I found my new fav loco.. a 4-8-8-4 Big Boy.. man thats a nice lookin machine... what radius curves would one need to run one with out hassles? ------------------ RR: K, C, & Bird Butt Railroad - SP, NS, and ROCK admirer. Its a coal mining region of a place far far away, that runs, SP, NS, and some CSX.. Also some Custom RARE Bird RR sd40-2's coming! Era: Time stands still round these parts, and we have everything from Steam, to Diesels of today.
Great loco for sure. To make it look realistic I suggest a minimum of 20 inch radius. My Mallet looks great on 20 but not so good on my minimum 15 inches Robin
Does anyone have or know someone who wants to sell a big boy? Thanks, I'm looking for one! ------------------ Craig Martyn BLMA(best looking models around) Custom painting and detailing **Soon to come, N scale detail parts!!!
my favorite used to be big boy... then the 4449, now, after seeing them all at Railfair... my new favorite is by far the ATSF 3751... very huge looking... looked bigger than challenger (looked) when you get right up next to them... must have been those 85" drivers, and the tappered main rods as big as a Cadillac!!! ------------------ espee2 Home: www.tunnel13.com layout: SP's Newberg Branch in N scale
As big a radius as you can have. You need to run a big engine like a 4-8-8-4 or any big steam on large curves. Don't get all hung up on this "minimum radius" stuff. There is a lot more to designing a track plan for long wheelbase engines, steam or diesel, than just the curves. Try your "Big Boy" on 10",20" and 30" curves and see how much better the engine looks on a large radius curve. Also whenever you can use an easement curve to go from a tangent(straight) to a curve. Makes it a whole lot easier on the engines going into a curve. ------------------ Let's Go Run Trains MARK
<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Craig Martyn: Does anyone have or know someone who wants to sell a big boy? Thanks, I'm looking for one! <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> EBAY there is a few...
There is a big boy for sale on rec.models.railroad it is a riverossi and is currently for sale from a guy in Australia his email is pjkperry@spam.ozemail.com.au ------------------ http://members.optusnet.com.au/~pcassar/index
