One of the things I learned with last year's event is that I need to do rigorous testing earlier in the build. Very agile development in philosophy. With today's test I discovered that my pilot trucks cannot withstand high speeds. I also found some other minor tweaks were needed in the connection to the tender and that the main drivers tend to slip on the ME models curves. On the positive side, this will run at good speed with the full weight of the train behind it and the locomotive design is lightweight and durable, having survived several high-speed derailments (#455 by contrast is rather explodey.) The far curve is R104, the near curve is R88.
Friday, August 28, 2015
Glory Days 2015: D-16
One of the things I learned with last year's event is that I need to do rigorous testing earlier in the build. Very agile development in philosophy. With today's test I discovered that my pilot trucks cannot withstand high speeds. I also found some other minor tweaks were needed in the connection to the tender and that the main drivers tend to slip on the ME models curves. On the positive side, this will run at good speed with the full weight of the train behind it and the locomotive design is lightweight and durable, having survived several high-speed derailments (#455 by contrast is rather explodey.) The far curve is R104, the near curve is R88.
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