It’s light reflection off the counter weights.
Ralph, These are the 5G Annie chassis. They have a brass worm gear and nylon axle gear. Also they have the old style pilot truck. Still a very good deal though. BTW, I have a 5G Big Hauler (PRR) that had drivers with the painted spokes like the one Mike showed above. I didn’t like them either so I popped out the centers and painted them flat black/ The drivers themselves are the standard metal spoked wheels.
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8208/8272507352_56d011af4a.jpg)
Thanks Joe. Just what I needed to know.
Ralph
Thanks for the link Ralph. Looks like I need to get one at least. I also have 3 of these locos. 2 need to be updated. Later RJD
Did you get one Ralph ? whats it look like. Have a kid in the club with a old circus engine he luvs but the drive is shot. I might get him one of these if it will work.
Nick
Nicholas Savatgy said:
Did you get one Ralph ? whats it look like. Have a kid in the club with a old circus engine he luvs but the drive is shot. I might get him one of these if it will work.Nick
Nick,
Ordered one, but it hasn’t arrived yet.
If it’s a Big Hauler, or Annie, it should work.
Look on the Bachmann site. There are 3 or 4 variations of the drive available. December special, so don’t wait too long
And don’t order the $30 drive, it’s a Big Hauler drive.
Ralph
Nick,
As I said earlier, I just bashed a Gen 2 upper with an Annie lower (with a little futzing), but it all worked out. So I guess what I am trying to say is all combos work together.
Ordered mine today so we shall see what it looks like when it arrives. They say these will be on sale till sold out. Later RJD
Joe,
Are they normal looking wheels or do they look like hub caps in the picture.?
Nick,
Here are some more links of the different variations available. None of these look like “hub caps”
Ralph
http://estore.bachmanntrains.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=66_69_148&products_id=4084
http://estore.bachmanntrains.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=66_69_148&products_id=4082
http://estore.bachmanntrains.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=66_69_148&products_id=4083
http://estore.bachmanntrains.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=66_69_148&products_id=4089
Nick, All the drivers have plastic inserts (hubcaps). These are pretty easy to pop out and repaint. The chassis from the Pennsy loco looks more like a hubcap because B’mann extended the spoke paint onto the counter weight . On my Pennsy loco I repainted the driver hubcaps flat black. Rest assured that all the drivers are spoked metal under those hubcaps.
Thanks Guys, Looks like the kids circus train may roll again.
Nick
Got my 3 drives yesterday. Two of them arrived with the front axle of the pilot truck broken.
(http://i.imgur.com/jfaXpl.jpg)
Not really concerned, as two of them were for bash fodder, but they wern’t packed very well.
Got mine yesterday too.
Mine was packed very well. Seperate box for the drive and a larger box with bubble wrap.
I was quite pleased.
I ordered the same drive. The spokes are painted on the counterweights. A little paint will fix that.
Ralph
Bob,
Are those pilot wheels actually broken or just separated?
Broken, both plastic axles are sheared.
Bob McCown said:I'd let them know. They might send you a couple of replacement pilots, rather than have you return the entire drive. Ralph
Broken, both plastic axles are sheared.
Bob,
I have some Plastruct tube which can replace the broken plastic axle coupling. Like the stock coupling you have to glue the axle stubs into the tube.
Barry
Let me know where to send them.
I was never a fan of the Bachmann wheel sets to start with. When I did my loco, I ended up tossing them and replacing them with Sierra Valley ones. They’re quite a bit harder to take apart, but they sure roll true.
Thanks for the offer, Barry, but I looked in my pile-o-stuff and found some acrylic tube that’s dead-nuts on in size of the broken axle. A quick cut with a razor saw and I’m in business.
Now to figure out what wire goes where so I can retrofit one of these into the old 4-6-0 I have…