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Hi All,
I have bought a few dummy athearn locos to detail and weather /paint for the layout ...... as they come they are fitted with plastic wheels on metal axles which prise off easily but i am looking for metal ones one wheel off the axle so it can be threaded through the truck then press on the other wheel, i can then run lights picking power from the track or is there another way to solve it i was thinking of thin brass tube the right diameter of the wheel like a traction tyre to allow pick up from the rails ..... with a contact touching the brass up to the bulb ........ has anyone seen or tried it this way ?
I have bought a few dummy athearn locos to detail and weather /paint for the layout ...... as they come they are fitted with plastic wheels on metal axles which prise off easily but i am looking for metal ones one wheel off the axle so it can be threaded through the truck then press on the other wheel, i can then run lights picking power from the track or is there another way to solve it i was thinking of thin brass tube the right diameter of the wheel like a traction tyre to allow pick up from the rails ..... with a contact touching the brass up to the bulb ........ has anyone seen or tried it this way ?
