3 1/2" electric

Update! As mentioned elsewhere, mine pulled 28 stone on 12V 80W motor

Lack of adhesion meant we had a slight assist at teh start.

Neil

In answer to your initial question I think until recently (20 yrs) standard car batteries were too big to fit in the smaller body of a 3 1/2 loco. Even in 5 inch a Class 08 needs a modern small width car battery. By the time the batteries got small enough everyone had started building 5 inch (steam) locos anyway.

Perhaps this is a way to get past all the boiler regs. go electric with electronic sound effects. Now there is a thought.

Is it possible a new class of Loco with electric propulsion hitting the rails, the boiler is a big prpoblem for modellers with small workshops and at the moment the boiler I need is over £1300 and the time scale is now 9 months.

At that cost and time scale I could well electrify the steam loco, what do you think ?

I am after all a realist, not a purist.

Clive

Neil, Andy .... wot about a construction article for ME (With drawings etc)

I would like a 3 1/2 electric, so I can run while I am building my steamer (and waiting for the boiler)

Dave

Hi Dave,

I exchanged emails with David Clark a couple of months back and he's interested in an article on D604. I have drawings, but they are working ones I need to tidy up and dimension, a fair chunk of text..

I don't plan to do an absolute beginner's article, I will aim it at folks with basic turning and milling skills. This means not many photos of setups, mostly of components and stages in the build.

I spent about £100, but that was with a donated motor and batteries (from a fire alarm) and the luck of a big sheet of ~1mm brass in stock for the platework.

problem is I got distracted from finishing the windows on Sunday, and ended up drawing out a general arrangement for D707 and 0-6-0 in 7 1/4" gauge. My working name is "The Beast"

Neil

I look forward to seeing it

hi all first post a long ol time......... good to c my post is still alive, iv jus got my 3 1/2" electric back down from the shelf to finish............... its now become a very personal and emotional build i lost my nan to a very intense cancer in january and this loco is being named after her as it was my nan who allways took me to the minuture railway and sparked my interest in this subject so now im on a mission to complete the model and name her Mavis,

il get sum pics of the finished model up as soon as its done

atb mikey