LOCO DOC SUPER GLIDE DRIVE LOCOMOTIVE UPGRADE KITS

HOn3

BELL ARMATURE MOTORED LOCOMOTIVE MECHANISM UPGRADE KITS.        DIRECT SALE ONLY

FOR YEARS MANY LOCOMOTIVES IN HOn3 HAVE NOT RUN AS WELL AS THE BEST LOCOMOTIVES IN LARGER SCALES. WE HAVE NOW DEVELOPED SOME MECHANISM REBUILD KITS THAT EASILY UPGRADE VERY COMMON, READILY AVAILABLE AND REASONABLY PRICED HOn3 BRASS MODELS INTO SOME OF THE FINEST RUNNING AND LOOKING STEAM ENGINES IN MODEL RAILROADING. THE CONVERTED LOCOMOTIVES WILL QUIETLY RUN AT A 12 VOLT SPEED OF ABOUT 30 MPH WITH A SMOOTH FLYWHEEL ACTION.

THESE KITS ARE CUSTOM DESIGNED TO EXACTLY FIT ONLY THE LISTED LOCOS;
THEY WILL PROBABLY NOT FIT ANY OTHER LOCOMOTIVES THAN THE ONES LISTED

Assembly is quite easy and nontechnical but a rail nipper, screw drivers, drill set and pinvise and a round and square file are required and a Dremel is very helpful. The K-3 kits require more work and skill because we have to correct several problems in the original locomotives but all the steps are fully explained.

K-1 Westside D&RGW C-16s (#268 and 278 with the motor hanging out the cab)
K-2 Far East Distributors (Spartan Series ) 4-4-0 and 2-6-0 HO or HOn3 No cab interior provided.
K-3A Westside and Balboa (second run) T-12 4-6-0 Both of these had 30/1 3 mod gearing, a brass
        idler gear and brass "reverse worm" and coil springs around the tender truck mounting screws.
K-3B Balboa T-12 4-6-0 (first run) had 25/1 2.5 mod gearing, a white nylon idler gear and no
        tender truck springs.  
K-4 Balboa C-19 2-8-0 (#340) This very simple conversion replaces the open frame motor with
        a Faulhaber motor, flywheels, new gearbox and cab interior.
K-11 Key C&S 2-8-0#58,60,65&69. This simple kit includes a custom delrin idler gear and Faulhaber
        1319 motor with 1310 flywheel, just press the original worm on and glue the motor in the gearbox.
K-21 Balboa and Custom Brass C-21 2-8-0. A 62-1 gearbox with Faulhaber motor and flywheel.
K-22 Westside C-25 2-8-0. This conversion kit has a 1524 Faulhaber motor with flywheel and steel
        worm all mounted on a screw on bracket with new custom delrin idler gear and side rod
       washers to keep the paint from being scraped off wheel crank throws.
K-31 & K-32 Westside D&RGW K-28 (K-31) and K-36 (K-32)2-8-2s. These models have undersize motors.
        These kits include a 1524 slow speed Faulhaber motor with large flywheel and steel worm all
        mounted on a bracket you just glue onto the trailing arm of the gearbox.

KIT + CONVERSIONS (requires work in my shop, please phone and schedule.

KC-91 Westside /PSC C-16 "HiGrade" with cab interior. Send the boiler and motor and we bore out the
        motor collar and mount a Faulhaber motor and flywheel and clean out all protrusions inside the boiler.
KC-92 Key C&S 2-6-0 #22. Send the motor and collar, we bore the motor collar and fit a Faulhaber
        motor and flywheel and return it with a new delrin idler gear. It is easy to install.
KC-93 & KC-94 Key C&S 2-8-0 #71 and Key RGS 2-8-0 #42. Send the motor and collar, we bore the motor
        collar and fit a Faulhaber motor, flywheel and NWSL steel worm and return it fully assembled with a new delrin idler gear. A cut in the idler gear holder must be made and the gear raised .020" and this will be fully diagramed in the instructions.

COMPLETE DESCRIPTION

K-1 The Westside C-16( PHOTO )( PHOTO ) is a well detailed model of a common and popular 2-8-0 in HOn3. This simple motor conversion with a 7400 rpm micromotor produces smooth starts and a 35 mph 12 volt speed  with some "flywheel type coast" and the motor is the same shape as a C-16 boiler and fits completely inside the cab and has boiler backhead casting included. You cut off the old motor mount down to the frame and drill one hole in the frame cross piece in front of the drawbar screw. File down the top of the frame (maybe .020" ) just behind the idler gear to clear the motor and bracket. The mesh of the included NWSL polished steel worm should be correct but can be adjusted by hand filing the back legs of the motor mounting bracket. Use 1 provided 2mm screw to mount the motor bracket and screw the drawbar screw into the 2mm nut on the motor brush lead. Test run to make sure everything runs right. File down the PSC backhead casting (included) to fit down to frame and glue to back of motor. Add the included weight to the cab roof, Screw on boiler and run, enjoying the finest running HOn3 loco you own. Estimated 2 hours   Price $100   K-1DCC version with a Lenz back EMF decoder mounted, light bulbs and instructions is $180.
See March 2001 NG&SL GAZEETTE page 12 for product review and photograph. See Colorado N. G. Quarterly Wint 2006 pgs.10-11 for an installation article with pictures.

