richard carr
Western Thunderer
I'm taking a little break from the 9fs and tidying up a few lose ends, two of which are a pair of JLTRT Class 40s that I bought on ebay back in 2019. Both are finished in BR Blue one is 40075 a discless disc head code example and the other is 40135 in its final configuration with water tanks removed . The paint work and weathering finish on both locos is excellent. Both of course are finescale so the little job now is to convert these to S7.
When I collected the locos from the seller at Kettering I did ask why he was selling them and he replied that they wouldn't stay on the track, the pony wheels regularly derailed, fortunately I have a solution to that problem.
40135 is powered by a pair of ABC power bogies, these aren't going to work with conversion so the first thing is to remove them.
This just involves undoing a few screws and removing the pick up and motor wires from the decoder.
When I collected the locos from the seller at Kettering I did ask why he was selling them and he replied that they wouldn't stay on the track, the pony wheels regularly derailed, fortunately I have a solution to that problem.
40135 is powered by a pair of ABC power bogies, these aren't going to work with conversion so the first thing is to remove them.
This just involves undoing a few screws and removing the pick up and motor wires from the decoder.