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2 Foot gauge tractor loco in 1/16th scale

Started by Chuck Doan, March 02, 2015, 06:42:29 PM

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Chuck Doan



Here is the brake (items in green). The ball end attaches to the Fordson steering arm. Only one wheel was used.






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finescalerr


Chuck Doan

Thanks Russ!

Here is the rigging connected up.






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lab-dad

That is not a brake. it is what i would call a "slow" maybe!

Marty

Chuck Doan

"They're most important to me. Most important. All the little details." -Joseph Cotten, Shadow of a Doubt





http://public.fotki.com/ChuckDoan/model_projects/

finescalerr

Those drawings are so good, why bother to build it? -- Russ

danpickard

I have trouble managing inertia on model locomotives.  I imagine that thing is much the same when you leave your trust in just one shoe :)

Cheers,
Dan

Chuck Doan

Dan, I like the weirdness often found on homemade equipment. Must have worked since these lasted into the mid-sixties in use. What is unknown is how many drivers quit after their first run. :o

Russ, why aren't we satisfied just taking pictures of trains, etc. Many people are. Why do we have to build a miniature of them too?

I have no idea, I'm just glad we do.
"They're most important to me. Most important. All the little details." -Joseph Cotten, Shadow of a Doubt





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TRAINS1941

Chuck your drawings are as good as your models or those real life buildings you do.


I have no idea, I'm just glad we do.  Amen Chuck.

Jerry
Why isn't there mouse-flavored cat food?
George Carlin

billmart

Thanks for tracking down the brake info, Chuck.  Now that I see where it's located and what it looks like, I can see parts of the apparatus in the photos I have.  I've looked at those photos many times and never realized I was looking at some of the brake linkage.

Bill Martinsen

danpickard

Chuck, being the stickler for detail that you are, I think the steering wheel needs to be modelled as slightly out of shape, pulled out a bit in one spot, and have finger nail marks pitted into the grip, from where each driver would have encountered that "STOP, STOP, STOoooooOP" moment of the days work  ;D

Cheers,
Dan

Chuck Doan

Hee hee, good idea Dan.  Interestingly, one of the locos currently has a bashed in front.

Thanks Jerry!

Bill, I am glad I contacted them and they were so nice to take the pics for a nutty modeler.
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Chuck Doan



I wasn't planning to build the canopy, but I am having second thoughts. Would only add 6 to 9 months to the build.




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billmart

Chuck -
The canopy adds a lot to the quirky good looks of this unique critter.  I'd say it would be well worth the extra months of effort.  ;D

Bill Martinsen

Scratchman

Chuck...I'm with Bill all the way. The canopy will add a lot of interest to this little loco.

Gordon Birrell

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