metalmuncher wrote: ↑Wed Jan 05, 2022 6:07 pm
GTB wrote: ↑Wed Jan 05, 2022 1:13 pm
or there is a control wheel in front of his right knee. I thought it might be a handbrake wheel, but there is no evidence of brake shoes on either version.......
I noticed that too, ...
I've been playing with enlarging and then adjusting the contrast, etc, settings on the big photo. Actually I was trying to see what sort of underframe there was and the conclusion seems to be that there was no real underfame/chassis at all, because you can see right through under the footplate level. If there is something though, it must be a very small section U or L steel.
However as an aside, a couple of other details became apparent from this:
The chain that runs under the footplate to the front wheels, and which I assumed was a drive chain, can't be that at all because it seems to head
above the front axle and disappears up under the ashpan somehow, apparently heading above the rear axle, plus there is no return loop chain. So, I wonder if the loco only had a single driven axle? Then, I wonder if that chain is actually a brake operating chain, somehow?
I tried playing with the photo of the other sde and there just might be a chain between the axles on this side but the picture gets so pixelated that it's impossible to be certain of anything.
Anyway, I've been pushing on with drawings, and printing things, and I should be able to start putting it together shortly.