Ringbalin Light Railway G Division: LGB 2076 "Stumpy":- The Overhaul

"Stumpy Overhaul"

The LGB 2076 Tank Engine known as "Stumpy" had a failed cell in its battery (Nine x 1.2V NiMH Nominal 10.8V), which drastically reduced it running time, so a replacement was called for.

While I had it apart I decided to take the opportunity to change make some cosmetic changes to the outline making it more Australian like and less European looking.

This basically involved removing;

the brake hoses,
the raised section of the cabin roof and filling in the hole
the air pump,
relocating the headlight to the top of the boiler where the bell used to sit
while leaving the steam generator in place.

Before

After

New colour scheme;

I went with a more traditional English style colour scheme for this loco.

The body and boiler were painted "Brunswick Green" with the smoke box painted black and the "buffer beam" painted red.

I picked out the boiler piping using a CD marking pen, which gave it a metallic sheen.

Front View

Rear View

Side View

I picked out the boiler backhead piping using a craft silver pen with the gauges picked out in gold.

Battery Remote Control

I decided to change the Radio Control equipment to something smaller instead of the HobbyKing method I used early in the hobby (detailed in the "Original" build) and to change out the old Bachmann "white noise generator" sound card.

Link to the original build configuration.

LGB 2076 "Stumpy":- The Original Build

Components

Battery;

The new battery is made up from four (4) Turnigy Receiver Pack 2/3A 1500mAh 6.0V NiMH High Power Series model aircraft receiver batteries, two (2) were connected in series to give 12V these were then connected in parallel to give a 12V battery with 3000mAHr capacity.

Turnigy Receiver Pack 2/3A 1500mAh 6.0V NiMH High Power Series