Nothing too exciting about pickups and every railway modeller swears by his or her method. When I built the chassis I had been trying sprung pickups and it was built using them. I was never happy and I`ve tried Jidenco`s, Alan Gibsons, Kean Maygib`s and they have all been unreliable and some have come apart or have been too strong and have acted as brakes !!.
I ended up trying these coiled spring types , but I could see them from side profile, having said that I have them on two other 4mm locos
The complicated bits are now done .....
Next stage will be new pickups, one new sprung buffer as after 10 years a rear one had rusted up and sheared off, and then a bit of paint touching up and she will be done......
I changed my mind about using Alan Gibson`s backhead castings as the motor I have used slightly encroaches onto the bottom of the backhead space, so I decided to fabricate my own half backhead that will be seen through the cab side.
It sort of looks LMS`ish.......
The space betwixt drivers and bogies I think will look better with a firebox bottom (nasty affliction for some) It was a bit of a fiddle but I`m pleased with the fit....
I`m actually heavy into O Guage since retiring, but I need a break from my 7mm Diorama layout, which has fully occupied my time this year, having made baseboards, track, laid track, wired track, and finally tested track.......
I have kept a selection of my 4mm modified and kit built stock and it was while I was `stocktaking` I came across a 4mm project I put to one side in 2005 having built it the year before.......
She`s not `state of the art` and there are a few errors and compromises