The loco comprises an unmodified Dapol Ivatt Class 2 body sitting atop one of Nigel Hunt's recently introduced and highly recommended chassis kits (anyone need an original Dapol chassis?). Accoring to the master, this kit was supposed to be a "quickie" to put together... well I suppose all things are relative, and the 3 days spent scouring the carpet for a dropped union link shouldn't count. There are still cosmetic details to add, and paint of course, but it is essentially complete. I took it down to the Keighley club's test track last week (courtesy of Bill Rankin) to run it in mechanically before I wire in the DCC decoder, and I am quite pleased with the results so far. You can judge for yourself as it stutters around Clive Road Sidings:
Wednesday, 22 July 2009
Ivatt-ank engine... and it moves!
There doesn't seem to have been much 2mm 'blog activity for a while, so I thought I'd post a couple of rough videos of a loco I have recently been working on. I hope Peter doesn't mind me hijacking his Darkest Essex 'blog now that I am no longer an Essex resident, but I had nowhere else to put it(!)
The loco comprises an unmodified Dapol Ivatt Class 2 body sitting atop one of Nigel Hunt's recently introduced and highly recommended chassis kits (anyone need an original Dapol chassis?). Accoring to the master, this kit was supposed to be a "quickie" to put together... well I suppose all things are relative, and the 3 days spent scouring the carpet for a dropped union link shouldn't count. There are still cosmetic details to add, and paint of course, but it is essentially complete. I took it down to the Keighley club's test track last week (courtesy of Bill Rankin) to run it in mechanically before I wire in the DCC decoder, and I am quite pleased with the results so far. You can judge for yourself as it stutters around Clive Road Sidings:
The loco comprises an unmodified Dapol Ivatt Class 2 body sitting atop one of Nigel Hunt's recently introduced and highly recommended chassis kits (anyone need an original Dapol chassis?). Accoring to the master, this kit was supposed to be a "quickie" to put together... well I suppose all things are relative, and the 3 days spent scouring the carpet for a dropped union link shouldn't count. There are still cosmetic details to add, and paint of course, but it is essentially complete. I took it down to the Keighley club's test track last week (courtesy of Bill Rankin) to run it in mechanically before I wire in the DCC decoder, and I am quite pleased with the results so far. You can judge for yourself as it stutters around Clive Road Sidings:
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5 comments:
Nick,
This looks to be running rather nicely and not stuttering as you suggest.
Re having nowhere to post - there will alaways be somewhere for such as this. I'll send you another invite to contribute to the nEAG Blog.
Mick S
Hi Nick
No problem, as an Honorary DEAG member you are always welcome to post here.
The loco looks very good, nice smooth running and slowly too. Well done.
Peter W
Nick,
What motor did you use in yours? I need to start building mine soon but can't decide!
Alex
Hi Alex,
The motor is a double-ended Mashima flat can (I think it is a 1015). I cut off the rear shaft to keep the cab clear, but you could install a fairly hefty fly-wheel instead if you wanted. I bought it at an exhibition 18 months ago from Finney and Smith for about £12. The chap on the stand said it was a new design, and ran slower but hotter than the open frame Mashimas the Association sells. I hadn't used one of these before, so the Ivatt seemed like an ideal test-bed. So far so good, but the real test will be when I fit a DCC chip. This motor is a VERY tight fit in the body of the Ivatt, which required lots of careful carving and filing with a riffler file.
Nick.
Great blog I enjoyed reading it
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