In last month's Railway Modeller page 576, there is a picture of an Atlas Editions static plastic model powered by a Kato chassis. I would like to build one but cannot see the model on the Atlas Editions web site. Please can anyone help
Tony Clarke
have a look on Ebay
Quote from: Tony Clarke on July 29, 2016, 17:45
In last month's Railway Modeller page 576, there is a picture of an Atlas Editions static plastic model powered by a Kato chassis. I would like to build one but cannot see the model on the Atlas Editions web site. Please can anyone help
Tony Clarke
Hi Tony,
I am about to start the same conversion with the Atlas DHR Class B tank engine.
Once I get going, if there is interest, I will write up the whole process on here.
Just waiting for the model to arrive from China.
If you go onto eBay and look for the user name nuoya2012 they are usually available.
No connection - other than satisfied buyer of other items from him.
Thanks
Edit - Just checked and he has the DHR Class B and several of the Tram series available again!
eBay item number:131864782058 for the DHR Class B.
If it's the tram conversion - I have one and need to find it to take photos.
I think it only took an hour to carve out the chassis plate to fit a Kato 4 wheel tram chassis. - Either 103 or 104 will do.
Quote from: Mozzer on July 29, 2016, 18:14
have a look on Ebay
I thought that I had better answer this since I made the conversion for Lochsanda Tramway which was featured in the August RM.
When I built the layout there were a lot of Atlas Editions trams available on eBay. I looked recently and they seem to have dried up a bit. You need to do a search on "HO trams" and just look in there. There is a very nice Portugese chap (Otxilac) who sells a lot of the Lisbon Carris range of diecast trams already converted with Kato chassis and this certainly saves a lot of nasty cutting of die-cast chassis but he also sells them without conversion as well. He also currently has a blue Munich Rathgeber Atlas tram for sale converted as well. If you look on his sales page on eBay he seems to have a number of other Atlas models as well.
By the way, if you want to cut these chassis then they are quite hard to do in my experience and I found the best way was using the Permagrit cutter from Deluxe Materials but others may have found an easier way.
I hope that helps.
Jim Owers,
Thank you for your reply. I have located it on eBay and ordered it.
Tony Clarke
Jim Owers,
Sorry to trouble you again but my model took quite a while to arrive due to otxilac being on holiday and I then went on holiday. Consequently I have only just started looking at the model.
It came mounted on a Kato 11-103 chassis but this results in the tram skirt being 6mm above rail height and the chimney is too tall for my loading gauge. The photo of your model looks as if there is a ring of 'I' section girder round the bottom of the tram skirt. Is this how you overcame the unsightly gap?
Also, the chimney only just projects through the roof whereas mine projects quite significantly. Did you cut it down and, if so, what is the best way to do this?
Ideally I need a lower profile chassis to lower the whole tram and will search for one if I need to depending on your answers to my questions.
Thank you for your help
Tony Clarke
Sorry Tony but I thought you were referring to the Copenhagen tram which is based on the Atlas Editions model on p691 in my Lochsanda Tramway article.
I have modified one of these tram locos as well some while ago. It was some while ago but if I recall, you may need to do some heavier modification to get it down to the right height. I think that I had to open out the hole in the chassis and then to remove the lower areas of the boiler to bed it in deeper to make things look realistic. I certainly did not use any Plastruct girders and it does not look as though the builder in the picture on p576 did either. You of course need to think carefully before attacking the model in this way!
Hope that helps
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Jim
My Atlas SLM Bern steam trams came from Red Star in Nanyang China. They took about 3 weeks to arrive and as they are under
Thank you for the answers. I shall think carefully before I start
Tony Clarke
I found the metal too tough to cut so cut off all the plastic fittings and started from scratch.I made a footplate out of lead to add weight and cut out the shape of the kato chassis ,including the lugs.As Brian says you have to remove part of the boiler to go over the kato chassis .I then put small pieces of lead at each end to hold the boiler in place.I re-painted the boiler black.I then stuck on all the bits i had cut off with super glue and included driver and fireman.I filed away gaps in the front and rear to fit 009 couplings.
If you want something a bit more powerful you could fit the bandai bogie chassis
That is a good idea about using a lead replacement chassis.
The only things that I have found effective to cut die cast chassis are the PermGrit rotary tool bits and wheels