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Meccano Pacific 4 6 2 locomotive for O gauge  

I have built a Meccano Pacific 4 6 2 locomotive for O gauge based on the very popular model in the 1935 L set instructions using the 1a clockwork motor to directly drive the wheels. I had to add an additional 60t gear to give it more power to the wheels. The pony wheels did not work for me and had to be made differently. The front wheels set also had to be shortened because the mounting of the motor became one hole higher. I had to make other changes also to suit my modifications. It has taken me many months to complete it as the original instructions did not work for me. I was inspired a lot by models on Alan Esplen's page which has many photographs including models of this by Joe Attard, Graham Jost and his own. I have been wanting to build this model since 1951 when I first read about it!  

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spdutt      (at 10:49am, Mon 2nd Mar, 15)

I have built a Meccano Pacific 4 6 2 locomotive for O gauge based
on the very popular model in the 1935 L set instructions using the 1a
clockwork motor to directly drive the wheels. I had to add an additional 60t gear to give it more power to the wheels. The pony wheels did not work for me and had to be made differently. The front wheels set also had to be shortened because the mounting of the motor became one hole higher. I had to make other changes also to suit my modifications. It has taken me many months to complete it as the original instructions did not work for me.
I was inspired a lot by models on Alan Esplen's page which has many photographs including models of this by Joe Attard, Graham Jost and his own.
I have been wanting to build this model since 1951 when I first read about it!


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