would be useful is a copy of the instructions for the kit as I understand there is much dimensional details. Perhaps a photo of those might be possible if you still have them to hand. I am trying to get a single chimney from DJH as the Bachmann locomotive I have has the correct tender but a double chimney.

Regards

David


Thanks — I have sent you a pm.

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