Hi all,
Over the past few weeks I've been thinking about building a class 700 in 4mm, and whilst looking around for prototype drawings, I've been looking at pictures of the bogies. I can see both forms of suspension, the air cushion and the hydraulic(?) attached to the side, however I can't see where a pivot would be installed, which has me questioning most EMU and DMU bogies - I'm assuming they all have something which allows them to pivot, am I missing something?
In this picture I can see a pattern inbetween the suspension, is this a mounting point? I did find what is supposedly a top view of it here, which I cannot see anything that resembles somewhere to mount a pivot, but unfortunately I cannot access the article to find their source for this picture. Do the air suspension cushions the bogie to pivot, or is there something I'm not seeing?
I have seen the impressive thread of the 3D printed version, but it didn't really answer my question about the real thing, and the thread appears to have gone cold. I've spent a few hours googling around on the subject, but there doesn't appear to be alot of information. If anyone could enlighten me, I'd be grateful.
Thanks Mark