[REAL] New Chinese loco for the UK

alanch · Post by **alanch** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 10:50 am

And a chime whistle as well! Music to my ears.

Alan

CaptainBazza · Post by **CaptainBazza** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 11:49 am

Yes, it sounded great.

One youtube clip of the Toy Train has a whistle blast too, very musical.

CaptainBazza · Post by **CaptainBazza** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 11:53 am

The driving wheels have 2 small oval holes in them i think.

Oh great, I just love boolean cuts!

(No alphas for this lad.)

CaptainBazza · Post by **CaptainBazza** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 5:02 am

Any ideas on the track gauge I should use, so I can correctly scale the loco?

Cheers Bazza

kevmt · Post by **kevmt** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 9:21 am

CaptainBazza wrote:Any ideas on the track gauge I should use, so I can correctly scale the loco?

Cheers Bazza

Why not make it to 2x scale, so that it would work on the Ffestiniog route? The track gauge would then, effectively, be 2ft 4.5" which is not that far off 2ft 6". You could then use SFM to scale it down to run on truescale routes as well. (Or Vice versa, of course)

Kevin

jefran · Post by **jefran** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 5:13 pm

Looking at the photographs, I rather suspect that there are spokes in them there wheels - though none of the drawings I have is sufficiently detailed to be sure

Frsimplex1993 · Post by **Frsimplex1993** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 7:27 pm

I can post detail shots taken today later! Acording to what is in the air around the works, the loco is to be re-gauged. It's smaller than it looks in the photos.

jefran · Post by **jefran** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 9:01 pm

It ceratinly isn't that big for a 2ft gauge 0-8-0, smaller than the one briefly imported from Germany in the early 1970s, and smaller than the Welshpool Sir Drefaldwyn

CaptainBazza · Post by **CaptainBazza** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 6:25 am

I can post detail shots taken today later!

Yes, please FRS. Once I've finished some outstanding projects (tinkering/tweaking) and started on an Aussie 0 4 2T tank, I might do "Little Chu Chu" in tandem.

I just hope that "chu" isn't something 'naughty' in Chinese.

CaptainBazza · Post by **CaptainBazza** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 5:11 am

I started the project last night while you were napping, and I have the drivers and frames done, plus the cab sides. The only drawing I have shows the right side elevation only so I'm not sure of the o/a width, but in the video shots she looks tall and skinny. What sort of clearances would be usual for this type of locomotive? I guess the cab must be about six feet to six ft six in wide?

The huge space under the unsupported boiler looks strange at first. (No support brackets.)

Cheers Bazza

CaptainBazza · Post by **CaptainBazza** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 10:34 am

I have a 'development shape' working in the sim. Too early for screenshots. I'm not so happy with the cab, so more work there. Boiler seems okay, stack okay, dome okay, but it's early tweaking daze.

Cheers Bazza

CaptainBazza · Post by **CaptainBazza** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 12:06 pm

Early days, not pleased with the cab! 23.5in drivers. All temporary texures.

Cheers Bazza

jefran · Post by **jefran** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 12:46 pm

I have an end elevation if it is any use.

Tonysmedley · Post by **Tonysmedley** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 5:05 pm

As an outsidce framed loco of relatively small size, there is vEry little scope for regaugIng to a smaller track.

Tony

CaptainBazza · Post by **CaptainBazza** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 4:09 am

I have an end elevation if it is any use.

Yes, please, that's missing from my drawing.

Thanks n cheers Bazza

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