Why would new side rods have to be made? Center-to-center on the side rods is the same as center-to-center on the axles. Think about the crankpins being at the exact top or bottom of their circles.
Charles Weston --- On Sat, 12/22/12, Robert Lampe <[email protected]> wrote: From: Robert Lampe <[email protected]> Subject: RE: {S-Scale List} Re: The Y3 To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Date: Saturday, December 22, 2012, 1:44 PM Changing hi-rail wheels for scale in a diesel wouldn't be so bad but it would seem to me that the drivers on a steamer would present a problem. The side rods would have to be made anew in order to fit unless the drivers tire diameter itself were of a scale diameter to begin with. When i was in HO a lot of foreign imports used high flanges on the wheels this presented a problem when running on code 70 rail which was the norm back then for scale appearance. the flanges rode on top of the ties so a lot of guys who had the means turned the flanges or else bought custom drivers or replaced wheels with those that had smaller flanges. To: [email protected] From: [email protected] Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2012 17:14:39 +0000 Subject: {S-Scale List} Re: The Y3 I bet Jim Kindraka has experience in this and can explain. Brian Jackson --- In [email protected], "Brian Jackson" <brian__jackson@...> wrote: > > Bob, > > I'm pretty sure even brass locos designed for Code 110 operation from the > outset use larger spacing between drivers than the prototype. So maybe there > is already built-in slack? > > Brian Jackson >
