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Re: New Train MOCs in 8mm scale
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Sat, 3 Feb 2007 01:02:23 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Tim David wrote:
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I really like your class 14, I think its your best loco yet which I spose
shows how one develops ones skills. The combination of green and sand green
gives an unusual (but prototypical) colour scheme. (For those that don’t now
what the real thing looks like, here’s a
pic
I also think that the chassis ranks with
Jason Railton’s as
the two best articulated BBB wheel designs and is worthy of some studying.
I think Tim may be onto something with the roof, if you get round to a
rebuild then his ideas are worth looking into if it were me I would probably
move on to the next model. Perhaps when the bulldozer set comes out you could
make it a self contained IR loco and incorporate the changes then! With
regards to white flex, it does exist, I bought some on BL but I’m not sure
what set it’s from.
Tim
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Thanks Tim, a useful vote of confidence.
I just tried 1x3 curved slopes but these will not give the correct shape - it’s
quite a steeply curved roof, even compared to other BR locos. I think a row of
black cheeses at the sides will be the best start.
I have in mind another steamer, though 40-tooth cogs and model team wheels are
still the only wheels for large steam engines having drivers bigger than 4’6”
(BBB wheels are 3’9” to 8mm scale, so 4’6” is the most I’d stretch them).
40-tooth cogs at 42mm are 5’3”, which can stretch to 6’0” but that still leaves
a large gap in the wheel parts above 6ft. We need a wheel no more than 8mm wide
but at a scale size of 6’7.2”, which is 49.6mm. This is 19.2mm (6 plates)
bigger than the 30.4mm of BBB wheels and 24mm pulleys and tyres, so an axle for
them would sit 3 plates higher in a chassis, with all wheels on the rails. They
would have to be blind drivers since flanged wheels that size could not
negotiate the curves otherwise.
I now have some red and green cogs, so that could work for coloured drivers up
to 6’0”. It’ll take a while though - steamers take longer than most diesels and
I’ve spent too long on the 14 already. I reckon 50 hours for a large steamer
with separate driving wheel motors. Ones with 2 leading wheels are more of a
challenge - Green Arrow or James the Red Engine are possibles. Henry the Green
Engine (Green LMS Black 5 4-6-0) is another I’ve thought about. I have a
mock-up of a couple of Class 153 DMU coaches in National Express Scotrail
livery, a livery they never carried but a real one nevertheless. It’s an excuse
to use HP Knight Bus purple windows, for which a 153 is particularly suitable.
The bulldozer functionality is great and I recommend it wholeheartedly (I’ll
probably buy at least 2), but I’d be wary of using the infra-red remote control
at a public show. A visitor with their own remote control could wreak havoc
with your layout! I had it in mind to use the functionality for a crane or the
automatically unloading ballast train. In the end the bulldozer might be a
distraction from trains - I like to keep a balance with robots so that I don’t
do too much of one thing.
The 14 needs a crane so that the counterweight trucks can house the train
motors. It’s a trip working engine with a maximum speed of 40mph so it needs an
excuse to go slowly at a show. I have some crane pics from holiday visits to
preserved railways - most railways have at least one crane in a siding.
I have plenty of layout modules to build and I hope to get a looped-eight
circuit running this year, which will help with train testing and electrical
developments for the new layout. Always more projects than hours to finish
them!
Mark
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| I really like your class 14, I think its your best loco yet which I spose shows how one develops ones skills. The combination of green and sand green gives an unusual (but prototypical) colour scheme. (For those that don't now what the real thing (...) (18 years ago, 3-Feb-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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