George, I plan on getting it on the club layout in Las Cruces in the next week or so. I will post YT vid when I get it. Oh BTW, as I go back to work on my GS-1 project, I am also going to make a whaleback tender for the CF using this old coilcar : Yay or nay ??
Somebody said " no video, it didn't happen ". Here she is in action. I am happy with the performance even with dirty track and the need to tweak some cv's. Hope you enjoy !
Thanks Alan, you are a steam guy so I will tell a quick story. Wednesday when I test ran it I thought I was running on less than clean track. When I got her home I was running on my circular program track and found it has 3 problems. two of them were my guesses as potential issues. The tender was too close to the boiler deck that caused a bind on some curves. The lead truck was not getting a full swing on curves. Those 2 were easy to fix, I think. The 3rd problem was the #1 engine on the Bachmann chassis was locking up. Not good. I put on my extra eyes, lit some extra lamps and found what I think is/was the issue. I found the pin on the #1 axle on fireman's side had come out of hole enough that it was jamming up the works. I used some small needle nose pliers but pin would not go back in so I took my Exacto with #11 blade and screwed it back in. The thing ran quite a while but that darned pin will probably back out again. I will have to watch it closely, as I vaguely remember that being a problem with this B'mann loco. Gosh, talking about it makes me feel better. Be well !
That was a good find! I seem to remember that mine had a pin issue once, too. But it has been a while. Steam seems to get a bad rap, but it is usually easily fixed with a tad bit of troubleshooting and patience. Fun stuff!
It is I again, your friendly PITA with another short 1.5 minute YT video. I wanted to show that it is running well and staying on the tracks ( tender was too close to loco causing a bind on curves ), also to show the firebox which I think is too bright. I have it programmed for the #2 setting. I guess I'll have to cover the side of the LED with paint and direct the glow more downward. Any thoughts ? ? Also you will note one of my other EM-1 bashes in foreground. Yes, it needs some loving attention but will have to wait as I am bashing a new one. Thank you for looking. Be well !
Looks good Carl As for the firebox light...like you said... 1.) adjust the CV. 2.) some black paint on the sides of the led should do wonders. Another great Bash Carl....
Really turned out nice! I like the firebox flicker a lot but George has a good idea there about a little black paint on the sides of the LED. Using the coil car as a start for a whaleback tender sounds interesting
freddy_fo, I like to pull the CMX with any loco that I am programming, especially trying to speed match. I am sure it is not necessary but rather just one of my screwy ideas. Thanks to all for the likes. Especially appreciated ! ! !
It's a great way to test it's load hauling ability. I have only a few locos that can haul one of those by themselves.
Inkaneer, I used the EM-1 tender trucks. I can not answer your other question as I do not know if cabforwards used the same as an EM-1. This CF is a foobie coming out of my imagination and is not an attempt to model an SP loco. As info, I made no changes to the B'mann chassis or boiler except for one. I milled out the backhead in order to slip the decoder in. Thanks for asking !
Carl, your latest vid of the EM1 hauling the boxcars just came up in my feed. Boy does that look good! The firebox illumination is a nice touch.
Thanks f_f. For those who have not seen my "final" posting regarding this bash, here it is. Hope you enjoy: In this video, she was pulling one Aztec Track Star rail polisher, 15 boxcars, and one caboose. I think it would have taken another 15 boxes and without the rail polisher probably 20-25 additional cars. While rails are cleaned for our Fair show coming up, I may push the limits just for fun. The inclines are both 2%.