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 Posted - May 15 2016 : 01:04:28 AM
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Just finished getting my Aerotrain running! I think it's turning out very nicely.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHO_2f9xJUo
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Posted - May 15 2016 : 01:49:11 AM
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Glad you had success finding a cheap truck to pick up power and all. Can you PM me a link to the listing?
Feedback-hungry attention w****
Edited by - ZeldaTheSwordsman on May 15 2016 10:19:41 AM
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 Posted - May 15 2016 : 02:14:57 AM
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Love it!
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Posted - May 15 2016 : 09:12:30 AM
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is that a new motor and truck in the existing frame? I have a Varney Aerotrain I just picked up , the frame looks nothing like that. Wouldn't mind a repower myself, but for now, I can live with the original, it at least does run some. Does Bowser sell the whole new frame with motor and truck, too?
Jerry
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Posted - May 15 2016 : 10:14:45 AM
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quote:is that a new motor and truck in the existing frame? I have a Varney Aerotrain I just picked up , the frame looks nothing like that. Wouldn't mind a repower myself, but for now, I can live with the original, it at least does run some. Does Bowser sell the whole new frame with motor and truck, too?
Jerry
Originally posted by AMC_Gremlin_GTÂ -Â May 15 2016Â :Â 09:12:30 AM
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yeah mine too
Tho I'd hate to devalue it by remotoring it 
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Posted - May 15 2016 : 4:11:53 PM
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The frame is the one made by Bowser, and I just did a tiny bit of cutting, filing and drilling to make the truck fit. They never sold a powered version. They stopped making these a few years ago, but maybe they have some leftover parts in stock (you'll have to contact them).
At one time, I think it was Accurate Lighting made a replacement frame specifically for motorizing these. It would use the motor, flywheels, front truck and universal from an Athearn SW chassis.
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Posted - May 16 2016 : 12:41:57 PM
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| I really like how smooth it runs.
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Posted - May 16 2016 : 4:14:13 PM
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Here's what that motorizing unit looks like (I also forget who made it). I used to have an Athearn SW truck in place but I needed it for another project, so my Aerotrain is still waiting in the shop for a truck. 
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