Diesel gets a new drive unit ....

 The two power chassis that I got in the recent Ebay job lot have been fully tested, the 0-6-0 chassis had a partially stripped gear so it's on its way to the bin (i may retrieve a few bits of it for spares). The 0-4-0 chassis is a really nice running unit.

 My scratch built diesel was running on a very old 0-4-0 LGB chassis which is a lumpy runner and works better in one direction than the other. I though the it could do with some new running gear ...

New on left, old on right....

The diesel body was made out of plasticard and other bits from the spares box, the underside view shows its rather 'bodgy' construction, I made a mounting plate from plasticard and glued it onto the new chassis

fits in really nicely; so stuck it in place ...

A quick test on the garage layout, super runner and good at low speeds too...

The coupling height needs adjusting as the drive wheel diameter is smaller; a little job for an evening.