"King John" locomotive chassis, swappable?

Started by petercharlesfagg, January 11, 2014, 06:59:03 PM

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petercharlesfagg

January 11, 2014, 06:59:03 PM
Friends,

Some of you may remember that I was experiencing difficulties repairing a used "King John" locomotive that I foolishly purchased on Ebay.

Well the truth is that I had real difficulties getting the crank rods aligned with the piston blocks, dropped the chassis and snapped the cross beam holding the piston blocks.  It would not glue!  I tried both plastic glue and super glue.

To end my tale I just discarded those pieces and dismantled the rest for spares.  (Knowing me I will probably never use them apart from a load on a truck maybe)

Anyway, will ANY 4-6-0 GF chassis fit the body of the "King John"?

OR would someone like to have a body and tender?

Peter.

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January 12, 2014, 05:14:44 PM
Quote from: petercharlesfagg on January 11, 2014, 06:59:03 PM
Well the truth is that I had real difficulties getting the crank rods aligned with the piston blocks, dropped the chassis and snapped the cross beam holding the piston blocks.  It would not glue!  I tried both plastic glue and super glue.

It is very hard to glue. You can sometimes 'weld' it back together with a soldering iron (naughty but...) or by puttng a thin bit of metal over the top and screwing both halves into it.

Most of the piston blocks are available as spares.

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Dr Al

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January 13, 2014, 09:39:06 AM
Quote from: petercharlesfagg on January 11, 2014, 06:59:03 PM
Anyway, will ANY 4-6-0 GF chassis fit the body of the "King John"?

OR would someone like to have a body and tender?

Peter.

Peter, if you are scrapping the loco and have any spares do let me know - I have a King missing some parts...

Thanks,
Alan
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