In my last post I mentioned an experimental Association conversion kit for the Farish 9400 loco that had never made it to market. I had some left-over etches courtesy of Bill Blackburn and planned to use them to convert my own 9400 which was running like Long John Silver after too much grog as a result of my earlier botched efforts. Well yesterday I got it running and here it is:
It's a bit raw at the moment and a lot less forgiving of track imperfections than my Jinty, and its all-metal gears make a hell of a racket at full chat, but the Jinty got better over a few months of use and I'm hoping this one will too. Now it's back to landscaping the layout, once I've got the carbs back on the MG.
PS. If I paint a face on that capacitor, do you think it will fool anyone?
Many congratulations on completing the conversion, it looks really good with the new finescale wheels. Look firward to seeing it at the next meeting. regards Guy
Comment by Guy — 26 December 2008 @ 1:49 pm