cheesysmith Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 I`m after a Hornby new self contained motor bogie for a EMU I`m building, and am asking does anybody have a javelin motor bogie that they could measure the wheel base of please? Failing that, does anybody know if there is any 8`9" wheelbase motor bogies available anywhere, like what was used on the SR EMU models? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted May 24, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 24, 2020 (edited) Peters Spares is selling spare Hornby Brighton Belle motor bogie drive units on eBay. The wheelbase measures just under 36mm, which is 8’9” thereabouts. Cheers Darius PS just checked - they are still available. Edited May 24, 2020 by Darius43 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trade Member charliepetty Posted May 24, 2020 Trade Member Share Posted May 24, 2020 (edited) 12 minutes ago, cheesysmith said: I`m after a Hornby new self contained motor bogie for a EMU I`m building, and am asking does anybody have a javelin motor bogie that they could measure the wheel base of please? Failing that, does anybody know if there is any 8`9" wheelbase motor bogies available anywhere, like what was used on the SR EMU models? Tenshodo do a 35mm X 14mm motor unit and is available here: https://www.dckits-devideos.co.uk/index.php?route=product/product&path=182_209&product_id=518 They also do, 35X12mm, 28.5 X 10.5mm, 26 X 10.5mm, 24.5 X 10.5mm. Charlie Edited May 24, 2020 by charliepetty Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheesysmith Posted May 24, 2020 Author Share Posted May 24, 2020 Thanks Charlie, already got some of them, but have to say not that impressed with the pulling power. Might be useful in the future though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted May 24, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 24, 2020 In my view Tenshodo bogies are well engineered but you need one in every coach in a multiple unit to get anything approaching a reasonable performance. Also converting them to DCC is a pain. Cheers Darius 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Joseph_Pestell Posted May 24, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 24, 2020 Might help find solutions if we knew which EMU the OP is building. But, as usual, let's also flag up the Replica units for motorising EMUs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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