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Builds, Repairs, Show Your Machines! => Live Steam Locomotives => Topic started by: Tony Bird on November 10, 2020, 02:50:14 am

Title: Re: Modifying Toy Trains
Post by: txlabman on November 13, 2020, 02:08:15 am

Awesome Tony.

One of the few good things D.C. aka During COVID. 🤠

Title: Re: Modifying Toy Trains
Post by: Nick on November 10, 2020, 09:32:20 am

Great stuff Tony!!  ;D

Title: Re: Modifying Toy Trains
Post by: St Paul Steam on November 10, 2020, 09:04:35 am

You have a host of creative conversions there Tony , all of which are well thought out and Brilliant in they're simplicity of build and operation.

Title: Re: Modifying Toy Trains
Post by: John Besley on November 10, 2020, 03:15:49 am

Brilliant

Title: Modifying Toy Trains
Post by: Tony Bird on November 10, 2020, 02:50:14 am

Hi,

B.C. (Before Covid) I had bought over some years in charity shops toys that might be converted to run on rails to entertain children visiting the Cardiff MES garden railway. Too many had been bought and probably only a few would have been modified had it not been for the extra time spent in the workshop due to Covid. Over the last six months one toy has been modified every week or so. A bit of a video:

https://youtu.be/7w2wZzCri_E

When I start visiting charity shops again I don't doubt that more will be purchased as it is quite fun figuring out how to modify them.

Take care.

Tony.