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.
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.
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