7/8ths" Scale - Extreme Load

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Chris Bird

Steam,gardening, photography
Hi folks
Having made a couple of the 16mm scale well wagons from Swift Sixteen, I thought I would try them out in 7/8th" scale. Double heading manual locos on the limit, where one is geared, made for quite a challenge - so the film is short!
You can see it here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y31yPQiuTis and on my website news page as usual Cheers Chris
 
Chuffing luverly Chris, the well wagons do look the business
 
I thought there was an impression of some wheeslip on the leading loco (Millie?) in places.
Jane makes a great load though!
 
Thanks Bram - and more than an impression of slipping, Rob, she was slipping for a lot of the time! She really found her feet in the going away shot at around 2 minutes.

I started off with two Mamods on board but that was too much. "Lizzie" is seriously heavy as that footplate is 2.5mm steel!
Cheers
Chris
 
Wonderful that, Chris. Really like your layout and the locos and wagons and figures. I could almost smell the steak and kidney pie above the soots.
 
Great video love the well wagons :thumbup:
 
Excellent vid as usual :thumbup:

I was particularly impressed with the 'chuff' at the end - it sounded wonderful. Any ideas why it turned out so well Chris?
 
Thanks guys - and yes Beavercreek - a steak and kidney pie would have gone down well yesterday!

Tom - that is a good question - and the answer is probably luck!

It is a standard size chuffer but extended to put the slot a third of the way up the tall chimney. That part of the railway is almost flat so the Vincent would have managed a reasonable speed and probably acted as a brake for the Millie. When the Vincent struggled on the gradients, then Millie slipped, but when the balance was just right we got that measured slow chuff. It is also interesting is that when the loco slips, there is effectively no load so the sound is less distinct.

I guess it demonstrates how a brake or inertia wagon could be used to adjust the chuff - especially on R/C where you have control of the regulator.

Cheers
Chris
 
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