RC in a Decauville 0-4-0

[James Mackeown]

Continuing the RC theme I built a 'Decauville' 0-4-0 (shapeways) using the tiny Tsugawa tu-koppel chassis.

[James Mackeown]

Looking at the 3d print it was visibly out of scale with the cabin roof giving an equivalent 2.5m head hight! So a little surgery was necessary. I needed to chop a little anyway in order to incorporate the battery and receiver.
The body was then coated with mat black and electronics installed.

[James Mackeown]

Head hight a little better.
Wiring installation. It's small but not too difficult.

[James Mackeown]

The small deltang receiver and 50mah battery can be completely hidden in the boiler! I could, if I have the courage, detail the cabin..

[James Mackeown]

Installation completed....test run
The motor being low voltage goes fast, even on 1 lipo!!

[Frank]

An excellent job James!

As you say, the small modern chassis run well on single LiPo supplies, they are efficient and don't need many volts to run them.

Many thanks for posting such an inspiring job.

Do you have a link for the body that you could post?

Frank

[James Mackeown]

Frank, thank you for the compliment.
Yes. https://www.shapeways.com/product/Y4LV97F2N/009-28mm-decauville-enclosed-0-4-0-tsuwaga?optionId=60509352&li=marketplace
It

[James Mackeown]

The little green spot is actually the light from the receiver showing through the undercoat.

[James Mackeown]

And now first main coat.

[James Mackeown]

It's a nice little loco. It does run fast. I may incorporate a resistor to slow down the creature before completing details....

[Frank]

Thanks for the link James.

It does look good painted.

It's nominal 4.5 volt I think so you might need a resistor if you want to run it slowly, but not absolutely necessary.

Frank

[James Mackeown]

No, a resistor is not really necessary, and I doubt I

[James Mackeown]

Incase anyone is wondering the pickups form part of the split chassis....

[Frank]

Hi James,

There are a few members here active in radio control but there is a much bigger group on NGRM-online

http://ngrm-online.com/forums/

Worth joining if you are not a member there already.  I'm sure they would be interested in your locos.   The designer of the Decauville body is on there too.

Frank

[James Mackeown]

Hi Frank. Yes I am, though I have yet to put anything on there.




Amazing how photos show details one can't actually see with the naked eye!