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4mm/00 Falcon Brass ROD, Quick update before the Hull show.

5XP

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Thanks everyone for the kind remarks and encouragement but I have failed to complete the loco and paint it before the show with everything going on around me but it will be having the odd test run on Cattybrook Road for which it was built for at the Hull show.

The picture below is where it stands now as I have just completed the chassis and I still have to wire up the motor, build the pony truck and add the cab roof so it will be a late night. (again)

 

I made a terrific cock up two days ago by by milling the tops of the frames down to suit the chosen motor/gearbox (Mashima 1426/Highlevel Loadhauler 60-1) but I mistakenly usesd my origanal marks that suited a Loadhauler+ driving the rear axle so when I assembled it with the Loadhauler it fouled the front inside face of the firebox...:icon_frustrated:

silly silly mistake but I suppose that's what happens when your hurrying things along......

I then had to dismantle the chassis and take to it with my Dremel to turn the motor around and drive the third axle so that's where Im at now wiring up the motor to get it mobile.:O

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I will go back and cover the build up to this point after the Hull show.

 

Darren.

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Kenton

I'm still in awe that you managed to get the chassis running at all - even more so after taking it apart and reworking it.

 

I am also surprised at the motor choice - a bit on the powerful side for this lightweight.

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Thanks Horsetan,

 

 

I'm still in awe that you managed to get the chassis running at all - even more so after taking it apart and reworking it.

 

I am also surprised at the motor choice - a bit on the powerful side for this lightweight.

 

Kenton, I did struggle a bit with the flimsy frames so I had to solder in as many frame stretchers that I could to stiffen it all up, its also no lightweight as it has 400grams of ballast alone stuffed in every nook and cranny as its expected to haul long trains.

As for the motor I'm always of the opinion of fitting the largest possible motor so that power is in abundance but along with that you also get very smooth performance, I was still working on the loco on Friday morning before leaving for Hull so it had 15mins on the rolling road to check for any problems so without ever seeing a piece of track I removed out of the box at Hull and it performed flawlessly along side the RTR stuff if not smoother and quieter with the Highlevel gearbox, very happy I was its just a shame I never completed it and painted it.

 

I'm going to have a week or two out now so I can get on with the house.

 

Darren.

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