A quick conversion for starters.

[Alan DurhamParticipant]

To kick off this forum, I thought I would share a couple of pictures of a recent conversion.  This is a Hornby model of LBSC brake van, it is not the most refined representation but they can be picked up reasonably cheaply and I am sure that at some point in the future it will  be subjected to some form of bodgery.  In the meantime I thought I would share here to show just how easy it is to start in EM.  I simply removed the proprietary wheels installed bearings (fixed with a spot of superglue) and did a little filing for clearances.  In all probably a couple of hours work attention most.  I did have to ream out the chassis for the bearings using this rather nifty little tool, as demonstrated on a coach Bachmann coach  conversion I did some time back.

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[Garry owenParticipant]

HI, As a newbie to  E M, Can i ask you Where do i buy one of those nifty Drills, Thankyou

Garry

• This reply was modified 1 year, 10 months ago by Garry owen.

[Alan DurhamParticipant]

Hi Garry,

This one is manufactured by a company called Knowle I believe, I seem to remember I bought it from the EMGS store.  I don’t know where else it is available but I’m sure it must be available elsewhere, and I believe DCC concepts do their own version.

Hope this helps.

Alan

[Garry owenParticipant]

Hi Alan, Many Thanks, I shall check that out now.

Garry

[Trade OfficerKeymaster]

Hi Garry

We did have them in the stores but the last one was sold a couple of months ago. i have been trying to locate who made them. I have finally tracked that down and am awaiting a reply to see if they are still available. If they are not then I will be getting the DCC Concepts one into the stores

Hope that helps

John

[Garry owenParticipant]

Hi John, that is good news, I have tracked the tool down, The exact one that is used in the above post,

H & A Models, They have a website.

Regards

Garry

[Garry owenParticipant]

Just went to the H & A website to buy one , OUT OF STOCK, But they may be able to supply the society when they order more, I hope.

Garry

[Trade OfficerKeymaster]

I have done some research and spoken to the originator of the Knowle bearing tool, which is an improvement on an original design by a ScaleFour member some years back. Whilst he could get some made he will probably have to order around 200. A largish investment.

I have also been in contact with H&A. It appears they have independently improved the original design and come up with something very similar to the final design we used to sell. I have asked if they are willing to sell the Society 10 items for sale in our shop. This has been a traditionally slow moving item so I don’t want to invest too much this stage.

It appears that they are back in stock at H&A so if you want one quickly you can purchase from them. Hopefully I will have a number in stock after Christmas.

One thing to be aware of, is that there may be slight differences to the Knowle bearing tool the Society used to stock

John

[Trade OfficerKeymaster]

Forgot to say.

Looking at the DCC Concepts site, it appears that their tool is actually designed to “recone” existing bearings, not to make the hole to put bearings into.

 

John

[Garry owenParticipant]

Thanks for the info.

Garry

[Trade OfficerKeymaster]

I now have the pinpoint bearing tool from H&A in stock

John

[Robert DewdneyParticipant]

I am new to EM and am finding part of the learning and expense curve is the gathering of necessary or highly desirable tools.  I have borrowed one of these briefly from another EMGS member and was uming and ahing about buying one but having read this thread I am going to take the plunge.  I hope the Trade Officer still has some.

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