Need replacement Kato 11-105 Bo-Bo drive shaft

[Retiarius]

Whilst wiring my new loco's DCC socket into place 'old butterfingers' here dropped the Kato 11-105 bo-bo chassis on to the workbench. With a miniscule 'ping' the grey plastic drive shaft from the motor to the bogie turret 'escaped' and has lost itself somewhere in my workroom's grey carpet!

If anyone has a dead Kato 11-105 bo-bo chassis with driveshaft that they no longer need I would appreciate the chance to buy it!

Please contact me via PM on this site.

[Retiarius]

It was one of those days yesterday. Walked into my office and spotted the missing part on the carpet in a place I would never expected to see it ... way hay!  Back in business it seems.

Fitted drive shaft, picked up soldering iron to wire the motor for DCC, sneezed (I have a cold), caught the plastic chassis with the soldering iron and melted it!  Bugger!

Ordered a new chassis from Amazon and it arrived this morning, wired it up and we have lift off on the new model.

Lesson learned, don't solder when you have a cold!

[Graeme Dunbar]

Bad luck  :( Well, you have plenty of spare parts now!  ;D