Back on track

Well, the bits from Steve turned up today, and it was time to see if having the right bits improved things

'tick'

Well, that looks a lot better. It all fits in, and wiggles in the right places. And to confirm a long suspected belief, Atlas and kato bits do seem to be interchangable. The Atlas worm gears and bearings fit right in to the Kato chassis slots.
(Oh, and to the inevitable question; no, its still to long).

Ok, now the icky bit. The squemish can again look away as we set the fretsaw on 'mutilate'. Weeeeeee...


The next issues to be addressed will be building the subframe, and getting the drive shafts cut to the right length. Hopefully this will be done somewhere where there is not a homicidal spanish minidrill involved.

In retrospect, an Atlas slow speed motor with flywheels might have been a better choice in this application, but the Mashima can motor should have far more grunt