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Converting New Bright and being new to 'G' Scale
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Thanks Red Baron for the tip about the 4-4-0 tenders, - I'll keep an eye out for one, - though I do wonder if an ordinary plastic wheeled tender could be converted by fitting metal wheels. I guess the latest Christmas series could be pilaged for parts to upgrade the older locos. I'm not that thrilled about Christmas trainsets and I've always looked on them as being a parts only proposition. If I want a train around my tree I much prefer to use my 'normal' locos and rolling stock.. <br />Thanks for the all the other tips everyone. I had wondered about arranging the tender drawbar so it added the weight of the tender to the rear wheels to improve traction. Of course the best way to do this would be by actually converting a New Bright loco into a single Farlie/Mason bogie/Forney type of loco which are all types I like a lot. <br />Another question I would like to raise though, - 'Does anybody know where I can order motor blocks with wheels, or even just loco wheels by themselves online?' I've tried e.mailing various dealers in the US and so far nobody has bothered to answer (sigh). Garden Railway Specialists in the UK have some lovely loco wheels, but the exchange rate between the pound and the New Zealand dollar is a bit horrible for too many regular purchases from the UK. <br /> <br />Annie
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