hello you brass kit type people,I have really gone and done it this time,I came across a cock o the north '00'guage at a boot fair and bought it, I will need your knowledge to make it run again,first identification of the kit,it has a large letter 'M'embossed on the underside of the wheel retaining plate is this milholme ?.secondly the motor arrangement is a five pole open motor driving a gearbox via a piece of rubber tube,the gearbox is enclosed within a diecast housing and looks rather old,it would also appear to have a compensated chassis ie small springs acting on axel blocks to give some vertical movement,and this seems to be the reason why it was dumped as a project.the cylinder castings are not very good and one is longer than the other a total rebuild is in order and new cylinders made from brass tubing will be made.I think I will have to make a new chassis and anew motor and gear box fitted (some idea's on that please, mashima perhaps)
the motion is all there but the crosshead slides are ruined I have been told that comet do an etch ???.
the wheels are insulated romfords and the model is set up for tender pick up I would like to change that to loco drive if possible Iknow that to enable it to go round a radius of less than four feet I will need to fit flangeless wheels to one or more axles any opinions on which ones,the body is fine and with a paint strip and some TLC will look good again,so any ideas input or knowledge will be gratefully recieved,in hope mick phillips
