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Hollywood Foundry Gallery of Modellers Work

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Niles Box Motor by Bruce Battles, Menlo Park, CA.

From a Labelle kit with BullAnt HO Gauge, 25mm wheelbase & 9.6mm code 110 nickel silver disc wheels.

Niles Box Motor by Bruce Battles, Menlo Park, CA.

Shows model disassembled.

Brill Car by Bruce Battles, Menlo Park, CA.

BullAnt HO Gauge, 25mm wheelbase & 9.6mm code 110 nickel silver disc wheels.

Brill Car by Bruce Battles, Menlo Park, CA.

Shows how BullAnt is attached to floor frame.

Sentinel Motor by Graeme Brown, Victoria, Australia.

BullAnt HO gauge, 25mm wheelbase & 9.6mm disc wheels and MHK1020 motor.

Sentinel Motor by Graeme Brown, Victoria, Australia.

Modelled on the Kerang - Koondrook motor. Showing interior with cab removed.

Sacramento Northern Combine, LaBelle kit, by Bruce Potter, Alabama, USA

BullAnt HO Gauge, 22.75mm wheelbase & 10.5mm Code 110 nickel silver wheels.

Front view of Bruce's Combine with working headlight.

Interior view of SN Combine, showing BullAnt mounting and constant brightness, directional headlights and trolley pole wiring in roof.

HO scale Fairfield Models Boston Center entrance trolley in brass. Converted from a dummy by Richard Allman, of Philadelphia PA. Richard is a member of the East Penn Traction Club.

The Boston car being tested on an 8% grade on club member Bob Dietrich's layout. That's Richard playing the proud owner.

An experimental BullAnt design for an On30 gauge cane locomotive. Overlayed over the loco. drawing to show position. Drawing by Jim Fainges.

Another view of the cane loco mechanism. Note that the motor overhangs the front to get it out of the cab area.

BullAnt uses 1024 motor, 60:1 gearbox and 14mm, Code 110 wheels. The centre axle employs the Lateral Action option to improve small radius performance.

A 2-6-0 T of the Chemins de Fer Départementaux du Tarn (France) by Michel Viers. The drawing shows how the BullAnt fits in the model.

View of the locomotive chassis. It would seem that Michel has moved the wheels in to 12mm gauge leaving extended axles for the motion gear.

A view of the completed model. Excellent work Michel.

From Cyril Ducrocq in France comes another batch of 5 beautiful French models. This is a 1935 era B&L Var railcar that ran on the French Riviera.

This view shows the mounting of the BullAnt in the model. These models are all in HOm, or metre gauge.

The Bodies are made using SLA tecniques.

The test model for another railcar that ran in the Britany district.

3D images of a proposed Tramway des Alpes Maritimes (TAM) railcar from the mountainous area of the French Riviera.

3D model of proposed De Dion Bouton OC1 railcar wich ran in Britany and in Corsica until 1968.

The next 3 images are from a proposed model of an SGLM electric railcar that ran in the French Alps.

Cut-away view showing railcar interior. Note cast weight over BullAnt to improve traction and hide the mechanism.

BullAnt bogie fitted with cosmetic sideframes.

Thank you to Cyril Ducrocq for these pictures.

Three photographs of Portugese CP 9000 Series narrow gauge locomotives by Carlos Brazão. These are 9002 type.

9004 type. These models are scratchbuilt from brass and plastic in HOm, with 12mm BullAnt mechanisms.

The BullAnts in these models were supplied by Andy Mullins of Branchlines in the UK.

Well done Carlos.

Chassis and interior detail of a Chicago Surface Lines Pullman car installed by Carl Lantz for Bruce Goehmann.

The same car pictured on Bruce Goehmann's Lake Park Station
module.

And again in front of the Orpheum Theater is on Ken Spengler's Beerfield module.

Thanks to Carl for these photos.

These two pictures are of a 4mm scale BR Railbus modelled by Matthew Briggs of Walsall in the West Midlands of the U.K.

Matthew used a BullAnt with a 79mm wheelbase, the longest we have made so far. Matthew says it handles curves and steep gradients very well.

The De Dion Bouton OC1 railcar featured earlier as a 3D Model is now a reality, and soon to be released as a kit.

