Left over chassis' at Christmas

Entry posted by Grizz December 26, 2018

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It's always the same at Christmas, what can you do with the 'Left Overs'......

Going back to the sadly 'disturbed' introduction of the Heljan Class 17 some years ago I resorted to the factory replacements that the company offered. They arrived quickly and with proof of my purchases I didn't have to send the old ones back. This has left me with the original six Class 17 chassis' which I have now completely dismantled and fettled. They all work ok now but, as has been commented on before, the top speed is around 30-40mph. The various entries on RMWEB have detailed what clever people have done to overcome the original problems with the chassis' but there is obviously a lack of suitable replacement class 17 bodies.

Thus...

With all this in mind I dug out a Hornby class 29 body from the scrap box the other day and offered it up. Bizarrely it fitted exactly with no fettling or altering required. Weird, as I expected at least some packing or hacking of some sort.

It doesn't look too bad, almost as though there was a rebuild and amalgamation of the two classes.

Alternatively perhaps a more modern looking, German influenced re-engineering project might look something like this......
I scratch built this from styrene sheet and Evergreen sections. It requires windscreen bars, horns and windscreen wipers.