that last picture is out of place,it is the near side of the far *****ula, the two bridges by the waterfall is narrow gasuge under construction, some of my rocks there too.
Bill Nelson
Bill Nelson
sign1and nary a deezel in sight!!! I think the plot is working. Long live steam!!!!!
It's nice to hear from you, this place has been kind of dead lately. Looking forward to see what you have been up to. I posted some updated pics of my Mill project. I kind of feel like there going into the wind on this forum. Where is everybody at?.
The 2-6-6-2 was greatly improved, but still needs work. It was very weak I'm not sure if it was the lead and trailing truck springs or the wipers.
I found some much finer phospor bronze wire, and may completly re do the truck wipers, and re do the rail sliders to the insulated side. It will take some study. In any case I believe I screwed up buying this locomotive, by the time I add the cost of the bad sounding MRC sound decoder to the locomotive I'm 50-60 $ away from the cost of another Proto 2000 USRA 0-6-0, which runs beter , has better detailing, sounds better, and can handle the bad track and poor electrical conditions @ the club flawlessly.
Bill Nelson
Hi Sumpter,What I found with the Mantua 2-6-6-2, was:
It needed a can motor.
It needed universal drive couplings, vice the flex tube.
It got metal wheels in the pilot, and trailing trucks (for increased electrical pickup......mine was a tank type loco)
Mine finally got a tender added, but haven't wired it in yet. When that is done, I should have no problems with electrical. The cab, and saddle tank are from MDC, the tender is also an MDC kit.
When Model Power bought Mantua, they said they were going to make some improvements, sounds like they tried.mine has a can motor, flywheels, and universals out of the box.
Thanks! It was a fun conversion, runs well, and yes it does look good!:mrgreen:That is a really nice picture. Beautiful engine!!!!