Model Trains and Things

Regardless of what scale you model in finding the right mechanism for a particular prototype can be a hassle … unless of course you build the mechanism yourself. But let’s face it, building mechanisms, gear towers, working valve gear etc. is not for everyone and sometimes just building the body of the locomotive can be enough.

Then you’re left trying to source a suitable mechanism and that can be almost as difficult as building the thing yourself so it’s always good to come across a source for small, reliable mechanisms and just this morning I stumbled across L G Thek Brasswork.

If you’re scratchbuilding in N … or even Z … then you’ll want to take a look at the mechanisms he builds and just to wet your appetite here is a short video of a working Z Scale Shay that he has built.

He details the construction here

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