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| Posted: Thu Dec 15th, 2016 10:00 am |
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Hi all, I have a 3 Truck Shay which is too big for my new layout. What I would like to do, is change it to a 2 truck, anyone done it. It has factory dcc and sound fittedgraham
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| Posted: Fri Dec 16th, 2016 12:35 am |
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Well, it AIN'T a simple "toss the truck" modification. Be prepared to (1) lengthen the frame a bit (2) modify the "3rd" truck bunker into a new bunker over the rear truck (3) a good bit of whacking and cutting to make it look OK. The frame extention would need to be pretty "beefy" because of the weight and size, possibly made from brass or some other metal. The trucks are self-powered so the electrical mods would be probably minimal.
Be prepared to possibly mess up an expensive loco if you aren't sure of what to do or have never cut up and butchered such a machine. I am sure there are those out here (or on another site) who have done this so it is a do-able thing.
Good luck, keep us posted.
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| Posted: Wed Dec 21st, 2016 06:46 pm |
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***Hope I didn't scare you off! Maybe you could trade the 3 trucker for a 2 truck model?***
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| Posted: Fri Dec 23rd, 2016 12:22 pm |
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Na Wood ie, you didn't scare me off. I'm sat here looking at the 3 truck Shay. The tender on the loco itself is quite large,I would have thought I could get a speaker, the dcc board and sound module from the rear tender and put them in. I think the big problem (for me) is stopping the rotation of the final drive, do you think it will just saw off.
anyway, once the festivity are done with I will open it up and have a good look.
yes, I would like to do a straight swap for a 2 truck, but there doesn't seem many about.
graham
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