Utter madness - and I love it! Inspiring in the larger scale as usual. G is even bigger, but I'm treating it like a toy rather than a finescale model. This is something else!

Hello

I have been following this and it really does look amazing. I dont remember them being rack engines though

Seriously though, is that gear going to cause problems? It looks awfully low to me.

Missy

I dont remember them being rack engines though :PSeriously though, is that gear going to cause problems? It looks awfully low to me.Missy

You're not supposed to look at it that closely! The traction motor is currently missing its torque reaction arms, so it has dropped down to rest on the gear. The gear is a bit of a problem, but not in the way it looks in the photo above, in as much as I've miscalculated the clearance between the reduction gear and the bogies crossmember - there isn't any! So, I'll have to modify the crossmember by cutting a slot in it for the gear to pass through it.

James & Simon, thanks for the encouragement! It's proving a challenge, but I am still enjoying it.