I just finished up putting a Loksound Micro in one of these and the are really nice. However the truck chains seem to be missing eyebolts on one end as they are only attached to one end. Is this how the are supposed to be? Anyone out there put these on yours? How did you do it?
I see there are eye holes in the trucks for an eyebolt and there are holes in the frame at the right spot but I am confused about what to use to attach the chain to the frame.
Thanks
SB
SB,
I just checked my NYC HH600. The end of the chain with the eye bolt is glued into the hole on the underside of the shell. There is a slight gap in each of the four loops on each plastic truck. Use needle-nose tweezers to pull the last link of the chain onto the loop of the truck then glue the eye bolt into the hole of the shell with CA.
It's a challenge to add the chains but it can be done. Be sure that all your eye bolts are facing the same direction in the hole for consistency.
Tom
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A gap!! Thats what I keep thinking it should have I will look again when I get home. Mine seem to be a solid loop on the trucks. Maybe the mold is getting bad on my run. Is the opening on the top? I might can get a Xcto razor saw to open it up a bit.
I cannot see the gaps in the loops without my Optivisors (2.5x) and a good task light. And the gap is more at the 10 or 11 'o clock position than TDC.
Needle-nose tweezers will be a must attaching those tiny chains to the truck loops. A 2nd pair would help to pry open the gaps just far enough so that the end chain link slides on and the gap closes up again. Be extra careful if you use an X-acto knife so you don't permanently cut or widen the gap.
Let me know how it goes...
Ok, after putting on my 2.5 reading glasses and my Optiviser over them mine had no gaps so I used my photoetch micro saw to cut gaps which I widened with my micro file. I also had to clean out the holes in the frame a bit.
Although after breaking the first one off I used a Cal Scale eybolt widened for the link then I drilled a number 79 hole in the middle of the same spot as the plastic loop and wow I think I will do the rest this way. After gluing the eybolt in the hole with my Loctight super glue it is solid. It also took less time to drill thread the link and mount than using the plastic loops. Gotta watch UMHB play D3 semi's now.
Thanks for your help. I can't for the life of me figure out how I got all four truck sideframes without notches in my loops. Oh well.
You're welcome. I'll check an undecorated Atlas HH660 that I bought this past year and see if it has the same gap. It's possible that I might have used a #5 X-acto knife to cut the gap in the truck loop? I bought the decorated HH660 when it was first released back in 2008(?). Maybe I'm just not recollecting all the smaller details of adding the chains. They do look nice once added though, don't they?
Yes this is a great little loco especially with the Loksound early 539 sounds. Did you glue the chain to the truck or just left them hanging. I am thinking they are better of without glue.
Since the slit in the truck loop was near the top, there was no need to glue the chain. Only the eye bolt I glued to the underside of the shell.