mickoo
Western Thunderer
Bloody rabbit holes I tell you!Blimey, you must have a cacophony of interest bubbles in orbit at the moment
Put me down for one when you produce a kit/etchings.....whatever it is
Richard
I've been struggling to get good information on Danish locos, it's not a thriving scene over there like Germany and the UK and technical info is very very thin on the ground with books that have prices that make KISS engines look decidedly cheap.
So to find this this afternoon is amazing.
DSB litra E Tekniske data, oversigter, tegninger
Check out the drawings at the bottom, more than enough to make some thing that resembles an E class
Interests, afraid so I've never let the Euro bubble really free as it's a wicked beast to contain and I'm only just scratching the DB side of things in a vain attempt to keep some sort of cohesion to it all.
Etchings, one good thing with the Germans is a high degree of standardization, I use the term loosely when talking about the Br.50 class mind! Many fittings are common so it helps with the art work and parts process. The biggest hurdle is wheels, getting good wheels is a bit of a chore, though Mark Wood does some nice BR.50 wheel sets, at a price mind, I've not looked at other classes but the tender, pony and bogie wheels might be the same as the Br.50.
It's no point considering a project if you cannot get all the parts, though you can get them abroad but they are typically very pricey.
Wilgro do a nice range of wheels, but all need turning and boring and then tyres fitting.
Treibrad, für 1400er Rad, 16 Speichen, für Kurbelradius 9,5 +/- 0,5mm, passend zu 1.0532 - Bauteile für Lokomotiven
Radreifen, Edelstahl, für 1400er Rad, Spurkranzhöhe 2mm, Innen-Durchmesser 40mm, Breite 5,8mm - Bauteile für Lokomotiven
One assumes the price is for a single item, I.E. one wheel blank and one tyre.
But these are a mystery it says complete bogie, but only shows one side.
Drehgestell-Wangen komplett für V218 etc - Bauteile für Lokomotiven
Diesel wise, then the V60, V90 and V100 are achievable but probably better off picking up cheap RTR and titivating (there is no cheap V90 offering mind) but the V160 and V200 are better bought as RTR and left alone in all honesty. Steam is a mine field, some engines are highly complex (Br.44, Br.50 etc) and thus expensive in time and parts, others like the Br.80, 86 and 64 less so. The Br.78 needs sorting but in reality would take as much work as a new build if you wanted top drawer, I may just leave it at garden level and enjoy it for that rather than rebuild to layout level, it's not going anywhere and is slowly maturing under the bench, I'll look at it again once I've cleared the desk of more important W1 stuff.