Loco Kit (5) - tender and cab

Finished off the tender.... 

Trial fitting of wheels...

The wheels fitted, with some extra structural re-inforcements....

a run test on the garage layout round Radius 1 curves - no problems...

Tender top and chassis together (not fixed yet... hopefully I can get the RC electronics & batteries inside the tender)

Cab

The main structure of the cab built.

Next job is to get the basic footplate assembly built up (then the boiler....etc)

Sunny Sunday (1) RC diesel ....

Into spring and a chance to run trains at last (the 'sunny sunday' count reset for this year ) 

The recently completed RC diesel gets a run in the sun ...

Loco Kit (4) - starting on the tender...

How many bits for the tender. ! It too me a while to work out which bits went where.  The kit instructions say 'all parts cut to the size required' - well not quite, so a bit of sanding and fettling done to get things ready. I had one bit which was the wrong length, it was easy to cut a new one from some plasticard.

The basic tender top made up....

tidied up and the top section added with some beading.....

I checked the parts for the tender underframe; these were not all cut quite to matching lengths, so more fettling done and construction started....

Loco Kit (3) - chassis preparation...

The job for today was to marry up my 0-4-0 chassis, with the the single wheel assembly to make it into and 0-4-2 configuration...

After drilling some holes in both parts; I had to retrieve my bag of oddment nuts, bolts & screws from the garage. Rummage time ... to find a suitable nut & bolt with some washers...

A nice easy fit ....

0-4-2 chassis ready for the next step ... 

LocoWorks - RC diesel - ready for the running season...

 A neater 2 x PP3 in series to give  maximum of 18v for the Diesel battery power

The new 'battery pack' into place in the loco.....

reassembled and ready to run....

A quick trial run on the garage layout

Loco kit (2)...a chassis...

The loco kit I acquired recently was for an 0-6-0 tender loco, however it needed a chassis. I had a look in the spares box to see what I had, there was an 0-4-0 chassis and a spare 'pony truck'.  So possibly an 0-4-2 for the loco instead....

A google search for a suitable 0-4-2 loco came up with this as a possible option..

I'll think about it for a while..😀

LocoWorks - RC diesel - rechargable batteries

Working on my RC diesel,  changing over to re-chargeable PP3 batteries.

Sound Card Power

The old PP3 for the sound card was held in with high tack sticky pads, I had to lever it out...

to keep the new battery in place I made up a simple battery holder.....

it fits over the battery and holds in nicely in place.....job done.

Motor Power

The loco is underpowered with one PP3, so I need 'more power'; I lashed up two in series to give me up to 18v - the loco now accelerates quicker and I have got more speed too. 

Now I need to make a neater scheme up to fit inside the loco