Oh boyo boyo boy, thats looking very sleek Jim. She's really got the appeal!
I've been contemplating the Crown Gear Interuptus Dilemma for some time, such that the conventional inline two gear arrangement always lays waste to the rear deck of such elegant stylings. I just forgot to write, and typically assume you can read my mind ... LMAO! There's no "raisen" we cant carry on here ... aye? It's peaceful and removed from the din of the drumbeat.
With Miss Demeanor well in the rearview mirror, Chitty on the cutting board, my mind wanders off.
Pull up an old Atlas or Lionel chassis to note how the engineers arranged the reduction and final drive. Odd little things. Based on the few examples I have in my collection, my suspicion is that the early box motor of that period didnt have the grunt at the bottom end, let alone adequate pipe at the top end to really thrill. Hence that added bit of monkey motion to uptick them to a respectable hiway speed. Advances, as seen in the later Mabuchis eventually established the standard 2 gear inline for H0; and wiped out the down/up reduction boxes, the stodgy worm drive, and the beloved Pancake monkey motion.
We dont really care that much about all the whys; but I do find the spacing of that funky doodle to be instructive, from the physical standpoint, with respect to component location(s). The crown, specifically it's mighty hump, would move forward and nest under the snorkel housing. The lesser diameter final drive bits might actually slide under the rear deck with little or no compromise to it's natural elevation.
Since starting this post, it comes to me that some where, I have a recollection of seeing a modern larger scale open wheeled example where the factory moved the reduction forward and under the cowling, then piped the final drive reward, at a greatly reduced profile. If memory serves it was based in white with blue accents.
Just a silly something to stir your coffee with. Im going to open up a haggard old Lionel "Mercilessly Bentz" to put the eye-chrometer on it, then slap the calipers to it. Maybe I should have led with the idea that you've honed your craft to the point, that I now see hanging such things in the underprint as possible. The unused dimensions rearranged might be where it's at.
Obviously the snorkel would have to be open to provide functional cooling
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