GWR bird class - on with the fiddly stuff
Entry posted by Barry Ten
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As mentioned in the comments to the previous entry, I found that the way I'd put in the motor gearbox resulted in smoother running in reverse than forward. It might have run-in but not willing to take a chance, I bit the bullet and swapped the gearbox from driving on the rear to the front axle, and after some predictable faffing around, was very pleased with the outcome. The loco's now dead smooth at all speed in forward, and only a bit grindy in reverse gear. That's much like the City, which is super-smooth in forward mode but never gets to operate in reverse very often so is inevitably not quite as nicely run-in in that direction. My passenger locos rarely need to back-up except when I've over-shot their stopping position in the fiddle yard.
Body detailing has come on with the addition of boiler bands, handrails and so on, and I've also added the outside bogie frames. Unlike the City, arranging clearance for this loco has been dead easy because there's lot of room for those small drivers and there seems to be ample vertical play in the front bogie. The boiler, like the money in Father Ted Crilly's account, is "just resting" for the moment, but the fit of the various components is so good that it almost doesn't need fixing.
It'll soon to be time to tackle the boring bit - the tender!
(Sorry, can't get excited about tenders).
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