Screwy Nick Posted May 16, 2014 Share Posted May 16, 2014 some are aspousing changing springs, stretching springs, turning special washers on a lathe, etc. I will demonste here and on two other forums and how to do it for a cost of $ 2.36 and a drop or two of sweat. A piece of pipe made to fit into the smoke box was just enough weight to make the front springs much more responsive. I disconnected the R/C so I can run it faster than I usually would, and to make it even more fun the track was wet as it is raining. The locomotive barely rocked where it used to before and I ran it faster than I would normally. Its so much easier to purchase something than fashion it yourself, not to mention the feeling of achevement. Thank you Ray for a place for me to vent. Stay Well nick jr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Posted May 17, 2014 Share Posted May 17, 2014 Well now just how ingenious is that mod??!! I never would of thought of that... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Screwy Nick Posted May 17, 2014 Author Share Posted May 17, 2014 Chuck, thank you for the compliment. Now to build some cars for it to pull around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Screwy Nick Posted May 17, 2014 Author Share Posted May 17, 2014 A follow up on yesterday's in the rain test. attached a car that I built using the Ozark Miniatures specs and changed the size to 1:13.7. It ran flawlessly fwd and rev with the trailing car, so i am very happy with that. So as much as I disliked the Link and Pin couplers provided, they were just fine. I previously took the specs of the Ozark flat car and duplicated it in 1:13.7, was sadly informed there was not such thing. WELL DO DA Now I am going to down load the specs of the Ozark Combine and build one of my own. As it's always stated, My RR, do what I want. DO DA again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 Being looking forward to seeing your results...which btw I know will be great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Screwy Nick Posted May 21, 2014 Author Share Posted May 21, 2014 I guess I never posted about the first 1:20 flat car I built, didn't even go 12" before the front wheels fell off, no kidding. Grateful that the locomotive was within arm's reach, was happy to stop it right then. I still laugh at that one. But that won't happen again, MAYBE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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