All,
While it took a bit longer to complete than I estimated (as usual) an RSD5 I have had for about 15 years and never run just took some laps. I just lumped it into the bad RS drive syndrome and never really gave it much thought. I bought some Overland E unit trucks with the thought of reworking a new drive. Just for a goof the other day I poked around to find the trucks were rather free. What a happy surprise. So I figured since it has a good enough for now paint job I would get some running time on it with "minimal effort". I easily popped out the original cast fan grill with my thumbs. The Des Plaines etched fan grill fits in there very well with only some very minor filing of the shell. No paint was even harmed in the process. A true 5 minute job! Instant speaker grill! 1 of the more time consuming things was making new pickup wipers. My latest modus operendi is to cut grooves in the back of the wheels and run the wipers in there. No can do here. The wheel ride rather close to the cast "block" gearbox. I had to sit and ponder more than a while. This is what I came up with. http://www.lanestrains.com/RSD_Truck.jpg That is a 0-80 nylon screw in a small bracket I soldered to the top of the sideframe. Luckily they were brass! Someone else put a nice Sagami motor in it. I knew I should have changed the "Hobbytown" driveshafts & U joints Even after a thorough lube job of the towers and U joints they are stiff, a little noisy and making it run not as well as I think it could. The zero to first move is rather abrupt. The Alco Models PRR RSD5 had antennas, but no PRR RSD5 had antennas. This shell will get swapped onto a RS3 drive at some point. I have 4 brass shells to heavily rework for the modern PRR RS3 units and the RSD5. Finally, I installed a Tsunami in the RSD5. I have really only done the basic programming up to this point. I always use the sound cam in Steam so I have not even tried to "fake" the chuff rate. Perhaps it is because of the motor or it is stiff but the top speed is pretty slow. However the Tsunami only comes up off the idle to perhaps the first or send step of RPM and stays there regardless of the engine speed. What CVs should I look at and how should I set them to make it more sensitive to the engine speed? I am not one for much momentum. I like it to stop when I want it to stop! I know that momentum or something like it has an effect of the ramping up and down of the RPM. Give the history of this loco in S I am happy it is still a viable model to run. Thank You, Bill Lane Modeling the Mighty Pennsy & PRSL in 1957 in S Scale since 1988 See my finished models at: <http://www.lanestrains.com/> http://www.lanestrains.com Look at what has been made in PRR in S Scale! Custom Train Parts Design <http://www.lanestrains.com/SolidWorks_Modeling.htm> http://www.lanestrains.com/SolidWorks_Modeling.htm PRR Builders Photos Bought, Sold & Traded (Trading is MUCH preferred) <http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRphotos.xls> http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRphotos.xls ***Join the PRR T&HS*** The other members are not ALL like me! <http://www.prrths.com/> http://www.prrths.com <http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRTHS_Application.pdf> http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRTHS_Application.pdf Join the Pennsylvania Reading Seashore Lines Historical Society It's FREE to join! <http://www.prslhs.com/> http://www.prslhs.com Preserving The Memory Of The PRSL [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
