robcat

i have just had a thought, if necessary and i had to glue rims on then only four spots of glue around the wheel would allow the electrical flow to continue. the contacts appear to be touching the rim anyway so maybe there is no problem, I will check connectivity between wheel, rim, and pickup contact.

Thank you for that, good information. I will check the dimensions and contact Alan Gibson for more details. Peters Spares website says they are out of stock

Thanks all reply to Going Spare------ The original service Sheet 86B shows (2)X964A,(2)X965A,(2)X967 centre wheels, Would that be the same as the BK wheels you refer to? Do you know what the BK part means? Alan Gibson online catalogue shows "GWR Hall " wheelset 4872W are these the same?

Hello Can anyone help with a problem with metal rims which have come off the driving wheels. GWR 4-6-0 Kneller Hall Hornby OO Gauge R761 (made 1978) This loco has been in storage for many years, since 1984, in its original box, and was hardly used since bought new in 1978. I checked it recently and found that 4 of the wheels had loose rims, which came off the wheels easily. Can these be put back on and how can I do that? I wasn't sure about glueing on because of spoiling electrical conductivity if that applies and I don't know how they were originally fitted. They appear to be metal rims on metal wheels Any ideas please? I would like to service the loco and get it back up running as a vintage model in original condition. The body condition is excellent.

Thanks for that 37lover. Your text descriptions are excellent, thank you. I have fitted lights to GWR carriage using the Layouts4U coach lighting, and very impressive they are , and am planning to use the same system on the Hornby Pullmans. the 3v battery I have located externally under the carriage framing floor to make it easier to change batteries. It was mainly the interior colours I was after plus how to get round the central locating column. I can cut the LED strip and bypass wire around the column ok but this large pillar will show up when carriage is lit. I thought of surrounding it with a painted wooden square tube and gluing on door pictures on each side to represent a sliding door partition divider between seats. The rest could be painted as you suggest for seats and carpet. I have found some interior colour pictures of the real thing but seeing how someone else has tackled models is very helpful. How did you disguise the central pillar ? Rob

Hi I know this is an old post but I have just discovered it! I am trying to do the same to my pullman coaches, the trouble is none of your photos appear anywhere in the text. Can you help please?

I have a set of Hornby pullman Coaches which came from the great Western train set, these are the coaches with brass coloured lamps but not illuminated. Taking them apart, the seats are really small for oo or ho people, i realise that I may have to cut legs off to fit but even the seat width is tiny. I intend to light up the coaches with LED strip in the roof so the interior will have to be decorated. The problem is with cut off legs and very small seats this doesn't look easy for a good result. I have fitted people to other Hornby coaches and the seats are relatively wide but these particular ones are so narrow! Has anyone any experience or can help please? Thanks