Rivarossi BR89
Hi, has anyone attempted to improve this rather elderly model? I will try to improve it with new wheels and a coreless motor before fitting a decoder. If I remember correctly, Herr Reitze once offered some better details for this model, hopefully Weinert can supply something BUT it would be nice to find another adventurous person.
The oil lanterns need to be replaced with electric lights and a turbo generator Weinert 8455 added in front of the chimney.
The following was copied from DSO
I was able to remove the sliding panels on the windows from a cheaply purchased housing.The guide rails were a bit more complicated. I roughly cut them out and then sanded them down from behind until only the guide rail remained. This was done at the top and bottom, but went quicker than I thought. The generator was donated by an old 75 from Gützold. The exhaust pipe on the chimney was previously a handle on the 89 880. The small nub on the chimney also comes from it. The locomotive had a step plate on the front of each of the water tanks, just like the 89 638, this was cut off and moved to the cylinder cover. On the driver's cab, one window was rotated 90 degrees at the front and one at the back. The edge was first colored black with a permanent marker. The plan is to put a couple of shovels or a shovel on the water tank. Not yet visible here, the control supports were painted red, the crosshead and slideways dark silver acrylic paint. The controls work perfectly. I'm actually happy with the wheels. You can hardly see them anyway. They are identical to those of the 89 880. My locomotive is one of the last. It has the flat motor. It didn't run well at all at first. The thing was a total pain, got warm and got slower and slower. A few careful little drops of oil worked wonders. The machine is still very loud and sounds like a mill. But now it can be controlled very smoothly, overcomes problematic frogs where longer locomotives come to a standstill and can crawl at the slowest speed. I will be careful not to replace the motor unless it is necessary.
The plan is to renumber it 89 621, as it was stationed in Leipzig-Engelsdorf until 1966. A few small changes would have to be made for this; at least remove the bell on the driver's cab and fit other air tanks. In the Bavaria Report of the Eisenbahn-Journal, this locomotive is pictured with the driver's side.
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