Now that the loco is finished, work can now start on the tender. There are a lot more photos in this section as more work was carried out here than in the loco.
The tender top was removed, followed by the wheels and weights. Each weight was then cut into smaller pieces and these were fitted to the front, rear and both sides of the tender top, keeping everything away from the decoder, to prevent short circuits and to retain the tenders original weight. The weights are insulated with a tape th
I'd never fitted a sound decoder before, but a purchase from Ebay found me the owner of a 21 pin ESU Lok sound decoder and speaker, complete with a WD 2-8-0 sound file on it. Therefore, the choice of model for my first attempt at fitting a sound decoder was already made for me, it had to be my Bachmann W/D 2-8-0. However, as it was a non DCC ready loco, it involved a little more than just plugging it in. So I bought a 21 pin socket and blanking plate for it too.
I always like to make as few
I've now made a second roller support cradle for my rolling road extension. It was made using the same materials and measurements as previously posted. However, during its construction I noticed a mistake in my original post, which I have since corrected, but I will also duplicate it here too!
:- I used 3mm brass screwed rod and nuts, and not 4mm as previously stated, doh!
I've also made a couple of guide rods to ensure that the 2 support cradles remain parallel to each other, t
I've had the Hornby R8211 rolling road for some years now and it's given great service.
Whilst tightening up the rollers I managed to strip the thread on one of the screws, and damage the thread on another, so I purchased R8212 replacement set. However, not wanting to throw away the damaged parts, I wondered how they could be of further use.
Whilst the R8211 is a good piece of kit, it's biggest drawback is its inability to let you run diesel locomotives with bogies on it. This got me t
