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A little surprised at how this simply clips together, but it’s using parts from the spares box to make some extra locos. Matchbox diesel shunter body with a Bachmann Underground Ernie inspection loco chassis underneath, it’s a friction fit so I can just pull it apart when needed. The chassis happens to have a 8 pin decoder socket too so I could run it under DCC if I wanted. Next step is to remove some of the detailing, use fittings where possible, build up the bufferbeam in order to use it with OO gauge rolling stock.
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Yes, Hornby have announced a new set this year.
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I’m eyeing it up for a Jinty, yes there are a few differences but it’s more than close enough.
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Tomica Mercedes Benz Citaro Keisei, quite toy like but does have potential. RHD is a plus 👌 Tomica “London Bus” is to a scale of 1/130, shown along with the Matchbox Leyland Titan. If anyone knows of a prototype for the “London Bus” I’d love to know.
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Having been stung in the past selling STL files for home printing with a non commercial license and then seeing prints of those models sold by a “business”, I will not be sharing any STL files. I’ll be supplying kits directly to those wishing to model 1/120. https://spannershedmodels.weebly.com https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091797274445
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For now I’ve put the Jinty on the back burner but have gone down the Terrier route, amazingly a Farish Hall does lend itself into being reasonably close to a Terrier in TT in almost all aspects (wheelbase, wheel size) bar gauge. 14.75mm long axles, 1.5mm plasticard spacers and a little bit of work later gives me this. I’m still doing the driven axle and pickups but if it all works I’ll be doing further conversions.
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It’s been used for N Scale so I’d assume the basic kit would work well enough as long as the models are free wheeling? One model that I have found to be close to scale (1/116 approximately) is the Matchbox Superkings Hovercraft, a model of the SR.N6 Hovercraft. Can’t vouch for how accurate it is but you can buy them cheaply if you wish to adapt one.