Designed by Cyril Ducrocq, the OC1 features a BullAnt drive concealed in the front of the railcar.

View from underneath the OC1 model. Thanks to Cyril Ducrocq for these photographs.

From Stefan Appelmans in Belgium, two railcars, a 49XX on the left and a 553XX on the right.

Under the 553XX model, the power train is a single Gozunder bogie and a dummy. The motor has a unique swivelling action to track the bogie.

The 49XX model uses a pair of modified BullAnts to create a low profile drive with a central motor, leaving the cabin space free.

A Beautiful little model of a Locotracteur Crochat 14L-4-60 of World War I vintage. Crafted in 009 scale by Neil Moss in the UK.

The body is entirely made of etched nickel silver, and uses a 9mm gauge BullAnt with 15.5mm wheelbase.

This drawing shows how Neil managed to squeeze the BullAnt into the body shell by shaping the flywheel.

A model of the Emu Bay Railway Company diesel locomotive PVH-1. The EBR operated on the west and north coast of Tasmania.

The model was scratchbuilt by Andrew Collier. The original still exists, preserved by the Derwent Valley Railway.

Andrew used a BullAnt Major, 4 axles, 1632 motor and 12mm gauge. We provided extended axles to allow for the fly cranks.

An SF Muni car from Bruce Battles of Menlo Park, CA. The model is from a kit by Greg King of Transit Classics.

Powered by BullAnt, naturally.

From Christophe Boulert in Belgium, a Billard A80, with a whimsical touch. The driver is a cow. Mechanics by BullAnt naturally!

Howard Andrews of Canton, Michigan, has re-powered a Fairfield models single-ended Pittsburgh Railways Jones car. Both trucks are now driven.

The original spring belt drive unit with open frame motor is at the top, with the new chassis below, featuring a pair of LoBoy trucks and a 1.8:1 gearbox with Mashima motor.

A Kidder Birney Car by Bruce Battles, Menlo Park, CA.

28mm wheelbase BullAnt with 26" wheels, 1024 motor and 31:1 Gears.

Another pair of fine models from Cyril Ducrocq. This time featuring the extremely cute "Tramway des Alpes Maritime"

The baggage car is fitted with a BullAnt with 31:1 gear ratio, while the second class passenger car has a dummy bogie.

A large cast weight has been fitted over the BullAnt to improve traction.

Cyril Ducrocq again, a beautiful model of the Swiss T6, for the Chemin de fer SGLM.

A large whitemetal weight over the power bogies ensures good traction.

Two BullAnts power the model. Note the exquisite detail in the underframe and bogies.

Another fine model from Bruce Battles, this time a West Towns Car powered by BullAnt.

Pete DeBeers of Pasadena, CA, member of the Southern California Traction Club used LoBoys and a Half Floor motor mount to re-power his Suydam Pacific Electric 1544 "Electra" Switcher.

Pete used the 6' LoBoys with the snap stud mount which not only made replacing the old trucks easy, but kept the 1544 at its proper prototypical height. The motor is a Mashima 1620 with 2:1 gear tower giving the switcher a nice low speed and plenty of pulling power.

A Model Company Malcolm Moore tractor & Grandt Line battery electric from Bernhard Gutterer. Both are 12mm gauge. Note engine detail glued to motor. Very clever.

This time a Wrightlines diesel and a ZL105, again from Bernhard.

Bob Eckerfield of Missouri City, Texas re-powered this FED 4-4-0 by NWSL. Bob converted the model from tender drive to main wheel drive using a BullAnt.

This shot shows the BullAnt mounted in the bottom of the firebox area. Bob used the original wheels, turning up bushes to mate the 2mm BullAnt axles to the 3mm wheels.

Here is the model disassembled before painting. Bob says that after 30 minutes of running-in, the drive is running smoothly. His next project is a Red Ball HOn3 Mallett.

A Washington Capital Transit car 1053 re-powered by Richard Allman. The car is climbing a 4% grade. Uses LoBoy 6'0" trucks with 24" wheels and BullAnt 10 series gearbox.

Here the car is rounding a 6" radius curve. Richard has yet to complete the model, Paul Mayer is making special decals.

