thinking about trying to kitbash some bachmann parts into a Garratt

i also made up an excuse for the K&NJ RR built a garratt
so in the 1920s the Tacoma Kramston & Nannarbsville Joint Railroad was seeing a surge in traffic and the 2-8-2s 2-8-0s and 4-6-0s were not cutting it they had some Mallets but those couldn't be made any bigger due axle load problem so they an engineer to various colonial railways in africa to look for solutions to problem he brought back the garratt design and the company rebuilt 2 4-6-0s into a garratt which served in service until 1963 and was the last steam locomotive on the railway and was put back into serivce during the 1970s oil crisis as she was still a coal burner
 
GAP said:
I built my first boxcars and wagons out of mdf, strips of wood, balsa sheet, some steel for weight and styrene. Built out of necessity because of lack of cash and availability. Lot of my build materials come from my local hardware store.

Common chassis as the base
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i wonder how i could adapt that chassis for Kadee couplers and to be a 4-bay cylinderical grain hopper
 
NorthwestGarrattGuy said:
i wonder how i could adapt that chassis for Kadee couplers and to be a 4-bay cylinderical grain hopper
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Apply a little thought and imagination and you will have solved the puzzle. Think outside the box, look at things from a different angle and point of view.
 
GAP said:
These may give some inspiration

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The Build Thread Of My Garrett

As I've fancied a Garrett and I can't afford the roundhouse live steam version I've decided to start building one myself. I'm going to use 2 stainz chassis as power and to provide some body parts. The first part was of obtaining 2 sensibly priced starter set locos. After this they were...
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Garratts-Sandstone & Termite Railway

Main page for G gauge garden railway. Description of the construction of the line.
www.trainweb.org
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I was going to suggest Greg's bash

Rik
 
GAP said:
I built my first boxcars and wagons out of mdf, strips of wood, balsa sheet, some steel for weight and styrene. Built out of necessity because of lack of cash and availability. Lot of my build materials come from my local hardware store.

Common chassis as the base
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hey what are the dimensions for the wood pieces since i need to calculate the cost of buildig something like this
 
AusrailQLD said:
I had a go at printing a Boiler in 3D.
Costed a bit, but I like it.
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Looks very much like the preserved Baddesley
colliery Garrett now at Bressingham Norfolk.
I m about to start building a model based on it using two Aristocraft 0-4-0 chassis from locos purchased secondhand.
 
Flying15 said:
Looks very much like the preserved Baddesley
colliery Garrett now at Bressingham Norfolk.
I m about to start building a model based on it using two Aristocraft 0-4-0 chassis from locos purchased secondhand.
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It very much is that locomotive, except scaled a to suit the chassis used. :-)
 
NorthwestGarrattGuy said:
well um how does one go about aqquiring the materials to build a boxcar chassis
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I went to my local hardware warehouse (similar to Home Depot) and bought a sheet of MDF (Medium-density fibreboard - Wikipedia) and used that.
I bought a length of steep strip for the weight at the same place.
From memory the overall cast was around $50 Aust for 6 wagons (2 Boxcars, 1 Gondola, 1 Tank Car and 2 Flat cars.
For the wood planking I used some scrap wood that a friend ripped into thin strips.
It can also be made from coffee stirrers, locally here they are available in craft stores in bags of 100 for around $5 Aust.
Nearly all the materials except for the bogie assemblies came from the hardware store.
The measurements I used are 380mm (15') Long, 110mm (4.5") Wide, 125mm (5") H at centre 115mm 4.5mm at sides.
The scale is 1:20.3 as that is the scale of the Bachmann Connie that pull the train.
 
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Making some cargo wagons/cars from the ussr 1922 to 1935

I had a job where there was really a lot of waste 9-10mm thick plywood. I cut them all in pieces of 81mm by 30,40 and 50cm pieces Drilling the holes for the buffers and the couplers in the bottom plate. Predrill the holes for the screws Making a half wood connection inti the walls to...
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Bringing the AA20 (Andrey Andreev 20 ton per axle) back to life...4-14-4

I think this is the right section of the forum? . . . . . . ...
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I hope this will give you some food for thoughts.

I really like all the ideas that are at display here, man there are some clever solutions! for diy cars.
Pvc pipe you can buy in all different sizes, go to a plumber store or a construction or a home improvement store.
Sheet wood the same.
And yes you need some tools.
Get some basic carpeting tools just the cheap stuff and a fine 0.5mm pencil.

For printing with PLA i would recommend strongly against it.
It tends to wrap and shrink on a sunny day, however there are some pla filaments (more expensive) that don't have the shrinking problem.
For your threaded rod as a reinforcement for your pla i think it will even split open.
Learn it with abs filament.

Yes the AA20 is still in the shed and its a bit to cold sinds my last update, sorry
Indeed, as most pointed out you will have lots to learn about the anatomy of a loco and rolling stock.
First learn to craw then walk than run, than drive a car and as last learn how to walk with a stick.

I hope this will help you a bit in your journey.
 
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