Ibertren and Arnold Chassis

[Gollum]

Does anyone know where I can get any working Arnold or Ibertren Chassis?  I have a load of Chivers body kits and need to get them running.

Thanx!

[detheridge]

There are occasional entries on Ebay; I definitely saw an Ibertren chassis on there last week.
Mind you, from memory I think it needed at least an MOT and oil change to get running.... :-\
I think if you look back in your 009 News files (what do you mean you don't keep them! ::)) you'll find articles on converting other make chassis to run under previously Ibertrainian needed kits.
Just get yer tools out and start hacking!

On the other hand, that last sentence could be misconstrued.................... ;D

Dave.

[MickT]

Does anyone know where I can get any working Arnold or Ibertren Chassis?  I have a load of Chivers body kits and need to get them running.

Thanx!

To get right back to basics - I assume you have already had a word with Brian? A couple of weeks ago he had around 3 0-4-0 Ibertren's in stock. Arnold: he normally has at least a couple of the 0-6-0 in one or more of its many valve gear manifestations and in various conditions, the small 0-4-0 is rather more scarce, but lodge your wants list with him, and see what he can come up with, you may have to wait a while but can guarantee it will be a fair price - even if he has cracked your identity code! ;D
Mick

[JulienW]

I'd try one of the Fleischmann 0-4-0s.  Currently available NEW from Waltons of Altringhan who advertise in Railway Modeller... but they are around

[simoncox]

I'd try one of the Fleischmann 0-4-0s.  Currently available NEW from Waltons of Altringhan who advertise in Railway Modeller... but they are around

[Darren Hedges]

The Fleischmann 0-4-0 (cat # 7000) is an excellent little loco, it will fit most of the larger body kits originally intended for the cuckoo with out too much modification, I have done this with a number of kits including a retrofit where i fitted a Fleischmann chassis into a body that had already been built around a cuckoo (a Langley Prince). As the remaining cuckoo's become life expired and beyond repair I will have to retrofit them all as I don't see the point of replacing a bad chassis with an equally bad one because lets face it even when new the cuckoo was a little ropey to say the least and if it was not for the fact that they were only

[JulienW]

<snip> There is of course the cuckoo replacement kits out there such as the Branch lines Hawk. And of course not forgetting the new rtr replacement cuckoo chassis from N gauge Drive? is that right? I can't remember but I do know that he is a society member.

First off, the Branchlines Hawk is a very different animal to the Ibertren.  The Hawk's wheel diameter is something like 10 mm (uses the wheels from a Pug, if I recall corectley - I'd have a look, but I've put my back out and getting up the stairs then into the box to look will be VERY painful :o ) compared to 6 or 7 in the Ibertren.

N-Drive Productions are the people you are thinking about for the repacement chassis, run by Society member Neville Kent.  I've heard good things from those who have bought them, thought they may need a little tweaking to get the best from them.

[peterl]

<snip> There is of course the cuckoo replacement kits out there such as the Branch lines Hawk. And of course not forgetting the new rtr replacement cuckoo chassis from N gauge Drive? is that right? I can't remember but I do know that he is a society member.

First off, the Branchlines Hawk is a very different animal to the Ibertren.  The Hawk's wheel diameter is something like 10 mm (uses the wheels from a Pug, if I recall corectley - I'd have a look, but I've put my back out and getting up the stairs then into the box to look will be VERY painful :o ) compared to 6 or 7 in the Ibertren.

N-Drive Productions are the people you are thinking about for the repacement chassis, run by Society member Neville Kent.  I've heard good things from those who have bought them, thought they may need a little tweaking to get the best from them.

Don't think the long whell base version is available yet.  Some time next year if my memory serves me correctly.
Otherwise the chassis generally seem OK
Peter