• Trackmobile

    by
    randgust
    Published on 10th Nov 2013 11:12 AM
    6 Comments Comments
    OK, I'll start reposting the construction photos here. This shows the basic Kato 11-103 or 11-104 chassis filed down to the basic elements. The Bachman greyhound bus tire (which normally is way oversize for anything) is on the left, and it is filed down thinner. The difference between the stock Kato 42" wheel and the 11-105 27" wheel is shown at right, yes, it really does make that much difference.

    http://www.randgust.com/TMB01.jpg

    This shows how really simple the start is; three pieces of styrene, one for the deck and two sides, and then the truck tires glued on:

    http://www.randgust.com/TMB03.jpg
    Comments 6 Comments
    1. MooseID's Avatar
      MooseID - 10th Nov 2013, 05:04 PM
      Looking good. More, please.
    1. mariuszjj's Avatar
      mariuszjj - 12th Nov 2013, 12:03 AM
      cool keep it coming .... want to see when done...
    1. randgust's Avatar
      randgust - 12th Nov 2013, 02:52 PM
      I'm not sure who is moving this over to this article....but there's a full thread under the 'motive power/diesel' area where I was posting it.

      BTW, I did this...wow... about 2005 maybe?
    1. daniel_leavitt2000's Avatar
      daniel_leavitt2000 - 12th Dec 2013, 07:02 PM
      Wow, zombie thread!
    1. rsn48's Avatar
      rsn48 - 13th Jan 2014, 01:34 AM
      What scale would be good.
    1. Graeme's Avatar
      Graeme - 8th Jul 2014, 08:46 AM
      Thanks, until now I didn't realise Kato did the wheelsets in different sizes, I have attempted something like this but found it 'out of size' mainly due to the rail wheels being too big. I will try again with sourcing the smaller diameter wheels.