Metropolitan Westinghouse OO Gauge

[Jarmstro]

Here we go again... Some say Metro-Cammell (Bill Simpson, A History of the Metropolitan Railway), some say Westinghouse. As far as I know they are the same locos. 10(?) built in 1906 before the ugly Thomas Houston's and more famous Met Bo-Bo's.







Another 3D print but this time it's so much better than the print I used for my Class G. I think it's termed SLA resin and it's excellent. In fact it's so good there is hardly any finishing necessary.

The motorised bogies are Tenshodo and I am genuinely astonished by their quality for the price. You even get weights included in the box and various options for fitment. They arrived just two week after I ordered them on eBay from Japan! So the loco will be 4WD! I'll now need to
decide how to mount them.

 

[Jarmstro]

Handrails fitted and my initial bogie mounting solution. It runs fine on my layout without the body fitted so we will see. Obviously there is a lot of modellers licence involved using these bogie but given the plastic body that's fine by me. Wheelbase and wheel diameter are almost certainly wrong. I'm not spending more time on it than it warrants. But if it ends up pulling coaches and resembling the actual loco I'll be happy.

Looking at every photo I have it looks like the whole thing was Met Midcar Red. Except the roof. This looks to me to have been grey, not black? Like the Bo-Bo's. I'd be very grateful if anyone could confirm my guess.

 

[Yorkshire Dave]

Tenshodo use 2mm axles. Depending upon your quest for accuracy you are you can buy replacement Tenshodo gears as spares and fit these to spoked wheelsets of the correct diameter on a 2mm axle. I've done this on several occasions and knurl the axle before fitting the gear secured with a drop of retaining compound.