RIP...Lil Guy bites the big one.

[TurboOne]

Sorry about the mascot. Hopefully it can be repaired. At least you got to run it a while at home. I rolled my main engine the second lap around the loop. The silly little plastic connector that holds on the front truck. Dead until I find another truck holder. But I know the sunken I broke it feeling.

Tim

[twhite]

[#ditto]
I'm with the other Tom and Joe. See if you can re-tap and re-thread it--Lil' Guy's really sort of become the Forum Mascot. We'd all hate to see him go. Best of luck to you.
Tom [:D][:D][:D][:D][:D]

[Anonymous]

Tom has a good idea. Retap the hole and use a slightly larger screw

[tstage]

Chip,

Hey, sorry about 'Lil Guy! He was becoming like a mascot on the forum. (You gotta keep the old pic in your signiature, Chip! It's become YOUR moniker.)

As far as the trucks. The threads may be damaged on either the frame or screw. You could retap the threads on either but you'd need to figure out the thread size.

Tom

[PennsyHoosier]

My son sat on a BL2 on Christmas by mistake. (I had just painted it in C&O). He was devestated. The thing is, he broke off the flanges that hold the trucks to the body.

[SpaceMouse]

I got the bearings back in on the drive and it still works, but the truck is broken off. Assuming I have all the pieces, the screw and plastic washer have fallen out. The washer is broken, but even so the screw does not want to thread into the chassis.

All in all, better shape than I thought.

[Anonymous]

OOH! sorry to hear that, has happened to me a couple times too, i know how you feel. If you could post some pics of the damage that would help.

[SpaceMouse]

I took Lil Guy (pictured below) to the train club in the gun case with my daughters 4-8-4 and a bunch of rolling stock. I didn't see it happen but the case get's knocked ocer and pieces fly everywhere. I found all the parts to all the rolling stock except two wheels, but I don't know about lil guy. Two bearings fell out which fit on either end of the drive shaft (gear on one end pulley on the other) The front truck also broke off. I don't yet know whether it is easily repairable. It's not like it is the highest value switcher on the market.