[modeleng] Re: Balance weights
- From: "Ron Head" <ron.head@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 5 Dec 2004 17:53:02 -0000
Hi Tim
Best check the prototype. I looked at a full size inside cylindered loco
today (GWR 14XX) and the weights were definitely in mirror image positions.
However I've also seen outside cylindered engines e.g. GWR 15XX where the
weights are in the same place relative to the crank on each side.
Regards
Ron Head
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim Rickard" <the_viffer@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2004 8:57 AM
Subject: [modeleng] Re: Balance weights
> I'm not at all convinced. I think it might need to be the mirror image
> because you turn the wheel upside down and turn it 180 when you put it on
> the otherside and in the same position when you put. If anyone looks at a
> fullsize loco soon I'd be glad if they'd check. I know all the castings
> only
> come with one set of balance weight positions per axle but that doesn't
> mean
> it is right.
>
> LNWR Coal Tank.
>
>
>>From: "alanjstepney" <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>Looking at this very simplistically, just take the wheel off the right
>>hand
>>side and fit it to the left hand side, and all should be well. In other
>>words, the wheels are identical.
>>
>>(Thats the way I reckon it should be, and I am sure someone will correct
>>me
>>if I am wrong!
>>
>>Oh, and what loco is it?
>>alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>
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