jameshilton
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Europeanizing a Lilliput Diesel Lok V3
I acquired the Lilliput Diesel Lok V3 for Christmas. It's a lovely model based on the Bachmann Davenport - the headlights and exhaust stack do a half decent job of Europeanizing the model but it's American origins are still quite clear in the buffer beam areas.
Running is excellent out of the box with no stalling on R1 points.
I thought a little work in these areas would drastically improve the model - and here is how I have done it.
Very simply by adding buffers and removing the foot board and coupling cut bar.
The coupling cut bar and foot board are mounted to the buffer beam with a quantity of small machine screws. Using watchmakers screw drivers these were carefully removed before replacing the screws to plug the holes - they also in my eye give some visual interest to the buffer beams.
The LGB locomotive buffers (very kindly donated by Dave - doctorM) were attached by shaping the shank to fit the coupling, and then drilling a small hole through both the buffer and coupling. This allowed the buffer to be not only Superglued, but also pinned to the coupling for robustness.
Three very minor changes that took under an hour to perform - that have lifted this model.
I've got some custom transfers to add the roadname and number, although at present I'm toying with the idea of painting the bufferbeams red to be more British - as the EJ&KLR is theoretically a preserved railway somewhere in the UK - and wondering where I can buy brake hose from to add a brake pipe to each end.
I acquired the Lilliput Diesel Lok V3 for Christmas. It's a lovely model based on the Bachmann Davenport - the headlights and exhaust stack do a half decent job of Europeanizing the model but it's American origins are still quite clear in the buffer beam areas.
Running is excellent out of the box with no stalling on R1 points.
I thought a little work in these areas would drastically improve the model - and here is how I have done it.
Very simply by adding buffers and removing the foot board and coupling cut bar.
The coupling cut bar and foot board are mounted to the buffer beam with a quantity of small machine screws. Using watchmakers screw drivers these were carefully removed before replacing the screws to plug the holes - they also in my eye give some visual interest to the buffer beams.
The LGB locomotive buffers (very kindly donated by Dave - doctorM) were attached by shaping the shank to fit the coupling, and then drilling a small hole through both the buffer and coupling. This allowed the buffer to be not only Superglued, but also pinned to the coupling for robustness.
Three very minor changes that took under an hour to perform - that have lifted this model.
I've got some custom transfers to add the roadname and number, although at present I'm toying with the idea of painting the bufferbeams red to be more British - as the EJ&KLR is theoretically a preserved railway somewhere in the UK - and wondering where I can buy brake hose from to add a brake pipe to each end.
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