A bit more progress to report. If you looked at the last photos I added,
you will have seen that in one I had cut down the Kadee coupling and
drilled a hole through it. Since then I drilled another hole straight
into the end of the stub beyond the first hole, and Araldited a piece of
wire into it. Once set the coupling was pushed through the coupling
slot, the wire bend down (towards the track) and cut to just over 1 mm
in length. A Slater's buffer spring was the Adaldited across the wire.
See Lister 9
A cut out has been made in each end of the chassis block for the spring,
see Lister 8
I have unsoldered the function wires from the chip. To do it I have had
to remove the shrink wrap, but have replaced it with black which saves
painting it. I had looked at trying to give the driver a working
(glowing) fibre optic cigarette and a working hurricane lamp on the
footplate, both DCC controlled. I think it could be done, but what the
hell, it's Christmas..it's a new year challenge for someone.
I'm partly through painting, and then it is just assembly. I have
decided to try to keep the original motor and to shield the brushes
under the motor cover.
Next pictures should be completed model, I doubt it will be ready for
the new year, but hopefully early next week/month/year
Frank
