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New British Class 50 'Hoover' in Large-Logo Blue Livery
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Wed, 1 Dec 2004 23:40:29 GMT
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Here’s a new British loco in 8mm:1ft scale. It is 50033 “Glorious” in memory of the real engine of that name being shut up in Swindon (UK) STEAM museum, fully serviceable but unable to run - what a shame! Still, you can go and see it without finding that it’s attending another railway’s gala weekend!

The trucks are “Clay Hoods” used for transferring ball clay, seen often in Cornwall (SW England) until newer wagons replaced them.



Other photos (front, side) in this folder, once moderated: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=77378

The loco features opening doors and removeable cab roof sections, to allow the driver to be placed inside. The bogies are articulated, with one train motor each and a wire connecting the two for better load sharing.

PLMKWYT! Mark



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  Re: New British Class 50 'Hoover' in Large-Logo Blue Livery
 
(...) <snip> Very nice, Mark. Big! :-d~~ I have a question about the scale. It appears to be 8 wide, which would imply to me to be more like 6.4mm:1ft. Are you going solely by track gauge for scaling, or width of the loco? I would guess that that (...) (20 years ago, 2-Dec-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
  Re: New British Class 50 'Hoover' in Large-Logo Blue Livery
 
(...) Very nice Mark! I remember having a HO model of that loco when I was a kid (probably Hornby), you've captured the colouring and details really well. And the logo is great - instantly recognisable! ROSCO (20 years ago, 2-Dec-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
  Re: New British Class 50 'Hoover' in Large-Logo Blue Livery
 
(...) For those that don't know what a real class 50 looks like (most of the world I should imagine!) is a pic of the real 50033 (URL) me!>> Pic from the site (URL) 50's> (interestingly a google.co.uk search for (URL) br class 50> brings up a Lego (...) (20 years ago, 3-Dec-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
  Re: New British Class 50 'Hoover' in Large-Logo Blue Livery
 
SNIPPY (...) Hi Mark, This is really neat. It's really nice to see more train MOCs. I had also built a Class 50 (Valiant) about a year ago, with a flawed bogie design which I didn't even realise: (URL) I was thinking of doing a new version in the (...) (20 years ago, 3-Dec-04, to lugnet.trains)

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