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DIY loco building

a few construction photos

The best of both worlds: massive split frame construction

Let's suppose you are interested to add a certain prototype to your layout. But alas this turns out as not available as r-t-r model or only as unsatisfactory model not suitable for modification. For the latter decision all information is helpful, that includes photos taken under unfavourable conditions of similar loco's.


type 64
The only remaining original NMBS type 64, happily under roof in Treignes.

and drawings of course, leading to:

Why not construct my own chassis kit?


chassis parts
The chassis kit components: a few pieces of metal with some holes at the right place, some wheels bought in the 2mm shop, 2 gears + wormwheel, some screws and a few pieces of plastic plundered from an old loco or directly cut from sheet



Try to get this parallel groove into the rods! there must be alternatives for skrawking by hand in 0.5 mm steel?.


assembled
After spending some time a near complete chassis, assembled and ready for some tests.

Now if you are here wouldn't the rest be easy meat either?

top part component construction


other parts
Start with turning major and minor parts, some less conventional, but nevertheless found on the chosen prototype.

smokebox door
In the mean time solder up some other components, here the smokebox door pieced together, just a further 23 pieces of flat metal soldered into a single unit.

and all this time the clock ticks on
hour after hour
shaping pieces of metal
and on , and on
but where else is a hobby good for....