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Pantograph Question about Arnold Rivarossi GG1

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Pantograph Question about Arnold Rivarossi GG1
Posted by Famaz00 on Saturday, December 5, 2020 2:11 PM

Got a Arnold Rivarossi GG1 from a while ago the number on the box says 5132 if that helps anyone and i know the pantographs should go down as they are currently up and i want them down.  The reason being that I have a tunnel and the pantographs make the engine just a bit to tall.  Granted I could just take the Tunnel off but its a pain to do so i am hoping soemone knows how to put them down flat as my other Arnold Rivarossi I have has a way for them to be down. Any help is apriciated.

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Posted by selector on Saturday, December 5, 2020 2:50 PM

Not sure about yours, but my panotograph, on a Trix GG1, will lock down by tilting the transverse bar at the most depressed/folded point.

If you need just 3-8 mm of height reduction, maybe you could fashion a single strand wire clamp to keep yours squat a bit?  I believe they all stand too tall anyway if not compressed by a catenary, so if you can figure out how to make yours squat a bit, semi-permanently, it will also look more realistic.

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Posted by rrinker on Saturday, December 5, 2020 3:15 PM

 All the older ones, they just pressed down, and there was a clip that held it down, then you pressed down to release the clip and the went up. 

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Posted by ATLANTIC CENTRAL on Saturday, December 5, 2020 3:48 PM

Famaz00

Got a Arnold Rivarossi GG1 from a while ago the number on the box says 5132 if that helps anyone and i know the pantographs should go down as they are currently up and i want them down.  The reason being that I have a tunnel and the pantographs make the engine just a bit to tall.  Granted I could just take the Tunnel off but its a pain to do so i am hoping soemone knows how to put them down flat as my other Arnold Rivarossi I have has a way for them to be down. Any help is apriciated.

 

N scale I presume? wish I could help, but no clue.

Sheldon

    

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Saturday, December 5, 2020 6:30 PM

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