Peco Glyn Valley Tramway Locomotive

[trainmad]

Hi all,

At Warley I purchased a Peco Glyn Valley Tramway kit, and also picked up a couple of Kato Tram Chassis. I was wondering if anybody had any suggestions about how to match the body to the chassis?

From what I can work out, it's possible to simply drop the body onto the chassis, however these arn't really attached, and I feel that the body looks too high if I do this.

Thanks,

Paul

[Isaac W]

I don't know about the chassis fitting...  :-[
But I do know that the two side pieces of the body are different lengths, so if you don't watch out the body won't be square...  :o
It's a Pattern/moulding error by Peco.  >:(

[B.Meldon]

One possible solution is to add strips of packing fixed either side of the inside of the body and make the chassis a snug fit so it will only come out if levered slightly.
As to the height it should be possible to thin down the boiler and tank top moulding and even the top of the chassis to improve this.
I concur with Isaac about the body moulding error. It is also vital that the tabs on the front and rear sections of the body are filled down so that the end sections are a smooth fit with the sides. These kits can be made up into a nice model when the appropriate roding detail is added between the cab and the boiler fittings. Also please drill out the chimney as a solid chimney looks really silly on any loco. Here is a photo of Dave Burleigh