RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted June 11, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 11, 2023 I have travelled by train several times between Mumbai and Pune and back on the Deccan Queen express. The train used to be hauled by WCM1 electric locomotives that were built in the UK at the Vulcan Foundry and exported to India. It would appear that similar locomotives were exported to Spain as witness this HO gauge model by Electrotren. So hatched my plan to modify the Electrotren model to represent, as far as possible an Indian Railways WCM1. After removing the glazing etc. the redundant nose lights and jumper sockets were removed and filled. Brass wire bars and shades were added to the cab windows and cab doors carefully scribed. Cheers Darius 13 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post Darius43 Posted June 11, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted June 11, 2023 (edited) Primer on. Cheers Darius Edited June 11, 2023 by Darius43 18 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
25kV Posted June 11, 2023 Share Posted June 11, 2023 This looks fantastic! Shame we didn't get EE bull-nose electrics here too... For your next challenge, an adaptation of one of the Austrian or Swiss Crocodiles to represent the Vulcan-built WCG-1 😉 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted June 12, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 12, 2023 Initial painting completed. Cheers Darius 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted June 12, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 12, 2023 Bogie frames painted black and re fitted. Cab glazing and headlight glazing re-fitted. New round buffers fitted. Body re-attached to chassis. Awaiting decals and additional details. Cheers Darius 14 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted June 12, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 12, 2023 Home made decals applied. Cheers Darius 14 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jjb1970 Posted June 12, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 12, 2023 Superb work! The EE bull nose electric locomotives were fine looking and imposing machines. Auscision make a lovely model of the similar Victoria railways L Class. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted June 12, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 12, 2023 Cab door handrails and train headboard added. Cheers Darius 9 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellocoloco Posted June 12, 2023 Share Posted June 12, 2023 Your next challenge, if you've not done one already, is an Electrotren 316 into a WDM-1..........😉 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted June 13, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 13, 2023 (edited) Cow catcher made from plasticard and fixed to the removable front valence that came with the model locomotive. It’s almost brushing the tops of the rails so further modifications will be required. I have a cunning plan… Modified cow catcher fitted. Cheers Darius Edited June 13, 2023 by Darius43 11 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted June 14, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 14, 2023 Tail lights fabricated from plasticard and mounted atop the main headlights. Cheers Darius 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halvarras Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 Very nice job! Having experienced these locomotives yourself I can understand the drive to create the model when a way to do it presented itself (if it had to be a scratchbuild it would probably have been at the bottom of your To Do List, never to make it anywhere near the top 🤔?!) What looks like a crew access door partway down the bodyside reminds me of the Metro-Vick Class 28 Co-Bo arrangement...... It looks like one consequence of this project is a large supply of sandboxes for any future job which requires them..........two per wheel?! I thought I was seeing things! I wasn't aware the railways in Spain had such horrendous railhead adhesion problems. I hope they didn't have a large number of these locos otherwise they may have had an adverse effect on the level of sand on Spanish beaches 😁! And those tiny rectangular buffers look comical on a loco of that size - much better in Indian guise. IMHO! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Type 2 Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 I admire your output Darius, in all different subjects!!! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted June 14, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 14, 2023 Calling this finished now - added buffer beam steps the the coupling end, bogie speedometers and light weathering to the chassis. Cheers Darius 11 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellocoloco Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 8 hours ago, Halvarras said: I wasn't aware the railways in Spain had such horrendous railhead adhesion problems. These locos - 75 in all - primarily operated in the north of Spain, including Pajeras ramp. Spain has one of the most mountainous networks in Europe so plenty of sand required. Lucky there is plenty available. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick_Burman Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 Just one correction - both RENFE and IR locos are in fact derived from a batch built in 1949 for the Santos a Jundiai Railway in Brazil. At the time these were being built, Spain was negotiating credits with the UK towards electrifying several sections of railway. A Spanish delegation was sent to the UK and happened to pass through VF's plant at Newton-le-Willows at the time the Brazilian locos were being built. They saw the locos, and after requesting the particulars, saw that the locos fit their bill too. So an order was hammered out and lo and behold, the RENFE 7700 (later 277) class was born. In the Indian case, I'd hazard that IR came round asking if EE had something to offer; EE must have shown the Brazilian and Spanish locos to which IR must have replied, "yes please, with a side order of poppadoms!". Cheers NB 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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