Solid mount, twin axle cars shouldn’t be too long to make your tight curves. I would guess somewhere between 10 ~20 feet. Anything longer will need to have “excess” front & rear overhang needing some form of extended coupler system. If you use a pivoting axle system like Lehmann did (you can still get the pivoting journals) the axles will follow the curve, independent of the car, so car length can be as long as you need (well, to a certain point anyway.)
Ozark Miniatures
I’m thinking you should have better “play action” with link and pin. If you build longer cars with front/rear “overhang” you might consider rooster poles.
Several possibilites here. #1 cut your curved end panels from thicker materials, get some thin balsa, bend to fit. #2
Block of balsa, sand, slice, carve, cut (your option) to fit.
10 to 20 ft? I was looking for a car about 12 inches long so in 1:24 a 20ft car would be 10 inches right? I could deal with that.
Ozark Miniatures? I thought so, which ones? I may actualy use Gary Raymond wheels, and cheat using 1:22.5 wheels (since they are on sale, bad idea?). Still Ozark?
All wheel sets have a short “shaft” that fits inside the “truck frame” or journal. Most all are the same length and diameter. A very few have a larger diameter, these will need the journals drilled out a bit so the wheels turn freely.
Okay, now I need some LEDs to stick in the car. Where should I buy them? The car will be running track power, so do I need to add resistors, or how do I wire them up? How do I know which rail is positively charged?
Here in the good old fashioned UK we have these things called “Light Bulbs”… I use 12volt “grain of rice” bulbs. therefore 2 in series will take 24volt. They should be easily available from any model shop. It does not matter which way the current flows. regards ralph
In my case I need the following, bottle of acetone (fingernail polish remover), old towels and adult supervision (the wife[:X]) as I glue myself to the journals with extreme regularity.[:o)]
You meant what kind of glue? CAA (super glue)[(-D]
on this one what does the circled part do? I like the other journal you recomended because it’s sprung, but the one below seems like more like something that would be on a sightseeing car. What do you think?
OK, try the picture again. I went inside and saw that you used a picture location inside your google mail account. Put the picture over on a picture server and repost. or just email to me at rosebudfallsgrr@cox.net
The first one is for heavy freight loads. The second is more for light pax service.
If I was building a tourist car, that is the one I would use. Without a picture I cannot tell what you circled. I’m going to stab at a guess that you are talking about the small square piece to the right, if so, that is the journal oiling port (I know it has a real name but I’m very sleepy and cannot remember). In the model it serves absolutely no purpose other that to have another piece to super glue into position.
