Thanks! I'm really hoping it'll sound ok. It might be more speaker than the decoder will handle. Guess we'll find out. If that solution doesn't work, I've got a few fall backs that will also sound great
Your new parts are very well thought out. As for the weights, I've always thought that putting a chunk of lead in the front part of the boiler was always a bad choice if you were concerned about balance at all. What you're doing out of necessity, by cutting up the weight and putting part of it towards to back, will result in a better balanced, more efficient running locomotive. With most steam locos, the motor is farther back but I've always thought that just reducing the size of the front weight and sticking weights to the inside of the boiler farther back would help with balance. Just putting a weight in front always struck me as kind of a lazy solution.
@@jefflynnalex 100% agree. I've got room to play, I'm planning on actually putting the front and back driver on the scale and getting them close to equal.
I have an O-scale 2-rail 4-4-0 with a cast boiler and near-scale flanges. The weigh of the boiler is so far forward that the loco derails constantly. I finally milled out the boiler barrel significantly. No it tracks well but I lost a third of the pulling capacity.
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Thank you for sharing. Nice update, coming along nicely.👍
I absolutely love the plate glass surface on your workspace. I am definitely going to do the same! Thanks.
@@DavidBarnkow thanks! It's just something I took off an old TV stand
I'm excited to see how this goes
😅 if I completely flop on this one it'll be for all of RUclips to see.
Things are really starting to take shape, fantastic!
Awesome that you're even doing some of the back head detail. I'm sure it'll look fantastic
Yeah. It won't be much. Just enough that you look in and see... something
Wow you have done a lot of work and it shows...
Wow, I can't wait for the next video. Looking forward to hearing that speaker.
Thanks! I'm really hoping it'll sound ok. It might be more speaker than the decoder will handle. Guess we'll find out. If that solution doesn't work, I've got a few fall backs that will also sound great
Looking forward to seeing and hearing the final product!
I kinda want to test it on the EE&E. That's a lot of intense trackwork - if it can handle that, I've definitely achieved goal.
@ EE&E? Is there a RUclips video?
@@leehanna4929 😆 Dale's layout.
Bless you! Looking forward to the engines inaugural run.
Me too! 😅
I’m extremely impressed!
Thank you!
It is going to turn out great!
😅appreciate the support
@bessemerlakeerieinhoscale6061 Thank you for sharing so we can follow along!
It looks as though everything fits together beautifully. Can't wait for your next video to see the transformation!
Thank you!! 😊
Your new parts are very well thought out. As for the weights, I've always thought that putting a chunk of lead in the front part of the boiler was always a bad choice if you were concerned about balance at all. What you're doing out of necessity, by cutting up the weight and putting part of it towards to back, will result in a better balanced, more efficient running locomotive. With most steam locos, the motor is farther back but I've always thought that just reducing the size of the front weight and sticking weights to the inside of the boiler farther back would help with balance. Just putting a weight in front always struck me as kind of a lazy solution.
@@jefflynnalex 100% agree. I've got room to play, I'm planning on actually putting the front and back driver on the scale and getting them close to equal.
I have an O-scale 2-rail 4-4-0 with a cast boiler and near-scale flanges. The weigh of the boiler is so far forward that the loco derails constantly. I finally milled out the boiler barrel significantly. No it tracks well but I lost a third of the pulling capacity.