2 Foot gauge tractor loco in 1/16th scale

[Chuck Doan]

Here is the brake (items in green). The ball end attaches to the Fordson steering arm. Only one wheel was used.

[finescalerr]

Outstanding. Thanks, Chuck! -- Russ

[Chuck Doan]

Thanks Russ!

Here is the rigging connected up.

[lab-dad]

That is not a brake. it is what i would call a "slow" maybe!

Marty

[Chuck Doan]

It's not even much of a parking brake!

[finescalerr]

Those drawings are so good, why bother to build it? -- Russ

[danpickard]

I have trouble managing inertia on model locomotives.  I imagine that thing is much the same when you leave your trust in just one shoe

Cheers,
Dan

[Chuck Doan]

Dan, I like the weirdness often found on homemade equipment. Must have worked since these lasted into the mid-sixties in use. What is unknown is how many drivers quit after their first run.

Russ, why aren't we satisfied just taking pictures of trains, etc. Many people are. Why do we have to build a miniature of them too?

I have no idea, I'm just glad we do.

[TRAINS1941]

Chuck your drawings are as good as your models or those real life buildings you do.


I have no idea, I'm just glad we do.  Amen Chuck.

Jerry

[billmart]

Thanks for tracking down the brake info, Chuck.  Now that I see where it's located and what it looks like, I can see parts of the apparatus in the photos I have.  I've looked at those photos many times and never realized I was looking at some of the brake linkage.

Bill Martinsen

[danpickard]

Chuck, being the stickler for detail that you are, I think the steering wheel needs to be modelled as slightly out of shape, pulled out a bit in one spot, and have finger nail marks pitted into the grip, from where each driver would have encountered that "STOP, STOP, STOoooooOP" moment of the days work 

Cheers,
Dan

[Chuck Doan]

Hee hee, good idea Dan.  Interestingly, one of the locos currently has a bashed in front.

Thanks Jerry!

Bill, I am glad I contacted them and they were so nice to take the pics for a nutty modeler.

[Chuck Doan]

I wasn't planning to build the canopy, but I am having second thoughts. Would only add 6 to 9 months to the build.

[billmart]

Chuck -
The canopy adds a lot to the quirky good looks of this unique critter.  I'd say it would be well worth the extra months of effort. 

Bill Martinsen

[Scratchman]

Chuck...I'm with Bill all the way. The canopy will add a lot of interest to this little loco.

Gordon Birrell

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