My first ever youtube song video.

I wrote this to honor my favorite person on earth: my wife. This is about her role during my darkest season. **I wrote the words, Suno is the "band." After much tweaking this is better than I could imagine. Lyrics in video description.

**I don't know how to make a non-still video yet. 

Quote from: trkilliman on June 25, 2026, 08:20:28 PMA friend has moved up to O gauge due to his eyesight not so good as it was.
He has given me a whitemetal kit and chassis as in the subject title.

I have made up the body and cleaned up the gunk that was around the chassis cogs.

I'll look to buy a Tramfabriek replacement motor for it if it's not too large for the 13xx body?. Has anyone done this?

I'd be grateful for any advice, such as any problems encountered and how to solve them.

Thanks
Steve

Mine is currently unpowered on the original chassis which is fine as it's mostly a cute little bit of SPAM and looks better with the cab space open. I probably still have some 136x etched numbers for that kit somewhere, if they didn't all go to the 2mm SA collection as I made them for mine.

You're welcome!

I bought another white metal kit many years ago and it came with the wrong (Foolscap!) instructions...





So, it seems the original Minitrix motor was 1-2mm too tall for the kit. You can compare your motor height with the Tramfabriek replacement before filing the chassis. Alternatively if you can live with a loco 1mm too tall, use a 1mm washer under the boiler to hold the front end up to match the cab!

Mike

Thank you Mike..appreciated.

Steve

The current Tramfabriek Fowler 2f coreless kit from @Sven  offers a shorter motor than the original 2f/T3 kit and includes a new worm gear, so appears to be a more forgiving option. I fitted one of the previous designs without problem a few years back.

https://youtu.be/-k5hrjr76A8?is=Cj9JJuViWLk4B97x

Mike

Quote from: Bigmac on June 25, 2026, 09:10:09 PM

Quote from: trkilliman on June 25, 2026, 08:20:28 PMA friend has moved up to O gauge due to his eyesight not so good as it was.
He has given me a whitemetal kit and chassis as in the subject title.

I have made up the body and cleaned up the gunk that was around the chassis cogs.

I'll look to buy a Tramfabriek replacement motor for it if it's not too large for the 13xx body?. Has anyone done this?

I'd be grateful for any advice, such as any problems encountered and how to solve them.

Thanks
Steve

yes--ive done one, it was my first attempt at a coreless conversion. Unfortunately i got it wrong--the position of the worm wasnt quite right . THe result is it runs beautifully forwards--but reverse means the loco body lifts up leans over and frog hops along.

Hi,
When you say I've done one, was this with a repacement motor to accomodate/fit within the 13xx white-metal body?

I have sent a message to Tramfabriek asking which of their motors will be best suited/fit to the 13xx body.

The 13xx cab area that the motor will sit in is a tad smaller than the original Minitrix cab.

Their website which has good photos of fitting replament motors, just shows a replacment motor for the Minitrix tank loco.

I await their reply.

Top work sir.
Nice layout too.
PW

Quote from: Newportnobby on June 28, 2026, 04:14:46 PM

Quote from: Moonglum on June 28, 2026, 03:04:41 PMSo, the question is how did she do? Personally, I find her drumming very solid but a bit stiff/mechanical in style, a little repetitive but clearly very capable. Here is a taster...

I agree she's certainly capable but it seemed boastful thrashing rather than a connect to the music.
I like many tracks by Rush but can't take them for more than about an hour

I can see why she might have been a good fit with Jeff Beck: he too was more mechanic than artist in my humble opinion!
(I bet that'll be contentious!)

Well done, Ian. I suspected that it'd be an easy fix as the UM wiring is very basic.

With two traction tyres and the weight of the tender it should cope with Scott's gradient without much trouble, the haulage capability of UM models is outstanding.