WayneKennerley Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 Hi All, does anyone perhaps have (or know of a source of) drawings for a Matisa 'Neptune' Track Recording Trolley please. I have managed to find one basic drawing but any others would be a help. Many thanks Wayne Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hodgson Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 There's plenty of photos on the net, they looked so unusual that they seem to have captured photographers interest. Roof profiles in particular seem to vary, so I suppose they were subject to modification during their short lives before they got superseded by more advanced technology. They would make a fascinating project for 3D printing as a static model to sit in a siding. Would be a challenge to motorise one though. The only drawing I've seen was also very basic, so I suspect we are talking about the same one - it was in the engineering stock volume of a range of booklets of wagon drawings, which I think is available online somewhere. There is a survivor, so I suppose one could go and measure up. https://www.teignrail.co.uk/neptune.php Here's an official publicity clip of one, brand new in two-tone green Its green buffer heads should be in the prototype for everything thread! https://www.britishpathe.com/video/railway-recorder 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WayneKennerley Posted July 24, 2021 Author Share Posted July 24, 2021 Thanks Michael - not sure where the drawing came from I found it in a post of a chap making an N Scale one. Mine will be S Scale so hopefully motorising wont be too difficult. Thanks for the video too. There is one in Llangollen so I can try get up that way to measure it. Wayne Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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