Penpits sprung chassis - with video
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After several evenings of fun, and I guess something about 20 hours work in total I have now got to the point of getting the replacement Penbits bogies under my Class 24. The initial 'rolling test' where you leave out the gears so you can just roll the locomotive along was great fun! I had used Black Beetle wheels in the original conversion and these went back into the bogies with no problems. Being insulated on one side only they made opting for what some people call 'the American System' of pick up. (I think this means too lazy to make pick-ups to the rest of us!). Having ensured that the insulated wheels where on same side on each bogie and that the bogies were the opposite way around I was able to connect up the power again just by soldering the wires to a washer on the bolt which forms the pivot point.
I've uploaded a video to Youtube link
I've been very impressed with the kit, the quality of the etching was excellent and the designer had clearly assembled several before writing the instructions. The loco is shown running through my single slip and over a deliberately widened baseboard joint to show how it goes. I have most of the work on the modifications to the side frames done so once my outing to the Epping Railway Circle show at Theydon Bois with Fen End Pit is out of the way I'll get those finished.
If you find yourself in deepest Essex on Saturday do come and say 'Hi'.
David
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