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Bruce Voelkerding	26/02/2010 14:47:53
77 forum posts 7 photos	I am starting a 3-1/2" gauge Netta. I have a set of LBSC plans and a copy of the chapter on the prototype from "Locomotives Worth Modelling" by Maskelyne (?). I intend to follow the LBSC design with a couple of changes to improve the appearance. Since I live in the States, information is practically non-existent. My question is: o what is the slope of the Cylinders ? It appears LBSC's Cylinders lie more horizontal than the prototype. thanks in advance, Bruce
Ryan Norton	24/06/2010 11:17:38
199 forum posts 845 photos	Hi Bruce I think the slope is 2 degrees but Ill have to check for you. How is the build going?
Bruce Voelkerding	18/11/2010 13:57:32
77 forum posts 7 photos	Ryan, thanks for the interest. I was still hoping to find the Cylinder slope, so I put the Locomotive Frames aside. I am moving right along on the Tender. From the meager drawings I have and my layout drawing, the angle appears to be 3 degrees - but that is just by looking at photos and You Tube. Here in the States one can purchase ground, ANNEALED flat & bar stock from McMaster Carr (this industrial supply company has the best website I have ever come across - and their sales agents are very knowledgeable). This stuff is great to make the Frames and Coupling Rods as it does not distort. The coupling Rods for my 7-1/2" gauge locomotive made from this material did bend slightly (.025" bow over ~10"0.); however, I surely machined over half the weight of the material away. Bruce

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