Hi, if anyone has the trailing wheels for the stenning sir Haydn kit then please let me know :) cheers
If you send me a stamped addresses envelope I can let you have a pair by return.
Rodney Stenning
29 Treyford Close, Ifield, Crawley, West Sussex RH11 0JN
Hey mate, I really appreciate that, do you have the truck as well?
Yes, I can find a spare truck as well as the wheels.
Rodney
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Rodney,
I will be sending the envelope tonight, it
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Sorry but this starting to sound to me that this is something you should get someone else to do for you. I don't believe that anyone can advise you by way of a forum like this how to fit a trailing truck to a chassis it was not designed for. That is a job for an experienced modeller who needs to have the items in his hands and can assess matters for himself.
One way to approach this is to post photos of your chassis and the trailing wheels and ask for suggestions or (long shot) ask if anyone here has tried to mate this particular combination of parts together. It may be that you are the first to attempt it!
A typical way is to drill and tap a hole for a screw, but that is very much dependent on what is there to tap into and whether it fouls the mechanism. It is not really possible to say without seeing the exact arrangements. It may mean lengthening the pivot/swinging arm to clear gears etc. even making a new pony truck out of sheet brass or alternatively fudging it as in the Bachmann Skarloey and having the trailing wheels move from side without swinging. (I think I got that wrong and it is the middle wheels that have lateral play - anyway same idea.)
Depending on your curves it may even be possible to make it up as a rigid 6-wheel chassis with just the usual side-to-side axle play.
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As with using the N-drive chassis is any kit designed for an Ibertren, Bachmann or Arnold, the main problem is getting the body to sit low enough to the rails.
The motor in the N-drive chassis is somewhat higher than the motor in the older chassis so quite a lot of work is needed on the body or the loco will look like it is obviously too high above the rails.
Brian Meldon
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There were two versions of the Stenning Kit. The earliest one was for the Ibertren chassis, but when this was discontinued, Rodney revamped the kit for the Bachmann Docksider chassis. Therefore, if you have the later version of the kit, you may find there is as much work required to make the Ibertren fit, as to go for the n-drive chassis.
Since I converted my version to fit a modified Farish Prairie chassis (around 1996, so I guess it was the first version of kit) I cannot comment on how to identify either type!
Hi mate, thanks for the advice. The kit was an eBay find so I