NZ120 88 seat railcar kit; the construction odyssey.
In which our hero sets sail into uncharted waters, faces terrible peril and horrific dangers, all without leaving the modeling desk.
Mmmmm, coming home to a package at the door is soooo good. However, it did come with a special warning and possible construction hold up.
Inside was a collection of quite crisp looking castings, and a set of quite eclectic instructions. It says to read them first, but I don't think its going to help. Pat, you were a good man, but I'm starting to wonder about whether english was your first language....
Railcar Review
Just wondering why you chose to mount the motor onto the drive bogie and not use the normal bogie mounting with the motor on the chassis.
My QR1800 class railcar uses a Lifelike GP38 chassis with the chassis cut in half so that the normal bogie swivelling and pickup arrangement is still used. Perhaps the Atlas version has a different construction? (Next time I have mine apart I'll take a photo.)
Otherwise it is a great looking model.
Cheers.
QR120
I did the mech they way I did
I did the mech they way I did as I had the Atlas GPXX bogies purchased as spares from another project that died. Thus I didn't actually have any other bits to use. Mine picks up on all wheels and has virtually no friction.
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