MGR Hooper!

3 hours ago, Lee6700 said:

Quick question:

Do you have the sizes for the underframe equipment of the Class 89?. I'd be looking for elevations and sections through, so I can model and add these to my assemblies.

It would help me complete a weekend 'lockdown' project I've been working on since I've been working from home the last two month.

In a nutshell, I've always been intrigued with the possibility of developing a 'family' of Diesel & Electric locomotives, with reasonably common cabs, bogies and bodyside construction, all withing the BR loading gauge, allied with my own take on styling etc.

The initial design layout was initiated in AutoCAD, and modeled in Inventor. I've been looking at rendering the assemblies in 3DS, but its not terribly user friendly.

At the moment, it looks like I have an electric locomotive with fuel tanks  . I can adapt the Class 89 auxiliary equipment quite neatly, to replace the 'fuel tanks'.

The enclosed screenshots depict the Electric locomotive family.

I think the end result does not look at all bad.

Cheers!

 

Send me a PM and I'll send you some screenshots of my drawings.

16 hours ago, Lee6700 said:

A very well excecuted model, excellent level of detail.

Have you created this model in Sketchup?.

Thank you, and yes it has been designed in SketchUp.

Thank you @vulcan product fan and @Ragtag

5 hours ago, cornish trains jez said:

I might have a 4mm scale drawing somewhere....

 

 

Progress already made https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/blogs/entry/23570-oo-gauge-british-railways-class-89-part-v/

26 minutes ago, jukebox said:

Don't forget the grille in the roof for the Rheostatic Brake ventilation (l/h side #1 end only):

 

Thanks Scott, working on the grille tomorrow morning.

58 minutes ago, innocentman said:

Looking good.

 

Have you seem the Drawing in Model Railway Constructor Plan Book Nr 3? it shows the roof details/grills and removable sections

 

Let me know and and I can send you a picture of the plan if you haven't

 

Regards

 

Andy

 

 

Hey Andy,

Please do send that to me. I'm yet to do the roof, so it will be useful.

Thank you @vulcan product fan

The middle 'window' (actually a headcode box) should be smaller and the divisions vertical, all three with a level base, as shown here. Less significantly the marker lights could do with being smaller and they don't really stick out. Otherwise not a bad rendition in such a small scale.

Thanks for the feedback! Never noticed that.