I’m trying to create a 2-4-4-2 and am having one heck of a time trying to find some that is afordable to a teen budet. I’m starting to think I shuld mill some at work.
Bob Baxter built a 2-4-4-2 out of 2 bachmann sidetankers, check out the link.
http://4largescale.com/baxter/index.htm
you can pick up the older ones on ebay for a reasonable price still. I was thinking of doing the same using 2 LGB Toytrain drives, but they’ve gone loony pricewise again.
Be sure to check out the rest of the guys on this website, some of the best large scale modeling I’ve ever seen. I’ve met a couple and they’re great guys.
Might be worthwhile to contact Hartland Locomotive Works to see what they have in the way of drivers. They sell parts individually, but I’m not sure anything’s “cataloged” per se. What diameter are you looking for? LGB sells their Mogul drivers, which are 1 3/4" diameter. May not be the most inexpensive things.
Later,
K
I’m looking for about one inch drivers, I want the speed (or lack there of) not to draw from the model. Its a logging loco. They don’t have what I need, but i may have found some on ebay (wounder how much it costs to ship a package from England to Washington?[sigh]
Jolly old England fell threw. Whell back to the sirch. anyone have some old 2-4-2’s they don’t want?
[D)]me
I’d check the GR advertisements for the Bachmann 0-4-0 Porter. It’s got rather small wheels, and a decent drive train to boot. You should be able to find one in the $90 range. Also, Hartland’s “Big John” and other similar locos have smaller diameter wheels, so look at those as well. Later, K
Well I would be the last person to admit to being a teenager… However I do like to work to a budget. Try here for a few methods of “advanced penny pinching” http://homepage.ntlworld.com/sheila.capella/cabbage/kitchen.html If I can build locomotives on £10 per week on the kitchen table then anyone can!!! regards ralph
Thanks. Teen is a short term for permanatly broke. How much is £10 in us dollars?
$18.75c Mind you when I was 18 my weekly income from my “Saturday Job” was 50p (about 90c)… (I do earn rather a lot more than that nowadays!!!) regards ralph
I am able to head to work two weeks during the summer, right now. Fix my truck, gotta fix my truck, must ignore school and fix my truck![:D]
In case you are woundering is an International harvester 1952 3/4 ton truck. ( a tractor with a cab and a three on the tree) Here is a pic of a nice one! http://www.richmond.edu/~jhayden/bruno&images/bruno3.jpg [:-^]
