Soviet diesel railcar - ACh2. Modimio toy model with a Lima motor

[@jonathanblakeborough6151]

Great. Comments by others also really helpful.

[@railway187]

Hello, great purchase and running very good. Which Lima donor did you use?

[@robstovrailway]

Thanks! I used an old British class 33 in H0 scale. The spacing of the axles was similar, but the bogie frames look very different. I hadn't realised the base plates were metal not plastic, which made adaptation much more complicated.

[@railway187]

@@robstovrailway Indeed, these base plates are metal. I have replaced them by a selfmade plastic baseplate, because I don't have the knowledge and the tools to adapt these metal plates. I wish they would use plastic baseplates... These Lima Class 33 are rather difficult to find here, so I would probably go for a BR216. Or maybe I should try to get a Mehano donor. They have bogie mounted can motors, easy to hide in the Modimio model. I used such can motor bogie even in the Umbum TEM2u, which has very little place inside.

[@railway187]

@@robstovrailwayBy the way: it seems Modimio is no longer available on Ali Express. 😢

[@robstovrailway]

@@railway187 argh oh no! I really wanted the TEP70 but was holding on for the elektrichka to save postage :(

[@railway187]

@@robstovrailway I also wanted the TEP70 😢 let's hope it will be again available later