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The ebay bargain that i bought turned out to be less of one when the part of the chassis was found floating around in the box.    Somebody had a go at replacing the coupler and in doing so, seems to have mangled the chassis.  It doesn't quite locate, but not far off.  What is peoples advice for repairing these types of damage to old Lima chassis.  Is it a case of an epoxy job or can some of the plastic weld type stuff fix it.  I'm minded to 3d print a frame to this because i fear most types of gluing or welding are going to fail without some form of bracing.

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19 minutes ago, Dagworth said:

What class is it? i can't tell from the photo

 

Andi

 

It's an EL13 of the NSB.   A Bo-Bo electric.  I'm guessing around 30-40 years old

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If there is space, I would use the broken piece as a template to cut a piece of plasticard with two "arms" to reinforce the joint and remount the broken part on the chassis.

 

Steve

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