Two views of a swing door 'Ballroom Van' of the Melbourne suburban fleet. This car was built by Andrew Collier.

The car was powered using a mechanism kit with a 1632 motor driving both bogies.

Bob Dietrich built this model of a British Columbia Electric Railway series 1200-1300 trolley car.

Built from an NWSL kit, it features a LoBoy drive to one truck from a motor cleverly concealed in the floor.

Bob managed to also fit the passengers in using passenger seats from PikeStuff. Look at the side view again, where is the motor?

This lovely Pacific Electric Huntington Standard City Car from Werner Jurkowski started out as a Suydam PE291.

Werner rebuilt the car into a PE 153. After the Great Merger these cars were re-named into the 280 - 288 group.

Werner kept the car as clean as possible, retaining the interior seating and underfloor detail.

It is powered by a twin-flywheel Mashima motor driving a single Loboy truck, with a dummy Loboy at the other end.

A Trail Logging Loco built by Bernie Willis of Palmerston North in New Zealand. It is powered by a pair of Gozunder bogies. Nice!

Another fine model by Bruce Battles. This PCC started out as a PERy double ender brass model, but was cut & shut into an SF 'Magic Carpet' car.

Bruce used one of the new belt drive BullAnts fitted into a metal floor. He claims it is the quietest mechanism he has seen.

From France, Gerard Huet, of Huet Trains, has produced for sale a superb model crafted in nickel silver and brass.

The model is a Stephenson type of the PLM company, named 'La Tarasque', built in 1846. It is powered by a 3 axle BullAnt in the tender.

Gerold Eckl of Austria re-powered these Great Northern 3 phase box cab electrics using one of our mechanism kits. He is converting 3 of these models.

Gerold elected to use the Belt Drive option with a 25:1 ratio, but had to wait until we had the new heavy duty belts. Gerold is very pleased with the belt drive option.

Ken Lawrence of New York re-motored this awesome New York Central T-Motor using a pair of BullAnts. Photo taken in front of the Nepperhan Manor engine house.

This shot shows how Ken managed to shoehorn the two BullAnts into the chassis. He was just able to squeeze them in with flywheels attached.

Underside shot of the T-Motor chassis. The BullAnts are 18.25mm wheelbase with 10.5mm wheels, 1020 motor and 31:1 gearing.

T-Motor on-train with cars, on an express through Ardsley Heights. Lovely work, and a great looking layout.

A San Francisco Muni single truck trolley scratchbuilt by Bruce Battles of Menlo Park, CA. Great job, as we now come to expect from Bruce.

The car features a 12 foot wheelbase BullAnt with belt drive. Bruce says it is near silent in operation.

From John Eastaff, the creator of the JEM Kit range, an Adelaide drop-centre tram in HO scale. A BullAnt drive has been fitted in the end saloon to preserve the empty centre effect

This shot shows the BullAnt plus a DCC decoder and a neat plug & socket switch arrangement to allow switching between overhead and 2 rail operation.

Bruce Battles again, this time with a McKeen Car and trailer. Bruce says the BullAnt easily pulls both up a 5% grade on his layout.

This beautifully crafted French motor car built by Crochat, was modelled by Mr. Ton de Vos from Schiedam, Holland, for his customer Lucien Eijdems of Holland.

Peter Mesheau built this lovely Bridgeton & Harrison (Maine Two Footer) Railcar in the scale 1/2n2.

The BullAnt drive is concealed in the small freight trolley behind the car. The BullAnt Major is 25mm gauge, with a 38mm wheelbase and 19mm diameter wheels.

Charles Smiley of Porter Ranch, California, built this S&N Boxmotor some 35 years ago and recently replaced the SPUD drives with a Hollywood Foundry drive system.

     

This photo shows the supplied mechanism kit built into the Boxmotor floor. It uses a 1626 dual-flywheel motor and a 22:1 Belt drive. Charles says it pulls 6 brass cars up a grade on a 34" radius curve.

The prototype of a WW1 era Dick Kerr Petrol Electric locomotive used by the British Army. Model built by Matthew Kean. BullAnt mechanism naturally. Kit by Worsley Works.

 

 

 

 

 

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