Re: Dunitrong Locomotive Works
Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2018 11:21 am
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It's looking good Richard. I do like the varnished wood effect.metalmuncher wrote: ↑Wed Jun 29, 2022 10:08 pm
The wheels have a slight wobble but the quartering is easy and strong, seems to be working OK.
As you found out, superglue is useless as a retaining compound. I use Loctite 601 for fitting metal wheels to axles on live steamers, but I've no experience of using it with plastic wheels. The current equivalent is Loctite 609, I think.metalmuncher wrote: ↑Wed Jun 29, 2022 10:08 pm the idea was to hold the wheels with superglue, but it wasn't very strong and was difficult to keep everything free. The slightest knock and the quartering could go.
Plastic wheels won't be helping traction, but lumps of metal for the cab control panel and drivers seat will sit over the power bogie and should do the job.metalmuncher wrote: ↑Wed Jun 29, 2022 10:08 pm So that's where we're up to today, tested ok pushing one of the coaches up the section of track clear of vegetation, just needs a bit more traction, some lead weights might help.
I tried this once, using the resin printer rather than FDM, and wasn't over happy. The resin is a bit paler grey than many filaments, and the black is only crudely applied, but it doesn't look realistic to my eyes.
The light grey looks more like aluminium than steel. In the distant past there were aluminium wheels avaiIable in HO, which were all I could get at the time. They looked awful and I rapidly changed to blackened brass........