Regards,
David Head
The sleeves provide a very generous bearing surface. Rather than enlarge their inner diameter, would it be better to shorten the sleeves?They're only 3mm long and quite hard, so a bit tricky to hold while you're cutting them (or boring them out like I suggested doing with a clock brooch, so I gave up). You could replace them with a ring of brass 1mm long or less.
I think someone should try this first & let me know how they get on.
Running the wheels on a steel rule- the centre wheel turns erratically, better than on my track (A silly question but, what are the axles made from? metal/brass or a plastic type? If plastic type such as delrin, which is supposed to be a lubricating help but, can also bend and cause resistance, thing is the problem seems to be on the single axle, middle one?) but it doesn't turn consistently.
5910- good luck. I want all the pickups to be working, guess I'll just have to avert my eyes from that part of the engine's anatomy.
Axles are steel.Running the wheels on a steel rule- the centre wheel turns erratically, better than on my track (A silly question but, what are the axles made from? metal/brass or a plastic type? If plastic type such as delrin, which is supposed to be a lubricating help but, can also bend and cause resistance, thing is the problem seems to be on the single axle, middle one?) but it doesn't turn consistently.
5910- good luck. I want all the pickups to be working, guess I'll just have to avert my eyes from that part of the engine's anatomy.
Back to the drawing board then on that.Might not make one iota of difference but worth a try.I tried that and it didn't make one iota of difference.
When I started trying to fix this my idea was to get some springing above the middle wheelset to force it into contact with the rail. I thought there'd be room between the bearing sleeves & chassis to get a small piece of spring brass from an ordinary Kadee coupler box spring. But not so, it jammed the centre wheelset down hard on the rail so it acted as a pivot, allowing the tender to rock up & down on it.won't springing force the tender's other 2 wheel off the track, maybe forcing you to add weight to conteract the spring, and then adding tot he load the loco can pull ?
But I reckon that springing might be the way to go. This would mean carving material from the chassis to allow spring material to fit between it & the bearings.
My engine's in the paintshop right now, so I won't be doing anything about this for a while.
Well this says something if the tender is identical for both then maybe both locos will or have the same problem so it might be better for whoever owns the tender tools to have or get a redesign done to cure the problem. Now to ask the big question if the tender is identical to the Ixion 32 class has any one who has a 6 wheeled tender on their 32 had the same problem though and if not, then why is only the C30T affected and not the Ixion 32 class. This does need asking though.So who's bought one?Neither of those models, best compared to the Ixion 32 Class as that basically what it is...well this time as a C30T
For us more distant prospective buyers, how does it rate - is at an SR 10 or an Austrains 36?
The tender is an Ixion 32 Class 6 wheeler, identical inside and out.
Loco is possibly a little heavier than the 32 and has a cab roof light as an extra.
Running characteristics similar the the 32.
It will basically suits those who are more interested in price.
If you go back to page 4 there is a post from Oscar that has clear photos of the problem area.I have an Ixion 32 with a 6 wheel tender. The problems are identical.I don't suppose anyone could post a nice, clear photo of the underneath of the tender? After all, a picture says 1,000 words.
I, for one, am curious.
Allan Brown
In regards to both the model and real 30T, can anyone enlighten me as to what the two 'screw car jack' looking things are that appear on some locos (and not others) on the running board directly over the cylinders.They are indeed "screw car jacks" - big screw jacks to help with re-railing after a mishap etc. I know they are (or at least were) on 3001 when she was running around in preservation times.
I'm very interested in this thread as I got one recently. Wombat Modelsalso numbered it for me, thankyou so much. It was a present to me after my near death experiance in WaggaWagga BaseHospital in November.Well, best wishes for a speedy recovery so you can open your new treasure.
The model is unopened for now, awaiting a DCC decoder, and since I'm currently in the Austin Hospital for a seperate issue, still have to wait.
Regards,
David Head
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