NEIL MM

I recently bought a Dapol Class 121 with the intention of converting it to EM gauge and wasnt sure how easy this was going to be. As stated the electrical pick is from the axle and the wheels are split axle. The keeper plate looked like it was not removable and was an integral moulding with the bogie so my plan to fit fine scale wheels had to be scrapped My solution to this was to gently ease the existing wheels out with a screw diver so that the wheel back to back was to EM gauge as there appeared to be plenty of space. Although course for fine scale the existing wheels coped with my EM gauge track very adequately. I found that the model needed some running in but it is a very fine addition to my locomotive fleet.