RR_Mel I’m waiting for Dave (hon30critter) to chime in, he is the King of itty bitty stuff. Mel Modeling the early to mid 1950s SP in HO scale since 1951 My Model Railroad http://melvineperry.blogspot.com/ Bakersfield, California I'm beginning to realize that aging is not for wimps.
Second that. Mechanical wizard Dave.
Patrick
Fear an Ignorant Man more than a Lion- Turkish proverb
Modeling an ficticious HO scale intergrated Scrap Yard & Steel Mill Melt Shop.
Southland Industrial Railway or S.I.R for short. Enterchanging with Norfolk Southern.
A NWSL Stanton drive might be a possinbility, check starting at page 6
http://nebula.wsimg.com/02d6e40c2d04190212ed400d3ccb2472?AccessKeyId=08BEE66B97B387F20C0D&disposition=0&alloworigin=1
George In Midcoast Maine, 'bout halfway up the Rockland branch
C&O FanWould love to see how it was done
Me too. It would be difficult in HO without some kind of very specialized electronics and motor.
I imagine if one could be done in HO, it would need keep alive or it would stall frequently. Of course where are you going to hide a motor, decoder and keep alive circuit?
Rio Grande. The Action Road - Focus 1977-1983
In what scale? G scale it would be pretty easy. O scale wouldn't be too hard. HO could get interesting. N? Good luck. Z? If someone has done it in Z scale and it actually runs - I would pay to see that.
I could see a possibility in HO using the Kato powered trucks that use the coreless motors. The only saving grace is that your typial speeder has the raised housing down the center where the drive train and controls are on the real thing, which means there is space for a motor and gears.
Actually, Bachmann did an HO one, though it may be a tad large - but then speeders came in all sorts of sizes. They aren't all the smaller models you often see people restoring and running.
--Randy
Modeling the Reading Railroad in the 1950's
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Would love to see how it was done
TerryinTexas
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