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Hi Everyone Many thanks for your replies on this topic, I am not sure if there was once an article in 1 of the modelling magazines ( Hornby, BRM, Railway Modeller etc ) where a hornby B12 locomotive was converted into a Raven A2. I did a bit of research and found that the Raven A2 locomotives had 6'...

Hi Everyone I have been thinking for some time ( easily 10 years or more ) of potential ways to model any of the Raven A2 locomotives besides kitbuilding option by using commercially available parts if possible. The locomotive will be powered via the loco chassis itself ( no tender drive here ) and ...

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Hi OOLee

For the nem couplers, most model shops stock them. As far as I know, both Bachmann and Hornby produce them, I believe they are available via the Bachmann and Hornby websites.

I find the Bachmann couplers are better as they are better for close coupling.

Hope this helps.

Hi Aussie 3 Railer My apologies for the delay in replying. Since July last year I have purchased 5 Bachmann locomotives ( all of which had suffered split axles ). I also purchased several sets of replacement axles from Peter's Spares and successfully repaired, however, luck was not on my side 2 week...

Hi Aussie 3 Railer Can I ask please, does your locomotive have a splut chassis system where the wheels have a plastic axle insert between them to prevent it shorting the track power or does it have a motor cradle with gears attached which reach down to the wheels to transfer the rotation of the moto...

I'm happy that I could help and ready to answer any questions you may have

The images are saved to my sd card. The strangest thing happened yesterday when I was at my other half's place because I managed to submit the pictures into my post and include explanations under each picture aswell as submit the post without any problem. I am not sure if this is the case but they h...

Hi Dirk No problem at all sir. Something I forgot to mention was not to worry about having to use thick wire to carry the power, I only used it as that was all I could find at the time I wired up the pickups. For wiring on locomotives, I use the internal wires of a phone charging cable once they hav...

As promised, here are the pictures regarding the conversion of a tender drive princess class locomotive to locomotive drive. https://i.postimg.cc/Th1FnVqC/Princess-Class-Loco-Chassis-Conversion-01.jpg The gear shown in picture 1 is the X03 version, the axle has the knurls in the middle to keep it fr...