Hi Guys,
I wonder whether anyone has done anything about this? I didn't like the forward slope of the boiler. Not only did the smokebox appear to be raised too much, the front (coupler) on my loco seemed about 1/8 inch too low when compared with other scale models:
After a closer look at the articulated engine, I noticed that the smokebox end might be lowered as follows:
A new block was milled from mild steel to lift the front:
The smokebox saddle had to be re-worked with much smaller plungers:
The result is a boiler that's as level as I wanted it to be - the horizontal lines on the cutting mat my wife uses for her quilting provided the benchmark:
Although the space beneath the smokebox iis now crammed like on the prototype, the articulated motion is not hampered. Here's a photo of a run on my test track with a radius of 9 feet:
Cheers
Michael
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I wonder whether anyone has done anything about this? I didn't like the forward slope of the boiler. Not only did the smokebox appear to be raised too much, the front (coupler) on my loco seemed about 1/8 inch too low when compared with other scale models:






Michael
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