RSS Fetcher Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 Well a few weeks ago I started taking apart the Bachmann Ivatt 2-6-2 Tank. After a bit of fiddling around I managed to remove the cover and then got rather worried when I saw the split chassis underneath... One hour later and about 10 screws I had succeeded in removing the wheels, baseplate, two chassis halves, the cylinders (that was a mistake and will have to glue those back) the cab and the motor. In fact the engine didn't look remotely like an engine anymore. With the engine in bits I was able to see that I required a rather small chip and ended up buying a TCS M1. At this point I gave up with this project and moved onto layout building. Last night I started work on it again as I have now received the chip. I had a look at the cab floor as a space for putting it although there seems to be a slot in the bunker if I can stretch (& disguise) the wires that far. I drilled a hole in the location of firebox as to gain wire access to the motor and soldered up the orange and grey wires to the motor pickups and covered them with heatshrink. (Tip While doing soldering and drilling it is best to not have a train running round and round as this can be a bit of a distraction) I started putting the chassis weight blocks back together making sure to remember that the red & black wires were clear. The pickups for this engine are located on the front bogie. The next job is to put the wheels, cylinders and shell back on and test it - see next post for that. View the full article Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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