Earlier in the week I bought two OO9 locos off of TradeMe and they arrived today. They were white metal body kits of the L&B 2-6-2's fitted to of all things the Lilliput 0-6-2 chassis.
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As can be seen from the photo they've both been chopped about a bit one more so than the other. The one with the exposed pony wheels runs very hot and the pony wheel pick up isn't working as it should ether. Don't know what parts are like of these chassis. One I can re use the other I'm not so sure about.
They are one of the older chassis, you can get bits for them by cannibalising other chassis! Brian will tell you the exact "model" of the chassis no doubt! :)
Indeed I can!!!
They both look like MK2 Liliput 0-6-2 chassis. So date from the mid 1970's to the early 1980's.
There are no parts available for these anymore.
The most common broken parts are the valve gear and the plastic pickiup plate, so try not to damage these!!
However the motors can, with some work, be replaced with the five pole motors used in Micro Scalextric cars.
The difficult part is getting the worm off the old motor shaft, this can be very difficult indeed, also pushing the motor shaft through the other way on the new motor. These replacement five pole motors can usually be purchased on e-bay as a micro Scalextrix car chassis for about
Thanks Brian.
I have one of these but some of the valve gear is missing. I think finding parts for it is going to be a pain so is there any (etched?) valve gear that would work as a complete replacement? Also if I make the weight narrower (and therefore lighter) am I likely to make the running a lot worse?
Danny
Sorry I can not help with etch replacement valve gear.
However I can confirm that other than getting another chassis with good valve gear you have no chance of getting any spare parts for the one you have.
As it happens we purchased the last UK stocks of valve gear about 20 years ago now as back then we had 11 of these locos in regular use.
That number has gone down to just 6 now, with one other that I intended to sell at Beccles. Over the years the stock of parts has gone down somewhat as well.
The eventual idea is to replace them all with the newer versions that are a lot better in every way.
Brian Meldon