K-2 The Spartan Series ( PHOTO )  2-6-0/ 4-4-0 can be made into a truly fine running locomotive but a couple problems gave them a very bad reputation. They are the only small 2-6-0 and 4-4-0 produced in HOn3 and revised electrical pickup and a great micro motor with flywheels make them truly great running locomotives. The tender drive if properly done is not a problem and allows much more weight to be placed on the drivers. Our conversion is very simple, we grind a groove on the tender PC board and run a jumper so all tender wheels pickup off the fireman's side rail. We put a spring wire on the drawbar so that the loco transmits electricity to the tender body and the pilot wheels are made to pickup electricity. Now we have 4 wheel contact on each rail, we include a lead cab roof weights. The 7400 rpm 1319 micromotor with flywheels is siliconed to the pc board tender floor and wires from the motor connected to the tender floor. The drive shaft to the cab is an .018 wire that is almost invisible. One end of the old plastic drive shaft (which is completely inside the cab) is cut off and superglued to a collar on the front of the drive shaft with the rear in a universal joint on the front motor shaft. If you send the plastic drive shaft (packed in a slot in a piece of corrigated cardboard) to us with your order we will install it when we return the kit. If you have lost the driveshaft add $5 and we will include one installed on the shaft. Add the included cab roof weight You now have a very smooth and quiet running 30mph 4-4-0/2-6-0. Conversion time about 3 hours with no critical machining. Price is $100 (please specify 4-4-0 or 2-6-0 as there is one different part)     K-2DCC version with a Lenz back EMF decoder mounted, light bulbs and instructions is $180.
   See July 2001 NG&SL GAZETTE page 15 for photo and product review "best running HOn3 4-4-0 I have ever operated""will transform an old FED into a fine running model." See also Light Iron Digest Feb.2005 pgs.8-12 for installation and detailing pictures and story.
        A small 2nd run of these models (including all the HO models came with a brass tender floor and the front tender truck mounted further back on the floor. We have a revised kit with extra parts and an instruction supplement for this version, specify K-2(4-4-0 or 2-6-0)BR for this. "The PC board version is easier to convert."

K-3A The Westside and Balboa (2nd run) 4-6-0 .( PHOTO ) had several gear mesh problems that caused them to make much noise and run very poorly and the brass idler gear quickly wore out the brass worm. Both production runs were made with the axle slots milled too far up in the frame which caused the axle gear to mest tightly with the 30 tooth idler gear and force the center driver down in the frame. The vibration caused by the tightly meshing gears caused the driver to vibrate on the track causing noise. This kit gives you a custom made 29 tooth delrin idler gear and a new pivot shaft (the old one was probably worn by the rotating brass gear) and instructions on how to adjust the gear mesh. After the wheel gauge is corrected and the siderods adjusted the loco runs very smoothly. The firebox sides are bent out slightly, most of the motor mounting plate is cut off the frame and a hole drilled up throught the frame. The included 2mm screw is run through the frame into the mount bracket of the Faulhaber "micro motor" with 2 flywheels and a steel worm. File adjust the two bracket legs to fine tune the worm mesh and run the drawbar wire with 2mm nut to the drawbar screw. Included are a half circle of brass and a boiler backhead casting to detail the cab interior and a lead weight for the cab roof. With the work involved to correct the problems of the original T-12, this is our most challenging kit, at least 5 hours.   Price $125      K-3ADCC version with Lenz back EMF decoder mounted and wired, light bulbs and extra instructions     $205
See Sep. 2003NG&SL GAZETTE page 16 for photo and review "ran very smoothly".

K-3B The Balboa T-12 (first run) 4-6-0 has a 25 tooth white nylon idler gear which is reusable so has fewer problems to correct. After regauging the wheels and checking the siderods we fine tune the idler gear mesh. The firebox sides are bent out slightly, the vertical part of the motor mount bracket is cut out and installation proceeds as in the K-3A kit. We include custom tender truck mounting springs to improve electrical pickup, the cab roof weight and other needed parts found in the K-3A kit. K-3B  Price $125  K-3B-DCC version is $205

K-4 Balboa C-19 #340 2-8-0. This is a very easy to install kit with a new gearbox, steel worm and new smaller delrin idler gear, Faulhaber motor with 2 flywheels and boiler detail for the cab interior. No cutting required, unscrew the old gearbox and motor, mount the motor/gearbox with the 2 old 2mm screws and feed the attached motor wire through the hole in the frame down to the drawbar location.Assemble the drawbar parts onto the termonal lug on the drawbar wire and screw this back to the frame greatly improving the look over the original design. The rear cab handrails are not attached prototypically. Drill a .024 hole vertically in the bottom outer ends of the rear cab support bracket. Cut the handrail bottom ends off the back cab wall and bend the wire ends down and into the holes (see prototype photos). Add the included cab roof weight. Time about 2 hours. Price  $125  K-4 DCC version with Lenz back EMF decoder mounted and wired, light bulbs and special instructions     $205

