Revival of a Peco O-16.5 GVT Tram Engine

Spent an hour this morning visiting our local Model Railway Exhibition. (Yes an hour) Apart from about half a dozen mini-layouts (nice though they were) and three trade stalls all selling much the same things, (a variety of second hand stuff at not to clever prices), I stumbled upon one stall that had something interesting to sell. There was a nice Springside 0-4-0 Peckett (part built) for £110 and two Peco O-16.5 locos (again part built but complete with chassis and motors). I had a look at them and was not too impressed with the build quality but I have always had a soft spot for the Glynn Valley Tram Engine. It was complete with a virtually brand new Hornby 0-6-0 chassis but the construction was terrible. Part was soldered (at least they used low melt, some was araldited and the rest dumped in the box along with a load of shredded paper as packing. Oh, and the instructions were there as well (always useful). It was priced at £30 but after a few minutes haggling I managed to get it for £25. I took it home and had a really good look at it and decided that it would be easier to take it apart and start again. The result after about three hours of boiling water (and scalded fingers) I was left with what is shown in the pic. And so, as they say, the Phoenix will rise from the ashes. I'm going to super glue it all together which will be easier and then after filling in some of the joints and minor soldering iron melt outs hope to have something reasonably good for my efforts.



More later.

 

Well, the beast is back together again, the basic body shell anyway but I am not saying that it's a 100% square although it looks alright. The green in the pics is not mould but considerable quantities of Squadron Green used to fill in some of the many imperfections left over from the previous builder. I shall carry on again later today after I have cleaned up the green gunge and start adding some of the detail bits. Unfortunately there is one clack valve missing but I will drop a line to Peco and see if I can get a spare.







More later

 

Some more done on the detail bits. There are still some wires to put on for pipework but will add these after painting.









Here it is primed ready for painting





Thats all for now.

 

Thanks Paul, but don't look too closely. There are still some faults, but it is about 300% better than it was when I bought it. I think it will look nice in darkish blue and black or maybe maroon.

 

Well, the body is painted and the camera is very cruel. I opted for the maroon and black. Only the chassis to do now. I need to hack the chassis block about a bit to get it to fit but will try that tomorrow.











Till later