MOC: BR65

[Duq]

My second steam engine is another German, BR 65 this time. I first planned to build this train over a year ago, and the first 'sketch' was built in December last year. I've finally found the time to finish it.

The engine is fully PF; the rechargable battery and the M-motor are in the boiler, the receiver is in the coal bunker and it's also got two sets of lights. Having the motor and battery in the boiler means that the boiler is a bit too wide for a scale model. Keeping the cab open cost a lot of headaches but I managed in the end.

Using the lift arms or half-beams for the driving gear is not ideal but it keeps the width reasonable. I couldn't use the same solution I used on the BR 70 as it would have made the total width 10 studs!

With a single M-motor it happily pulls the cars from set 7939. After a number of redesigns of the bogie linkage it now also runs over points without problems.

Flickr set

[peterab]

My second steam engine is another German, BR 65 this time.

It's really nice to see your German trains. It spurs me on to complete some of mine. I really like this choice, the BR 70 was a bit old for my tastes, which is mostly post war DB. Do you have any pics of how the motor is connected to the driving wheels, I can't even tell where it is from the finished pics

Edited November 9, 2010 by peterab

[______]

It looks brilliant! Any chance of a vid?

[patje]

very nicely done

I have never built a moc myself

I hope that i have enough time once

to build one.

Edited November 9, 2010 by patje

[Captain Green Hair]

You've build a very nice and smooth looking loco Duq, I'd love to see it run sometime!

[Duq]

Thanks for the comments guys! The BR70 was built for a 2-4-0 challenge; it's not a type I would have built otherwise. Future models will be post-war machines.

A video will have to wait; I'm in Iceland at the moment and I've yet to figure out how to do a decent video...

Below is a picture showing the drivetrain:

I've found this connection of gears on a PF motor to be pretty much indestructible; the gears can't skip and the gear on the motor can't come off it's axle. The vertical axle also gives more freedom for the position of the motor than using all horizontal axles with gears.

[peterab]

I've found this connection of gears on a PF motor to be pretty much indestructible; the gears can't skip and the gear on the motor can't come off it's axle. The vertical axle also gives more freedom for the position of the motor than using all horizontal axles with gears.

Thanks for the info Duq, it always helps to start from a working design, the motor gear idea looks very useful. I look forward to more post war designs from you.

[buddy]

Excellent MOC, duq!

The train looks very sleek and realistic. I hop you do a video of it working.

Very well done.

~buddy~

[Teddy]

That is a sweet looking train! And a very nice propulsion system.

Currently, I am building a BR01-10 along similar lines, so I am quite interested in the performance of the PF medium motor when pulling carts.

Kind regards,

Teddy