K-11 Key C&S 2-8-0 #58, #60, #65 and #69 Very nice models with sprung drivers. Unfortunately the Samhongsa 1230 motor only allows 15 to 70 MPH speeds and the brass idler gear is noisy. We offer a NWSL delrin idler gear conversion (#C&S 58 gear = $20) or a full upgrade kit of the gear plus a Faulhaber 1319K7400 bell armature motor with FW-130915 flywheel as Kit (#K-11 = $100). You mount the delrin idler gear in the gearbox, pull the worm off the old Sagami, mount it on the Faulhaber, glue the motor to the gearbox motor bracket and attach the 2 wires on the motor to the loco. This conversion runs 1 to 25 mph with significant flywheel coast and virtually no noise. K-11 kit is $100, DCC kit is K-11DCC $180.

K-21 Balboa and Custom Brass C-21 2-8-0. This is in development and will have a 1 piece custom built 62-1 gearbox with a Faulhaber 15,000 rpm motor with flywheels to fit right on the driver axle and power the original axle gear. Just waiting for motors from Germany.

K-22 Westside D&RGW C-25. 2-8-0. Very nice locomotive with the boiler siting high but this can be adjusted down. This full conversion kit is based on a very low speed Faulhaber 1524T7.8K motor and FW-160815 flywheel to match the 26/1 gear ratio. All this is attached to a brass plate that you screw onto the gearbox trailing arm. Included is an improved low friction delrin idler gear with new bearings and steel 1.5mm pivot shaft that greatly reduces friction and increases quietness and flywheel coast. Also included are a revised pilot truck pivot to reduce derailments, and washers to keep the siderods from scraping the paint off the counterweights. Kit K-22 $125, with Back EMF DCC $205.

K-31 Westside K-28 and K-32 for K-36 2-8-2s. These kits use a Faulhaber 1524T74K and a FW-160815 flywheel (FW-190815 for K-36) with steel worm all mounted on a mounting plate. glue the plate to the gearbox trailing arm. Screw the 2mm nut soldered to a wire on the motor to the drawbar and it is installed. Also included are washers and instructions on how to keep the siderods from scraping the paint off the wheel crank throws. $100. With Back EMF DCC decoder installed and wired to the motor $180.

KIT + CONVERSIONS (requires work in my shop, please phone and schedule your rebuild project).

KC-91 Westside /PSC C-16 "HiGrade" with cab interior. A great model but with no flywheel action and some of the 12mm. Namiki motors have seized up or run poorly due to the factory using a lubricant that hardens with age, See Namiki Motors   I have developed an Kit + Conversion that requires you to send the boiler and old motor to my shop, I bore out the motor collar and fit in the 1319K7400 Faulhaber motor with FW-130915 flywheel, bore the worm and mount it on the motor, clean out any wires or other tabs sticking inside the boiler (clearences are very tight), attach the wires and return it to you. Price $125, with Back EMF DCC installed and wired to the motor $205. Phone to schedule the work.

KC-92 Key C&S 2-6-0 #22. A very nice model with sprung drivers, a brass idler gear rotating on a brass shaft and a Sagami 1225 motor with poor slow speed performsnce. I had NWSL make a replacement delrin idler gear (#C&S22 gear = $20) that replaces the original brass gear and offer a Kit + Conversion that includes a 7400 RPM Faulhaber 1319T74K motor and FW-130915 flywheel. Since the motor is larger in diameter than the Sagami and the motor mounts in a brass collar in the boiler, you must send me the old motor and collar, I bore it out, mount the Faulhaber and flywheel and original worm and return it to you ( with the custom delrin idler gear to mount in your loco). Speed range is about 1 to 25 mph with significant flywheel coast and reduced noise. Whole package = $125, add $80 for Back EMF DCC decoder mounted and wired to the motor. Please phone to schedule the work.

KC-93 Key C&S #71 2-8-0 and
KC-94 RGS C-17 #42 2-8-0. A copy of the WS C-16 HiGrade drive but with brass worm and brass idler gear. The Namiki 1230 motor frequently fails, See Namiki Motors. Send the old motor and its carrier to us and we bore it out for a Faulhaber 1319 Bell Armature motor with flywheel and return it to you fully wired with a NWSL steel worm and Delrin idler gear. Since the NWSL worm is smaller in diameter than the Samhongsa brass worm we need to replace a diagram will show how to do this. Speed range is about 1 to 25 mph with significant flywheel coast and reduced noise. Whole package = $125, add $80 for Back EMF DCC decoder mounted and wired to the motor. Please phone to schedule the work. I hope the last part arrives by December.

ALL PARTS AND VERY COMPLETE INSTRUCTIONS ARE INCLUDED. . designed by "Loco Doc"

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