MDC Galloping goose Kit

[camelot]

Any body made up this kit , i have finally got one and have a spare Climax/box car chassis to motorize it.

Any hints and pictures would be a great help.

Cheers

Ian

 

[shamus]

Hi Ian,
I have the kit, but as yet haven't done anything with it. Needs a lot of work just to make a Goose front. You will have to scratchbuild the front. Unless your kit came with one.
Shamus

 

[camelot]

I believe the front engine cover is made using some of the roof from the shorter box car , it seems reasonably straight forward .The cab though seems to be a lot of cutting and glueing to make it. The powered version instructions seem to be a little vague as well :-(

I like some of the alternatives on one of the instruction sheets , they are shorter and generally look a lot better than the standard version .

This will be my next HO kit after finishing my Bunkhouse i am building at the moment , and i have been volunteered to make a class A climax dummy in Nn3


Cheers

Ian

 

[jon-monon]

Originally posted by camelot
have been volunteered to make a class A climax dummy in Nn3

Don't do it! You'll go crosseyed. I just finished some N scale pallets and I did. Since I'm seeing double now, it's a good thing this foruim won't let you double post

The pallets are at the bottom of this thread, if you wanna peak.

 

[camelot]

Goose Start

Just starting making my kitbashed MDC Galloping goose . here is a pic of the components as they stand at the moment.The drive mechanism is an old MDC climax chasis with the rear wheels only.I have remotored it with a new can motor.

 

[camelot]

The main body was made from a Box car , i cut roughly in half . added an end to the cut section , i will have to trim this to fit over the powered chasis....

 

[camelot]

The passenger/cab is made from a Box cab diesel body that came in the kit.I have elected to make this around ½ the lenght as indiciated in the instructions as i wanted a more compact design for the railcar.This side shown was removed from another section of the cab and then glued here to match the other sides profile.

 

[shamus]

Hi Ian, Thats looking excellent so far, what motor did you use to exchange for the MDC one.

Shamus

 

[camelot]

I used a motor that i got off ebay from America , cost arround $5 US , i can't compare them to anything else except the open MDC motors that come with the shay/climax ,they are a little quieter .

The motor generally runs better and smoother

My climax still sounds like a coffee grinder though , even after cleaning the gears and replacing the motor

My shay is much quiter with the new can motor but i think most of that comes from cleaning the gears .



Heres the url for the ebay can motors
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3114366374&category=484

So hows the climax B kitbash coming ?



Ian