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47465 rides again


pbkloss

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47465 is my Bath GP shaded Jinty which was a Bachmann Jinty P4 conversion (that was the basis for the EMGS conversion data sheet). Since that sheet was created a long long time ago, poor 47465 had an unfortunate accident, being sent flying from the layout to the floor (!). The result was that the front LHS wheel acquired a loose tyre (the only damage!!). It took a while for me to get around to fixing the tyre (super glue) and it then ran fine. However, in the process of investigating the damage I had to cut off the brake gear which in any case was a bodge fix of the original Bachmann shoes and pull rods. So the loco ran 'naked' for a while (actually a few years). Now in lock down I've got around to replacing the brake gear, which has been 'stolen' from a static model (!) the 'Great British Locomotives' collection Jinty that I got from Ebay. (This was an experimental purchase to see if these static models were any good or usable as a cheap source of replacement loco bodies - it seems so!). The brake gear part of the GBL Jinty needed a little hacking about to reduce the size of the brake shoes but the plastic is remarkably strong so I had only one breakage disaster. So here are some photos of the model .... I should point out that the body has replacement steps (Mainy Trains) and has had the cab floor cut so it can sit on a Perseverance chassis that is waiting in the wings for it .... incidentally with a bit of lubrication it runs quite well and can creep with a PWM controller (Gaugemaster in my case)

 

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