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Post by somersetsimplex on Feb 21, 2019 22:24:18 GMT
Hi I want to make a driving truck, and understand there was an article in ME by David Hudson which detailed one he designed. Can someone please confirm which issue this was covered in.
Thanks
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Post by AndrewP on Feb 22, 2019 0:56:30 GMT
His ME series "Self Steering Wheel Sets and Swing Link Suspension" started in issue 4189, February 2003 and went on for 8 parts, apparently a series on a passsenger car was to follow but that doesn't appear in my index.
Andy
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Post by somersetsimplex on Feb 22, 2019 7:53:57 GMT
Andy thanks - i found the 2003 articles last night at a club night, but couldn't find any references for the driving car itself, apart from a line in one of the articles indicating that he had described the driving car three years earlier. Looked through 1999 without luck.
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Post by Jim on Feb 24, 2019 21:36:16 GMT
Australian Model Engineering Magazine featured a driving truck designed by Ross Bishop who I'm sure is on this forum as 'Suction Hose' If you sent Ross a PM I would think he could help. I used his design for his under frame and braking system to make the driving truck for my Britannia pictured below. The body is based more or less on a CCT van.
I hope this helps Jim
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Post by jasonb on Feb 26, 2019 16:22:35 GMT
4207 mentions "previews a forthcoming feature on the construction of a passenger car" but looks like it never appeared.
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Post by GeorgeRay on Feb 26, 2019 22:43:07 GMT
It also says that the drawings and components for Dave Hudson’s designs were passed to Dave Noble they are listed in his catalogue 2012.
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Post by John Baguley on Mar 1, 2019 11:09:07 GMT
From personal experience, the David Hudson design is the greatest thing since sliced bread! I've recently converted my fixed wheel base truck by fitting the David Hudson wheel assemblies and it has totally transformed it. Several other members of our club have now built them and they are incredibly free running. They certainly transform the performance of a small loco such as 2½" gauge.
Our club has two of the driving trucks and six of the passenger trucks and they are all excellent.
The design for David's own driving truck was part of the passenger truck series and was based on a Lowmac wagon. The drawings are in ME for June 13th 2003.
Dave Noble still stocks parts for the suspension units e.g. rubbers, cones and cnc machined wheels etc. He does advertise a complete kit for the driving truck but I'm not sure if they are still available. I believe he is in the process of winding down the business so I don't know for how much longer parts will be available. He has a website with his contact details.
John
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Post by somersetsimplex on Mar 4, 2019 13:51:34 GMT
Many thanks for all the responses, i'll dig out June 2003 next time i'm at the club and have a look.
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Post by steamer5 on Mar 17, 2019 2:25:11 GMT
Hi Somerset,
I built 2 passenger cars (the article was I think 3 or 4 years after the article mentioned above) to Davids design. As Baggo said plans for both the driving & passenger trucks from David Nobel plus the cups & rubber springs (the only place I think you can get them!) ( If Baggo is correct I hope somebody is going to take over suppling the parts along with Davids other items)
I modified mine, I can convert them for raised & ground level track, plus adjust the gauge for 5 & 7 1/4"....why make life simple with a little extra effort you can make it harder!...….
Like Baggo I have found them excellent...The profiled wheels are pretty trick, I tried a single axel on our track, gave it a gentle push from the hi point, it wobbled around a bit self corrected & then took off down the rail accelerating as it went....I couldn't keep up!
Happy to help out if I can
Cheers Kerrin
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