I am interested in any reports regarding these kits __ particularely whether they have sufficient weight. They look so nice and cover a range of locos which suit me very well but I would be wanting performance too!
Another question hovers around the use of ultra fine scale wheels on code 100 track . This suits my present range of stock so it will not be replaced.
Regards
Re: Ultra fine scale wheels and commercial code 100 track:
Ultra fine scale wheels means wheels with a different wheel profile (tire width, flange depth, shape of tread to flange transition, etc.), and gauge point (where on the tread "gauge" is measured, generally just before the fillet that connects tread to flange), and back-to-back. There would probably be little or no trouble running such wheels on plain track, but turnouts (points) are another matter. Without specs of Finney's ultra fine scale wheel profile, there's no way of telling. Do you have those specs? If you do, it's a fairly simple matter to tell whether the wheels will roll smoothly through the turnouts.
A related matter is curve radii. Depending on how Finney has designed the chassis, those locos may not like curves tighter than about 24" radius, and perhaps even larger on the larger locos. Anyonew wqho'se built one of these kits can advise you on that.
HTH
Peter Abraham said the following on 27/01/2008 18:17:
I assume you mean Martin Finney kits? They are the dog's wotsits, although when you ask if they have sufficient weight it makes me wonder whether you've built this type of kit before. Basically, you weight them to suit your needs.
You might also need to check whether Martin Finney kits can actually be built to OO gauge. I know that some of the high end kits can't be. Wheels and track standards are very closely tied together, so if you went for something like Ultrascale OO wheels you might find that it doesn't run as well on "standard" OO track. This is not intended to be a criticism of what you want to do, but more to point you in the direction of things to check out.
If you really do mean Frank Finney, then ignore all the above as I've never heard of him!
Yes my error! Anno Domini conquers all eventually. I have done a fair bit of scratch building ( years ago with Bob Brown at Plymouth) and recently some Comet chassis for Bachmann bodies. The adverts for MF kits looked attractive, specifically mentioned OO and UF scale wheels but as these are not supplied it should be ok with the Romfords. I asked about ballasting as I have no construction details to hand and some chassis designs do not lend themselves easily to weighting.
Regards
PS I was probably thinking of Tom Finney and that Preston North End v. Blackpool match of 1953? (when the UK still had English soccer players.)
Frank Finlay? Brian
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