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This shot shows the 'cut-outs' already in the trucks of the 0-8-0. |
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This photo shows the elongated holes in the bottom of the tender. They
go through to the space under the weight. |
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I use 10 thou or 12 thou
brass wire (0.010" or 0.012") from Detail
Associates as shown. Start with a piece about 2" long and bend as shown. |
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The wire should touch the
outer rear edge of the flange. Yes, it will
wear out - after approx. 500 hours. Solder a length of fine, flexible
wire
to the small tab. Use the wire from a pair of cheap head phones - the
ones
like ear plugs. |
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Pass the wire through the
slots provided. I have used white wires from
a decoder here for clarity. |
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The wires can be attached
to the connector provided. The brass wire
can be painted black when the installation is complete. |
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This shows the extra
pickups added to a 30 year old brass loco. |
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This shows the pickups on
the tender of the same loco. |
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There should be two pickups per truck - two trucks per tender. This will more than double the
length of the wheel base for the pickups. I have used this method on Rivorossi locos as well as my HOn30 locos. |