Patrick Hunt
Hi Bill,
A bit of background. I was testing the prototype of the British Finescale B7 EM gauge point for Wayne Kinney in early 2021. The split chassis 4MT I was converting using Alan Gibson wheels, and following the EMGS fact sheet, was not going to plan for a number of reasons which I will cover in a separate fact sheet or forum upload. I had an Alan Gibson wheel set for a later model 5MT but, given the issues with the 4MT conversion, I decided to replace the tender and pony truck wheels and see if I could replace the axles on the RTR drivers in the interim thinking the axles were 2mm. No such luck, they were 3mm to 2mm stepped and I had none in my spares box. So I simply eased out the existing wheels on the existing axles to 16.4mm (because of the large wheel profile), the goal being to get s steam loco running through the prototype turnout. It worked but is not the final product. I will be fitting the Alan Gibson driving wheels, but not in the usual manner, and using the existing motion gear. Ditto the split chassis 4MT which I am starting again. I’ll write a note on the method later as I am currently converting my diesel fleet to EM gauge. So, it was a fiddle to get over a time constrained hurdle to provide a demo. You can see the 5MT in action at the link https://emgs.org/virtual-show-2021-welcome-closed/virtual-show-2021-demonstrations-point-kits/
Kind regards.
Patrick