Original page created on 02/05/2013; updated on 16/02/2024.
Pictures
NB: these pictures were taken before the Makette brake blocks were installed.
Overview
- ⌀ 3 mm hole for fixing the body
- Parker screws for fixing the body
- 2 mm thick aluminium spacer
- Roco drawbar with its two M2 screws
- Fixing column
- M2 tapping
Body fixing detail
The column which received the old coupling by screwing was levelled to the body bottom. It is drilled at ⌀ 3 and then receives a piece of Bic cartridge more flexible which will accept the Parker screw without too much force.
Chassis machining detail
This picture clearly shows the eliminated part of the plastic chassis, as well as the various holes and tapping of the new steel sheet ballast. We also distinguish the brass bearings as well as the
Mounted wagon
This is another copy. This one was a brown end of series. I had decorated it at the time (1970s) with what was at hand, including the markings made by hand, with 0.25 Rotring pen, or even 0.18 for the finest inscriptions. The registrations were made by etching a layer of black paint with a compass point to bring out the white background (see opposite).
Since then, the registrations have been redone, as I said, with a laser printer.
