Well, I have had my share of successes and failures. What is a metre long, weighs in at 9 kilograms (including tender) and is as useless as tits on a boar hog? In all fairness, the locomotive runs perfectly, alas not on the ten foot diameter curves that I built it for. Unless I have access to larger diameter curves then this thing will lay dormant. A pleasing, if not entirely successful project. I did have to scratch the grey matter to solve a few engineering problems, but am relatively pleased with the outcome (even if I cannot use it!). Prior to painting, the loco ran well on my railroad. Problem is that clearances are so tight that even a coat of paint will now stop me being able to use it. There is just not enough room for lateral swing under the tapered boiler for the front drive to move enough to run tight curves. Remember that the rear drive is fixed, which impacts on the front drive performance.
