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L&G Royal William Pt.4

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London & Greenwich Railway No.1 Royal William - Pt.4

 

RW is now painted and final tuning is underway. An issue cropped up on track testing that I had my suspicions might just be the case. It was ludicrously slow! The spur gearbox is very effective but the ratio much too high. So what to do? After staring at it for some time over a cup of tea, I decided it was possible to remove the final pair of gears and shunt the final drive gear back to take the place of the gear that drove the shaft.

 

The photo shows the removed gears which involved dismantling the box and turning down the rear spindle of the final gear on the lathe. A spacer was required to prevent the gear shunting forward and a 1/8th axle bearing was spot on.

 

There are further details to be added and the pick ups on the drivers need easing off as they give too much resistance at the moment. I was pleased with the painted wooden boiler lagging, basically Humbrol Matt 62 with Matt 160 shading and Matt 63 highlights all blended in. Good ole Matt 98 was used on the very dark seams and corners. I find that colour so useful for dirt and shadows etc. Here's the 50p shot I promised!

 

Oh, and that tender still needs to be tackled!

 

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Mikkel
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Wonderful work. I hadn't realized the loco was *that* small. Retro-fixing those gears must have required some nerve!

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Thanks Mikel,

I had two gear boxes and they weren't very much money so I thought 'if I screw this up I'll just fit the other one and not tell anyone' Thankfully it worked.

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Ian Simpson
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Marvellous work, Chris; what a superb model that is!

 

Of course I'm in awe of the engineering involved, but what I'll take away for my own coarse modelling is that recipe for the wooden lagging, which looks so realistic.  

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Thanks Ian,

Need to make a few tweaks on the pick-ups to get it running a bit better. If there are any other painting recipes you need to know, just email me...I write everything down so it's no problem to look it up.

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