Stevelewis Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 As I have become involved with a 7mm layout under construction in a limited space and which has a sharpish curve ( or 3) Does anyone know what the wheelbase of the Tower brass 1361 tank loco is? Or what its minimum traversable radius is likely to be? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter220950 Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 Steve, Allow me to give a perfect Politicians answer, I don't own a Tower Pannier, and don't know the answer to your questions, but will give the answer to a different set of questions instead, in the hope you won't notice! If the Tower 1361 is to anything like scale it will resemble closely my kitbuilt 1367, in which case wheelbase should be 77mm or thereabouts. Mine has little side play in the rods, as the short wheelbase and outside cylinders don't allow much room, so I'm guessing that the Tower RTR isn't going to significantly differ in its abilities. The short wheelbase of the prototype, designed for sharp curves, translates into very sharp radii in model terms, it happily runs around my shelf test track. which is very tight So I don't think it's going to be a problem in any Industrial setting, more likely is the prospect of buffer locking, my Dapol Terrier also traverses this 50cm corner, but won't push a wagon unless it has large buffer heads, so I think that's more likely to be the limiting factor, you might need to discretely pop a thin wire behind the buffer heads, or something similar. I know it didn't answer your question, but hope it helps a little, Peter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevelewis Posted May 10, 2016 Author Share Posted May 10, 2016 Thanks Peter I have not been involved in 0 gauge for some years now when I was the curves used were quite large, so no problems occurred, good job really because the majority of my locos were on the large side! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevelewis Posted May 12, 2016 Author Share Posted May 12, 2016 Well the 1361 arrived today, I am happy to report that it will run on sharp radius curves around 3'6" the wheel base is 77mm All that remains now id to digitize and paint it!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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