A Belgian friend of mine is apparently scratchbuilding the above. He has blueprint drawings but no measurements. Does anyone know height, width, etc. to get him started? It isn't for me since you all know I can't even measure a cup of water using Pyrex.
Hello gents, First of, thanks to Fotheringill for starting this tread. As he already mentioned, I'm going to model this type of locomotive in 3D. I have found a great BluePrint of it, but it lacks any measurements, so, if any of you guys/girls could help me out with these, It would be very much appreciated. Most important ones of course are, total height, length and width of locomotive an it's tender (or coalwagon, don't know which one is correct). Once again, thanks to Foth and any who could help me out
Start with the wheel flanges: The track is four feet eight and a half inches from inside one rail head to the other rail. We set the wheel flanges at one half inch narrower. So convert 56 inches to millimeters and you have a known standard to go by. (The track is 56-1/2" so the flanges will be 56" , see?) Use dividers to set the points on the drawing to find what scale the drawing is actually printed to. Now you can measure the drawing with a scale caliper, do the math, and find the measurement very closely. You might also write the factory or a Historical Society that just might have copies of the blue prints filed away somewhere.
Fotheringill old buddy, (I snuck 'em in when yew wuzn'y lookin') They tell me them Mathamaticals is umportant sum times!
watash, that was my thought, I didn't post it because it seemed..well, too simple hehe Basillay, you find one Known measurement, and you use it to find the rest. Drives are good measure points too, as they are usually published measurements.
JoBe, Welcome to Trainboard! Benny and Watash have it right--find one known measurement and you can calculate the rest. I do it all the time with bridges and ships. Another trick that has saved me a lot of time is to scan a blueprint into a computer and then print it out at the correct scale. Again, the "known measurement" is essential. If I'm doing a 135-foot ship in N scale, for example, I'll scan plans in, and then print it out at 0.84375 feet (135/160 feet, or 10.125 inches). That way everything scales nicely. I've also found it's much easier to use the metric system as 2mm is pretty close to 1 foot.
