In the model, the housing on top of the deck is the mechanism that allows the rear truck to slide from side to side to accommodate sharper curves. I made sure that the details won't restrict this motion, although with my relatively broad curves it wasn't likely to be a problem. The wires are from the Kato passenger truck used to provide extra pickups for the motor. At some point in the future I might replace the truck with something more prototypical, but for now I will keep it as it's hard to see anyway.
Saturday, August 3, 2019
More forney details
July was a typically slow summer modeling month, but I found some time to detail the rear deck of the forney. In addition to the stirrups and other details, I added 1x2 trim around the top edge to make it look like the deck overhangs the frame, as on the prototype locomotives:
In the model, the housing on top of the deck is the mechanism that allows the rear truck to slide from side to side to accommodate sharper curves. I made sure that the details won't restrict this motion, although with my relatively broad curves it wasn't likely to be a problem. The wires are from the Kato passenger truck used to provide extra pickups for the motor. At some point in the future I might replace the truck with something more prototypical, but for now I will keep it as it's hard to see anyway.
In the model, the housing on top of the deck is the mechanism that allows the rear truck to slide from side to side to accommodate sharper curves. I made sure that the details won't restrict this motion, although with my relatively broad curves it wasn't likely to be a problem. The wires are from the Kato passenger truck used to provide extra pickups for the motor. At some point in the future I might replace the truck with something more prototypical, but for now I will keep it as it's hard to see anyway.
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