The GP7 was taken apart about 2 weeks ago without much progress. I decided to do some fiddling today. There were 2 complete sets of Ajin axle gearboxes from an Overland F Unit in my parts box. If I had known the swap out from the Sunset rubber band drive to this would have been SO EASY this GP7 would be DONE and on my layout years ago! It is as close to a direct swap out as I have ever seen. There are NO modifications to the GP needed at least to get the new axles in. But the advantage is these wheels are in gauge! The Sagami was also in my motor parts box taken from a brass RS3 drive. As much as I tried to make it more complex the simplest kept coming back as what was best.
I know some have stuffed American Models drives in them. So far this is the direction I am going. I have to cobble together some drive shafts next. I had some ¼ brass bar I made a spacer/motor mount. I milled it a little to get the motor shafts and tower shafts at the same height. I am going to fiddle with the a bit more to give it some vibration insulation. It is probably going back in the box for a while as a roughed in but running drive. I have to add extra pickups and antennas. BOOM paint that thing! It is going to be PRR 8553 that ran in PRSL Service. Thank You, Bill Lane Modeling the Mighty Pennsy & PRSL in 1957 in S Scale since 1987 See my finished models at: <http://www.lanestrains.com/> http://www.lanestrains.com Look at what has been made in PRR in S Scale! See my layout progress at: <http://www.lanestrains.com/My_Layout.htm> http://www.lanestrains.com/My_Layout.htm Custom Train Parts Design <http://www.lanestrains.com/SolidWorks_Modeling.htm> http://www.lanestrains.com/SolidWorks_Modeling.htm PRR Builders Photos Bought, Sold & Traded (Trading is MUCH preferred) <http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRphotos.xls> http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRphotos.xls ***Join the PRR T&HS*** The other members are not ALL like me! <http://www.prrths.com/> http://www.prrths.com <http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRTHS_Application.pdf> http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRTHS_Application.pdf Join the Pennsylvania Reading Seashore Lines Historical Society It's FREE to join! <http://www.prslhs.com/> http://www.prslhs.com Preserving The Memory Of The PRSL
