OK, not totally original and maybe a slow adventure, but a while back I bought a KATO switcher on Evil Bay for cheap. These are lovely locomotives, smooth and strong pullers. I had seen part of an article about someone who had done this while back. However not seeing the whole article, I really had no idea how to re gauge this critter. Some prying fiddling and I got the trucks apart. The central spur gear has each wheel has a half shaft pressed in so one pulls the wheels off, trims the spur gear shafts and the wheel shafts and puts them back together at the appropriate gauge. So I have one truck sort of back together, the outside frames and wipers need to be moved inward, a little plastic surgery! So once I have both trucks re gauged I can adjust the electrical contacts and see if it runs OK! Then it remains to construct an appropriate WP&YR top using mostly 3D printing. Be interesting to see what sort of minimum radius this will traverse.
Photos on a round-tuit basis. For those not knowing of maritime terminology , the "Round Tuit" is a small circular railed structure in the superstructure of a ship which the Mail Buoy Watch Officer or designee stands his lookout for the essential mail buoy.
Photos on a round-tuit basis. For those not knowing of maritime terminology , the "Round Tuit" is a small circular railed structure in the superstructure of a ship which the Mail Buoy Watch Officer or designee stands his lookout for the essential mail buoy.