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Author Topic: Getting back to Railroad Modelling.  (Read 2260 times)

TailUK

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Getting back to Railroad Modelling.
« on: January 26, 2017, 01:27:27 pm »
Just thought I'd share a new acquisition in the Z gauge Railroading line.  It's a General Motors "Aerotrain".  The model is in Z scale (1/220th) which makes the loco about 75mm long.  The next step is to motorise it.
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Re: Getting back to Railroad Modelling.
« Reply #1 on: January 26, 2017, 04:46:48 pm »
That looks like someone has grafted a 60's American car onto the top of the loco - I love it!
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Re: Getting back to Railroad Modelling.
« Reply #2 on: January 26, 2017, 05:34:22 pm »
Quote from: aeronut on January 26, 2017, 04:46:48 pm
That looks like someone has grafted a 60's American car onto the top of the loco - I love it!

That's basically what happened, GM decided to build a train so they used a modified bus for the coaches and got their car designers to design the loco.
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Re: Getting back to Railroad Modelling.
« Reply #3 on: January 26, 2017, 07:24:33 pm »
very nice loco. Classic America 60s design.


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Re: Getting back to Railroad Modelling.
« Reply #4 on: February 24, 2017, 12:48:47 pm »
Fitting a doner chassis from a cheap Japanese train.
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