Hi 28ten,

 

nice one!

 

These MOK kits do take some beating don't they? I'm getting more and more drawn into getting the 4MT tank every time I see one of their models.

 

regards

 

Mike

Yes they art top notch. The 4mt isn't a favourite, but I can't resist a good kit! And now I have seen the 8f.....

Is it safe to assume that other S7 folk could buy said etches from you?

 

A 14xx on a two coach parcels from Paddington? There truly is a prototype for everything!

 

 

Regards

 

Dan

indeed so,but the only problem is that they have other stuff on as well. In retrospect I would add a couple of other items to it.

That's a real beauty, and the bolts on the boiler clamp (or is it a tank support?) really do add something.

btw, shouldn't there be a couple of 'boiler' bands on the firebox? I mention it because they should go underneath that angle piece between the firebox and tank (see this photo

Nick

That's a real beauty, and the bolts on the boiler clamp (or is it a tank support?) really do add something.

 

btw, shouldn't there be a couple of 'boiler' bands on the firebox? I mention it because they should go underneath that angle piece between the firebox and tank (see this photo

 

Nick

Yes, Well spotted, there should be boiler bands! I prefer to add them at the painting stage, using a thin waterslide cut into a strip.

Super work on the 14xx, the MOK kit is on my list to buy some day.

Have you got a picture of how you suspended the trailing axle?

Have you got a picture of how you suspended the trailing axle?

Ill see what i can do later. But initially I used springing, but I reverted to the rocking axle :icon_wow: supplied in the kit, mainly because I was finding it very hard to balance the loco, and I had a secondary problem of removing the trailing wheelset. Both problems are solveable but in the end I went with the easiest solution, bearing in mind I also intend to use a split axle for the trailing wheelset, in the hope that it will improve performance.

Do you mean balance (as in weight distribution) or getting the loco level?

Do you mean balance (as in weight distribution) or getting the loco level?

Weight distribution, as you probably know 0-4-2s and 0-4-4s are a bit of a pig in that respect as i said it's not insurmountable with some form of springing, it would take more experimentation. I think the key is much stiffer springing on the trailing axle.

The apportioning of weight between the coupled wheels and the trailing axle will not be affected by how the trailing axle is suspended (whether on a solid central rocker or a set of springs). Trailing wheel springs will of course deflect under their portion of the weight, so should ideally be adjustable to keep the CSB, and hence the chassis, level. (The same argument, in principle, applies a solid rocker.) I agree about the desirability of stiffer springing on the trailing axle of an 0-4-2 - this provides good roll stability to the loco, and allowing softer springing on the coupled axles to optimise their equalisation.