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I pretty much felt that way until I saw my first Kato 11-108/9 chassis. They put one side of the 4-wheel chassis (with end-axle pickups) on a lever side, the other side is fixed. It's so simple. And it equalizes contact. And it works. And it's reliable. Mind you, I did my trackmobile on an 11-103 chassis and had to add a fake scale test car just for electrical pickup as it was so poor, so yeah, normally, that's a huge problem.No that's not an 0-6-0 chassis, I'm just saying that they solved the problem with that design. It's a forehead-slap if there ever was one.So the problem then evolves over to wheelbase, and if the wheebase is long enough to bridge insulated frogs. Well, with powered frogs, you can get by that.
Trying to get this T-TRAK single into the home stretch before the Cordele Railfest this Saturday, but there’s so much left to do!
It looks like the buildings are very close to the edge of the road. Can cars even fit between the gas pumps and building?
Having just started messing with T-TRAK myself, I'm learning that the depth of a standard module is frighteningly small, so I'm guessing this was a a practical accommodation, not a deliberate design choice.
A standard set of modules will fit on a table. It really adds to the ease of setup and cuts the space needed by the show organizers.
What I was thinking is that given the fat diameter of the boiler on a fireless loco , and if cast in metal , would that weight be significant enough to preclude the use of traction tires for that added benefit of conductivity? Not expecting it to pull more than 6 cars on the flat so the motor can remain thin . Would that added weight and 6 possible wheels if PU work ? And as you said the wheel base must > than frog , as well as the frog must not suspend the lead or trailing axle .
Seems to me to be just about the ideal set up for a three axle steam switcher... weight, enough room for a small decoder and a small keep alive. With a good mech, fireless and tank engine shells could be interchanged by a manufacturer to provide two different options.
Fireless 0-6-0 loco is already available in N scale. Made by Liliput (IIRC, one of Bachmann brands).Unlikely to have any sort of equalized driver suspension.https://www.dm-toys.de/en/product-details/Liliput_L161003.html
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Pete,You certainly have a knack for locating obscure European models.Although I have collected and sold the HO and HOe Scale Austrian manufactured (i.e., pre-Bachmann acquisition) line of Liliput models in the past, Bachmann/Liliput's entry into the N-Scale market is news to me.
There are plenty of ways around that though. Most shows I've been to have used double rows of tables. Or, and this is a unique way to solve the problem, just balance any "deep" modules you make with something narrow: a 6" deep thing that just has the tracks and maybe some bushes. I haven't done that, but I've thought about it.
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