Having run low on projects I suggested to Himself that he should pick up with the build of a replacement Harold - aka 'Shitty the Shunter - which was at one time the stalwart of Boston Lodge.
Long term readers of this blog may recall our original model was apparently stolen at an exhibition many years ago.
(I am still hopping mad about this.)
We obtained another Chivers white metal body to kit-bash but didn't have a working Farish DMU power bogie for it, so it sort of stalled.
Discussing this during a walk on Mother's Day I wondered aloud whether one of our strategic reserves of Arnold Kof diesel chassis would do the job instead?
Himself took a look. The wheelbase was ok - albeit a little smaller diameter than would be ideal - but the original motor was too fat to fit inside the body.
After a little research online Himself invested in a very wee 12v Tramfabriek coreless motor to replace it.
It fits snugly inside the bonnet with just the worm poking out into the cab area - much less obtrusive than the Farish motor would have been.
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