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6 months of work and finally
ozzie46:
--- Quote from: Aestus57 on September 11, 2011, 07:27:51 AM --- :bugeye: That looks superb !!!
I'm not familiar with that scale so can you give a clue as to the overall size and the bore X stroke of the cylinders please?
Can't believe that only took 6 months, fantastic!!
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Yes! Please more info.
Ron
raynerd:
Wow, amazing work Slowcoach!!
Chris
DaveH:
Spectacular :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :clap: :clap: :clap:
:beer:
DaveH
doubleboost:
Very well done
Locos are not my thing but this is a credit to you :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
slowcoach:
Thanks for the kind words guys :thumbup: Aestus57, the scale of the loco is 16mm to 1 foot and is gas fired and fully radio controlled (2.4ghz). The cylinders have a 9/16" bore and a 5/8" stroke. The total length of the locomotive over the buffer beams is 430mm and weighs in at modest 5kg.
The hardest part was stopping it doing a wheelie, because of its length and the fact most of the weights at the rear :lol: I had to cobble up a weighbridge, using some track and digital scales, with the loco on the weighbridge I then weighed each axle, whilst trying different rates of compression springs for the rear bogie to keep everything on the rails (not easy). The loco will pull just over 20 pounds with minimal wheel spin, and run for about 45 mins. Glad it's done, but I did enjoy the challenge, right whats next :scratch:
Cheers
Rob
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