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actually, i read the op and the lost gear lsnt from the loco itself, but from the gearbox that the motor is attatched too, there must be lots of manufacturers who produce/use small gear wheels. If you have the main stats then you may well get lucky.

Thanks for that latest info Andy, am currently looking at the website PolyBear suggested and they have some pretty sophisticated proffessional protective gear.

hi all, wow, thanks for all the advice! Some realy good idea's there. I accept 34's challenge of building a fume cuboard...I feel sure there is plastic fish tank in our garden disguised as summat else..hmmmm, fan extractor should be doable. In the mean time a very good mask and working in well ventilated areas to start with. yes, all doable so far. I feel safer already! How about glues? are there any you would advise me not to use? I know some glues have pretty toxic effects if not handled correctly. Thanks guys, I have some organising to do thanks to all your helpfull tips and knowledge.

do you think minitrix would provide a replacement gear?

Hi all, well, as the title suggests this post is all qbout health questions. The road back to modeling is progressing well, as soon as the flow of equipment and kits/rtr stock has slowed to a dribble, I will start the actuall work....tadaaa....So, I have really bad lungs due to miss spent youth and long term employment around that fibre glass stuff they fireproof steel doors with. Surfice to say it does not take much to set me off...So LOTS of soldering and brazing and glueing and fettling and more glueing followed by spray painting and all manner of toxic products abound.. In short, does anyone have the same problems if so how do they cope? Or, maybe folks have recommendations on safe practises plus safer- safer products...cheers mateys.....can't wait to get out the japanese fan saw and start carving up triang...haha

btw, since this thread started, it's become nigh impossible to buy a crane on that auction place we all know and love. Someone outbids me everytime...lol...also, someone seems to be buying up cranes and then reselling the cranes and stabelisers separately, double ya profits like,

oh good thanks, I was just thinking going to have to open them up and rewire them all.... heaven forbid.

noob question coming up! Can I run my newly aquired dcc ready loco's on an ornery dc powered track (back in the day it was called the triang train controller :P) .

I remember watching a youtube vid of an exhibtion layouts where one group had a set event to allow the usuall operaters to go off and have their lunch..the event consisted of a derailment (by the hand of gawd) and the arrival of two trains, one being the crane of course and to my surprise that crane had motorised jib and hook...apparently to much sweat n swearing to enable control of the crane via a dcc hand controller...woohoo.

Indeed!! well said Kevin When I do build a layout, it's going to be a very compressed wellingborough during the years 1950-1960 ish. during that time wellingborough was a big depot and enjoyed a roundhouse and large goods buildings with large fiddle yards. LMS and MR kits are flowing in from all sources. but I'd like to get my hands on some diagrams so I can scratch build waggons. Like the 6 wheel brake van advertised on here... so any ideas where I can get/buy waggon diagrams and or track diagrams specific to wellingborough. I now own a couple of the 4f fowler 0-6-0's, reading on the midland railway society website MR consist mainly of 0-6-0 and 4-4-0 due to the small engine policy of the then top brass. But if anyone has better information please feel free to let me know. Also, the earlier 0-6-0's built at Derby had round topped fireboxes as apposed to the belpaire...I would love to produce a couple of those for the layout...again, anyone has any ideas please speak up. The layout will be later after i've accumilated stock and prepare some SPACE in my tiny humble abode..haha.. laters Roger

I found ebay is good for kits also, old AND new.

Thanks Thanks for that. I guess the prairie project goes back on the shelf for now untill either a suitable chassis turns up or I use the kit parts for something else....it's all a learning curve and all good. I'm steadily aquireing kits to work with in the meantime..

noted Londontram, had my eye on said crane for some time and on preorder, correction, went back and checked and its another one on preorder. the oxford rail crane is a copy of the early Hornby steam 15 ton crane which is not available just yet...I bought 3 of the early Hornby ones to paint, renumber and refit new wheels ect. but thanks for the tip. 34theletterbetweenB&D, appreciate your comments, and hmmmmm 8f huh? great stuff.

Thanks chaps, I think I just bought a totally useless class 45xx, As BernardTPM says, The Dapol/kitmaster prairie is 61xx class....DOH! I guess some research is needed on my part to assess wether or not the 45xx chassis can be adapted, not sure of wheelbase lengths or driving wheel difference between the two class yet. Hornby does offer a rtr 61xx chassis, allthough DavidCBroads post has rather put me off the whole idea. converting to a County Tank is interesting idea melmerby, ya never know. This whole project was started by my interest in learning the black arts of kit building and an impulse bye of the prairie kit,,,GWR stuff isnt my cuppa tea anyway as you might guess from my forum name I'm a LMS fan. I can see I need to research the loco to see what options there is open to me, other then just building a stationary object and quickly moving on...(I have started collecting various waggon kits to practise on) also, some rtr waggons that will need work. On a side note, I have become obsessed with cranes for some strange and unaccountable reason...having spent the last two weeks hoovering up any oo railway related crane models (eccept for that really expensive bachman 75 ton thing). many thanks Roger

Thank you Jason. just what I wanted to see. The brand new chassis from wizard/Comet would be my last choice due to the cost, The chassis cost isnt prohibitive but those chassis are bare bones chassis and require the extra cost of motor, running gear and wheels. quite a good chunk of change.. I have my eye on ex-rtr prairie chassis by bachman for a reasonable price which would cover most needs all in one go. If it fits! we shall see. Roger

ah yes, but i'm not planning to use any plastic running gear or wheels, nor the plastic chassis, but rather mount the body on a complete and running donor chassis, from a cheap damaged rtr model perhaps, or another source? Thanks for the pointer though I havent given up just yet .

Good evening all. Late returner to modeling due to retirement and health...So, before diving in head first and building baseboards and getting in deepI thought I'd try my hand at a few kit builds to test my endurance levels. anyway, I have this Dapol kit of the prairie tank, which I'm hoping to build very carefully, maybe even do a bit of bashing to modify it slightly, but eventually run it on the tracks via a substitute chassis. That is the question chaps, is there such a thing as an etched brass/ die cast chassis in the 2-4-2 formation I can use with the plastic kit or is this a pipe dream?. Thanks Roger.