My Whitcomb arrived this morning , it is a very impressive model well worth the money (and the wait!!)
I am a little pushed for time at the moment, but should anyone wish to look at www.rmweb.co.uk and look at the modelling ' special interest ' section and NARROW GAUGE etc you will find a short reveiw there under the Whitcombe heading.
One thing to note the loco is very heavy 701 Grammes! It runs superbly!
A couple more observations..... sound module installation when they become available appears to be very easy,
2 Bells & 1 Horn are enclosed for user fitting, there is a driver in the cab, the lights are directional, but the rear one remains on but dims slightly.
Pulling power will be exceptional I have not got enough rolling stock here to test it!!!
The loco runs very smoothly from a very slow crawl, to a Maximum speed which is probably just below a scale 40MPH
There should be no problem with tight curves, the bogies (sorry Trucks!) have a lot of swivel ( turnability) the minimum radius on the layout I have been testing it on is 17" but when I stopped the loco on the 17" curve to check I found that there is still a little more turn available in the trucks so 15" radius should be no problem.
I am a little pushed for time at the moment, but should anyone wish to look at www.rmweb.co.uk and look at the modelling ' special interest ' section and NARROW GAUGE etc you will find a short reveiw there under the Whitcombe heading.
One thing to note the loco is very heavy 701 Grammes! It runs superbly!
A couple more observations..... sound module installation when they become available appears to be very easy,
2 Bells & 1 Horn are enclosed for user fitting, there is a driver in the cab, the lights are directional, but the rear one remains on but dims slightly.
Pulling power will be exceptional I have not got enough rolling stock here to test it!!!
The loco runs very smoothly from a very slow crawl, to a Maximum speed which is probably just below a scale 40MPH
There should be no problem with tight curves, the bogies (sorry Trucks!) have a lot of swivel ( turnability) the minimum radius on the layout I have been testing it on is 17" but when I stopped the loco on the 17" curve to check I found that there is still a little more turn available in the trucks so 15" radius should be no problem.