Tri-ang Class 31 to 14.2 gauge.

Peter has been refining his conversions, to 14.2mm gauge, of the Tri-ang class 31.
The top bogie uses one Tri-ang axle whilst the other is a length of metal rod., 10.5mm coach wheels have been forced on. being too heavy handed has caused one flange to break.
the lower of the two shows both are both on metal rod axles, these having been thinned down using wet and dry paper and then thoroughly washed to remove any residue.
The tools used for this conversion were a flat file,needle file, cordless drill, digital calipers,and as Peter says-lots of patience and elbow grease.It goes to show that an extensive workshop is not needed for this type of work-just ingeuity and time.

Modifying Tri-ang Class 31.

 Peter has been converting stock to run on 14.2 mm track for a while.
However, he has recently started rewheeling the Tri-ang TT Class 31.
As can be seen, he has removed the original 12mm wheels from the nylon axles and substituted them for finer treaded ones.
The lower photo shows the improvement this brings but the problem of keeping the wheels square is proving somewhat of a problem.
I am sure he will keep at it and that a solution will be found.