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Model Forum / General / Railroads / May 2005Self powered 00 vehicle (ie not track powered)
I would be grateful if someone could point me in the direction of 00 (or H0) vehicles which do not rely on track pickup. It's easy enough to modify ordinary ones to carry a battery pack, but I was wondering what there is out in the wider world. Thanks, Mike. >I would be grateful if someone could point me in the direction of 00 >(or H0) vehicles which do not rely on track pickup. It's easy enough >to modify ordinary ones to carry a battery pack, but I was wondering >what there is out in the wider world. Faller make road vehicles which steer following under-surface guide wires, which are battery powered. They're a bit over-sized but several people have used the mechanisms in O-scale cars and vans. There was an article in MRJ some time back AFAIR. Is this what you meant? > >I would be grateful if someone could point me in the direction of 00 > >(or H0) vehicles which do not rely on track pickup. It's easy enough > >to modify ordinary ones to carry a battery pack, but I was wondering > >what there is out in the wider world. > Faller make road vehicles which steer following under-surface guide > wires, which are battery powered. They're a bit over-sized but several > people have used the mechanisms in O-scale cars and vans. > There was an article in MRJ some time back AFAIR. > Is this what you meant? Phil: Also in HO are a range of radio controlled articulated lorries which sell for less than 10ukp each - and surely one could ignore the radio control side to make the steering work in a similar way to Faller, or even a crude slot?  SignaturePhil Spiegelhalter: Phil@fillin.co.uk ==== Technical Training for Broadcasters ===== *RE CUE Mobile DV Multi-Camera Production and Non-Linear Editing* >>I would be grateful if someone could point me in the direction of 00 >>(or H0) vehicles which do not rely on track pickup. It's easy enough [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > >Is this what you meant? Oops, no, sorry for not being clear, I mean rail vehicles, either locos or rolling stock > Oops, no, sorry for not being clear, I mean rail vehicles, either > locos or rolling stock All I can think of is the clockwork range of 'Thomas the Tank Engine' from Hornby. Even there the current range is not conventional rail-based, but the previous range (discontinued a couple of years ago) was. John. >Oops, no, sorry for not being clear, I mean rail vehicles, either >locos or rolling stock There appear to be some kits for OO gauge live steam here, a couple of locos (B4K and Y6K) plus one that's just plain weird (SK4): <http://www.theengineersemporium.co.uk/catalogue-pages/steamengkits.html> Does anyone have any experience of these, unfortunately the site doesn't give much info on how they work? SignatureSpyke Address is valid, but messages are treated as junk. Replace the bit before the @ with 'daniel' to get through. The opinions expressed in this post do not necessarily reflect those of the educational institution from which I post. > I would be grateful if someone could point me in the direction of 00 (or > H0) vehicles which do not rely on track pickup. It's easy enough to modify > ordinary ones to carry a battery pack, but I was wondering what there is > out in the wider world. Thanks, > Mike. Well there's live steam if you're in the financial services business. Or photocells on the carriage roofs if your in the garden. But pushing along by hand is a grossly neglected pleasure which seems to have more practitioners than I'd imagined until the topic cropped up on a yahoo site recently. Ken. >> I would be grateful if someone could point me in the direction of 00 (or >> H0) vehicles which do not rely on track pickup. It's easy enough to modify [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >practitioners than I'd imagined until the topic cropped up on a yahoo site >recently. Some starter stuff is battery powered but it's very crude. The Radio control folk might have converted some regular stuff. Should be easy. If there's no room in the engine put the battery and receiver in the tender. >Ken. > Well there's live steam if you're in the financial services business. If you're thinking of the Hornby 'live steam' then they get the power to boil the water from the track. John. >> Well there's live steam if you're in the financial services business. > >If you're thinking of the Hornby 'live steam' then they get the power to >boil the water from the track. Not necessarily. Maybe 20 years ago a company was making and selling butane (AFAIR) fired live steam in OO. I saw a Flying Scotsman at a show in the 1980s. I wouldn't run one alongside my regular stuff, but I thought it was rather neat - I don't want wet steam on scenery or nicely painted models. >John. Christopher A. Lee offered me a plate of cheese and whispered: >>> Well there's live steam if you're in the financial services >>> business. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > rather neat - I don't want wet steam on scenery or nicely painted > models. Why not? It's prototypical weathering! ;-) SignatureEnzo I wear the cheese. It does not wear me. > Christopher A. Lee offered me a plate of cheese and whispered: >>> [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Why not? It's prototypical weathering! ;-) Wrinkled cardboard? SignatureMartin S. |
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