Speedstor Posted January 3, 2015 Posted January 3, 2015 Having purchased the R3092 Coronation Scot set, I was surprised to find a spare font bogie set and single pai of wheels on an axle. The wheels on the spare bogie have a larger diameter than those already fitted and the spare wheel set appears to be for the Pony Truck assembly but the wheels have flanges. There doesn't appear to be any information with the set as to why these are include. Can anyone advise what these are for?
walkingthedog Posted January 3, 2015 Posted January 3, 2015 If you have a straight ish layout or only want the loco for display you can used the flanged wheels on the pony truck and the bogie with scale sized wheels.
2e0dtoeric Posted January 3, 2015 Posted January 3, 2015 As WTD said! Because the Cartuzzi (spelling?) truck doesn't move, you are supplied with flangeless wheels for it, so the loco can go round model-size corners. The larger front bogey wheels are much the same, they would foul the bodywork if you fitted them, and tried to go round a radius 2 bend.
Speedstor Posted January 3, 2015 Author Posted January 3, 2015 Thanks guys. That's a great help. It has saved me from fitting them and then having the problems you describe.
Coronation.Scot Posted January 5, 2015 Posted January 5, 2015 I have several Duchesses and use them on my club's layout. What I can say, hand on heart, is that ALL of the smaller wheeled front bogies are useless. They ride up onto just the front pair of wheels. I'd bin them. Design error!! Swap them for the larger set. I do not get any issues with the larger wheeled bogie sets. In real life the front wheels were 3ft OD, which equates to 12mm at OO scale.
Fazy Posted January 5, 2015 Posted January 5, 2015 Shame the wheels are wrong. Having ten spokes when they should have 9
walkingthedog Posted January 5, 2015 Posted January 5, 2015 I never count spokes. If it looks OK I'm happy. You can barely see bogie heels when the loco us on the track.
Graskie Posted January 5, 2015 Posted January 5, 2015 I always think small bogie wheels just don't look right on model locos, where you can see a gap of light above them. It's interesting to see that more recent manufacturing has generally improved in that area.
Graskie Posted January 5, 2015 Posted January 5, 2015 I've just had a thought. How about flangeless bogie wheels to match those awful but necessary ones under Cartazzi trucks?
walkingthedog Posted January 5, 2015 Posted January 5, 2015 Ha ha very funny Graskie. They could flange the track instead like they did in the 12" to the foot railways.
Graskie Posted January 5, 2015 Posted January 5, 2015 Or they could go back to steel track and make the flangeless bogie wheels magnetic. Would that be an attractive proposition?
walkingthedog Posted January 5, 2015 Posted January 5, 2015 Do you think they'd stay on the track. Be very interesting on points.
Graskie Posted January 5, 2015 Posted January 5, 2015 Well, you just wouldn't have any points, would you? What about slips? They could be even worse. I reckon loco detection would have to sort that one out.
2e0dtoeric Posted January 5, 2015 Posted January 5, 2015 What about us with kadee couplers, every time a loco crossed over a magnet, it would launch itself through the nearest window!
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