which Minitrix 2-6-2 chassis for Parkside Welshpool 2-6-2 kit?

[cnw6847]

I bought a Parkside Welshpool & Llanfair Railway Hunslet 2-6-2 kit yesterday from the convention.

The box says it requires the Minitrix N205 chassis.

Is this chassis from the British prairie or a european loco?

Many thanks

Richard

[MickT]

The short answer is "either" Richard!

The common host in the UK for the Minitrix N205 is the well known 2MT 2-6-2T. If you had nipped along the corridor from the Parkside Dundas stand to the 009 sales room you would have found 2 or 3 in the loco and chassis trays - well there were 2 or 3 early on Saturday morning!

They aren't as cheap as they used to be but beware of some traders and auction sites that try to convince that they are only available at rip off "collectors prices!"

If you have difficulties sourcing one at an acceptable price, then suggest you contact Brian Guilmant via his email or phone details published in 009 News, he usually has at least 1 in stock.

Mick

[JulienW]

There are a number of variants of the Minitrix / Trix 2-6-2 and I suspect there is a guide somewhere but essentially...

The N205 is the British Railways Ivatt 2-6-2 tank loco.
The same chassis was also used by Minitrix in their European N scale range for the German railways BR64 2-6-2T loco but it is red (and can be painted...).

I'll echo Mick's comments about trying the Society's sales, but I a lot of stock will have been sold (and I suspect come in too) at the convention so it may take a bit of time before Brian and the team catch up with themselves.  I know that by 2 pm Sunday I was having to look at the bit of card hanging from my neck to remind myself who I was :laugh:

Julien

[MickT]

A number of us were wondering who you were as well Julien..........

I helped Brian unload the considerable amount of stock still remaining back at his home on Sunday evening and there's still enough to not be too worried about stock levels at Expong unless there is an avalanche of incoming mail/email/telephone orders and nothing much by way of sales stock being sent in before the end of October! I am fairly confident that he has at least one Minitrix 2-6-2 still in stock and if not, there will be one soon. Normal sales service should be back into fully operational status by the next routine sales team mail order session on Thursday morning!

Mick

[cnw6847]

many thanks for your replies, I can get the correct one now.