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Model Forum / General / Railroads / September 2009Lima J50 and 94XX
The chassis on the Lima J50 and 94XX locos are pretty poor. Has anyone tried putting the bodies on a Hornby Jinty chassis? Does they fit? > The chassis on the Lima J50 and 94XX locos are pretty poor. Has anyone > tried putting the bodies on a Hornby Jinty chassis? Does they fit? "Poor is gross flattery". A mate has fitted a Bachmann 57xx chassis to the Lima 94xx, but it involved a good deal of work, and he reckoned that the pi## poor 94xx body wasn't worth the effort. John. >> The chassis on the Lima J50 and 94XX locos are pretty poor. Has anyone >> tried putting the bodies on a Hornby Jinty chassis? Does they fit? [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > John. There's nothing much wrong with the 94xx body, except the splasher locations, and it is very easy to fit to the old Bachmann (split frame) chassis - see http://www.gwr.org.uk/pro94xx.html. I haven't tried the later chassis design though.  SignatureRegards John > There's nothing much wrong with the 94xx body, except the splasher > locations, Sorry, I was meaning it looks cheap, nasty & plasticky. Sure with a deal of work it can be made into something, but out of the box the whole Lima jobbie is/was an over-priced toy. John. >> There's nothing much wrong with the 94xx body, except the splasher >> locations, [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > John. Agreed, but worth a little bit of effort to transform. SignatureRegards John >>> There's nothing much wrong with the 94xx body, except the splasher >>> locations, [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Agreed, but worth a little bit of effort to transform. Such conversions can be a gentle step towards rebuilding, kit-building and scratch-building! If you happen to have one of each in your junk-box, why not combine them. If the worst happens, you will have a larger collection of smaller pieces in your junk box. At best, you will have a model which will encourage you to get something better and a little more modelling experience :-) Greg.P. |
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