{"id":6738,"date":"2024-08-11T12:53:24","date_gmt":"2024-08-11T11:53:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=6738"},"modified":"2024-08-11T12:53:24","modified_gmt":"2024-08-11T11:53:24","slug":"da-princess-shorts-short-and-more-shorts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=6738","title":{"rendered":"DA Princess &#8211; Shorts, short and more shorts!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Having solved the issue of the wheels touching the upper frame I then discovered that the wheels were touching the inside of the frames when going around a 6ft curve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1-IMG_1324.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"686\" src=\"https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1-IMG_1324-1024x686.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6739\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1-IMG_1324-1024x686.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1-IMG_1324-300x201.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1-IMG_1324-768x515.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1-IMG_1324-448x300.jpg 448w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1-IMG_1324.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">DA Princess Still creating shorts!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>So I added some styrene insulation either side of the inner frames.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1-IMG_1329.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1-IMG_1329-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6740\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1-IMG_1329-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1-IMG_1329-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1-IMG_1329-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1-IMG_1329-450x300.jpg 450w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1-IMG_1329.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1-IMG_1330.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1-IMG_1330-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6741\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1-IMG_1330-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1-IMG_1330-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1-IMG_1330-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1-IMG_1330-450x300.jpg 450w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1-IMG_1330.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This cured the short problem but running trials revealed that although it would now go around 6ft curve without shorting it didn&#8217;t do so reliably without the trailing truck derailing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In an attempt to cure this I tried introducing some weight on to the trailing truck. I cut a couple of rectangles of lead and using a V block and a couple of different sized rods I created some weights that fit on top of the ruck over the axle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1-IMG_0001_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"804\" src=\"https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1-IMG_0001_1-1024x804.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6742\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1-IMG_0001_1-1024x804.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1-IMG_0001_1-300x236.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1-IMG_0001_1-768x603.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1-IMG_0001_1-382x300.jpg 382w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1-IMG_0001_1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">DA Princess Trailing Tuck Ballast<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1-IMG_0002_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1012\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1-IMG_0002_1-1012x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6743\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1-IMG_0002_1-1012x1024.jpg 1012w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1-IMG_0002_1-296x300.jpg 296w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1-IMG_0002_1-768x777.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1-IMG_0002_1.jpg 1265w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1012px) 100vw, 1012px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">DA Princess Trailing Tuck Ballast<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I was getting low on lead but just this week we have had a couple of chimneys repointed and re-leaded as well as four wet verges I asked the roofer for the lead that they removed so I now have sufficient to see my days out I think.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-david-andrews-princess-royal"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6738"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6738\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6744,"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6738\/revisions\/6744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}