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I want to build a 1:35ish critter and need a two axle power truck with a wheel base between 2.5" and 3" and length over frame of no more than 5".
Any recommendations?
Any recommendations?
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What guage track will it run on? HO track? if so this may help. http://www.railroad-line.com/forum/t...TOPIC_ID=23061
The HO Bachmann hi rail school bus has two axle power truck with a wheel base of 2.75 inches.
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John, I'm thinking the same thing.....I plan on using an HO/On30 mech and going to try to model approx. 2 foot track gauge.
I've been looking at my AMS Davenport (Brass model of D&RGW #50)....I put a Lenz gold pak decoder in with "stay alive"....it is a very smooth runner and will make a nice larger scale critter with a new, taller cab.
What are you thinking about prototype wise???
tom
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Sorry. My foolishness, Gauge 1 track! It's for my garden layout. That's why I posted in the Large Scale forum.[:-dunce]
It will be a broad gauge model.
EDIT: More info, I'm looking for a diesel/or electric truck, without siderods,
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Well in that case John.....I remember either Tom Yorke or Russ Simpson build up a Plymouth style critter using some white metal castings for the truck sideframes. Then he installed a big micro motor to one axle using grandt line gearbox and then ran the Grandt Line chain drive between the two axles. You can then fabricate a nice "open" cab with the controls in plain view.
Check out the Grandt Line catalog for their parts, or just google some G scale critter kits...
Sounds like a fun project....tom
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I was wondering if the Aristocraft Eggliner or Li'll Critter block would do?
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