3D printed narrow gauge loco purchace

I have bought a 3d printed 016.5 loco kit plus a rtr motor for it off flea bay on a whim.
I haven't been able to do much work on my layout/s due to working on my shed, illness and the domestic engineer needing me at the drop of a hat to taxi her and her family.
So, I decided to have a stab at building this little loco as a it seems to be a job I can fit in until life improves!
Anyway I took some photos with my new "smart" phone, it's definitely smarter than me as I can't work out how to download them to my laptop Anyway I will take some more with my camera and post them up.

As per normal it doesn't just stop at that with me!! I have decided to build a micro type layout to run it on and luckily I have some photos I downloaded from the web and I think it will be based on these, anyway have a look and let me know what you think.
Whoops, just had a go at uploading them and I'm not allowed, the files too big.

I will get back when I am able too!

Pete.

 

Here we go, I was trying to post the wrong file......





Any way I will catch up later!!
Pete.

 

Here we go with the kit parts all 3 of them!




With bonnet/fuel tank.



The loco is based around a Fordson E27 tractor.
And now with the roof fitted, the canopy is supported on 4 1mm brass wires unfortunately I've only got 0.5 at the minute





This is the motor unit, a Hanazono, I haven't heard of these before and the recommended unit is a Tenshodo that are made of unobtanion!
It is a snug fit with about half a mil clearance between the wheels and the body.



They come with extended axles that have to be cut down, I used my dremel after masking the inner workings off.
And loosely inserted, I will stick it in place after painting with some sticky pads I spotted in the post office 'tother day.



I will continue with the build hopefully this weekend.

Cheers, Pete.

 

Yes mate, the quality is excellent! Very smooth with no cleaning up required, only thing I had to do is drill out a hole to accept the mounting lug on top of the motor unit, it was already there, I just had to deepen it slightly.

I have seen some tipper type wagons on the Peco site, I think I will order 1 to see how they look and run. Being an empty frame they don't look heavy enough for smooth running, anyway we will see.

Pete.

 

Yes, ScaleLink is where I bought my unit, he is closing down and is selling off his remaining stock, unfortunately he didn't have the Tenshodo I required.

Ayup Andy, my phone is the first new phone I have had in over 10/12 years and to me I mostly want it for making phone calls and messaging people, everything else it can do is witchcraft to me, I only tried to put my photos to my laptop to see if I could, the message that popped up on the phones screen could have been chinese for all the sense I made of it! It's back to my camera for me!

Anyroad, a few more photos taken after painting. I have got it mostly finished bar a driver and weathering, I just forgot to take any pic's as the gaffer wanted picking up...









I've also painted the wheels on the motor unit a mucky brown.



I also bought a Dinky road crane after seeing one on an O gauge layout at a show which had been updated to make it look less of a toy.



I'm going to do the same to mine but I will start a separate thread for that.
I will take some photos of the loco and post them up later.

Cheers for now, Pete.