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Subject:	Re: New MOC: British Class 37 diesel loco with articulated bogies
Newsgroups:	lugnet.trains
Date:	Sat, 2 Jul 2005 23:28:24 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Mark Bellis wrote:

Here’s my latest 8mm scale train MOC, a British Class 37 diesel loco in railfreight grey livery with red stripe, as carried by 37674 and others in 1988. http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/mbellis/Trains/Diesel/Class-37/37_no1_end_low.jpg The model has opening doors and removable roof sections, for closing the doors and putting a driver in the cab. It shows what can be done with good old dark grey pieces.

The model has articulated bogies, so this time I took a picture of those so you can all have a go at making your own: http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/mbellis/Trains/Diesel/Class-37/37_artic_bogie.jpg A wire connects to the motor just behind the coupling plates so that the two motorised bogies are electrically connected, for better pickup and load sharing. The trailing wheels pivot up and down as well as side to side, allowing the loco to cope with changes of track slope.

Folder when moderated: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=135177

PLMKWYT

Mark

Hi Mark,

I like your articulation trick and really like some of the side greebling. The drivers cab windscreen seems a little short to me though. It looks like the whole thing should extend one more stud towards the front (or rear) of the train to match the real thing.

Overall though a great model and its nice to see work in such a unique scale. Hope to see them in ‘the brick’ in Manchester later this year.

Tim

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		Re: New MOC: British Class 37 diesel loco with articulated bogies
(...) With the windscreens, did you mean that the side windows are too short or the front and rear windows too narrow? Cab windows are always the hardest part to model. I needed a piece for the front and rear windscreens that would give the division (...) (19 years ago, 3-Jul-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.uk, FTX)

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		New MOC: British Class 37 diesel loco with articulated bogies
Here's my latest 8mm scale train MOC, a British Class 37 diesel loco in railfreight grey livery with red stripe, as carried by 37674 and others in 1988. (URL) The model has opening doors and removable roof sections, for closing the doors and putting (...) (19 years ago, 2-Jul-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !

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