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Bulleid West Country /Battle of Britain 4-6-2 loco
loco, modified cab
Bulleid designed this as a light weight version of his Merchant Navy class loco, and it was both powerful enough and lightweight enough for rural lines with lower weight limits.
First loos entered service in 1945. Initially took names of West Country towns, then new batch took names inspired by the war time efforts of the RAF.
Original design had a major problem with forward visibility so the cab fronts were modified with a V shaped front window. Problems with tenders resulted in various modifications .
To enable running on Hastings line(which in the end they did not run on) cab width was 8ft 6in. Final locos built had cab width increased to 9ft.
In 1950s plans wre put forward to rebuild all locos , after similar rebuilding of the Merchant Navy class, but with long term plans for replacement of steam with diesel and electric, these plans were only carried out on some locos.
Many of the locos continued in service up till 1967, and several modified and un modified locos have been preserved.
Chassis and wheels required.
TT120 scale (1/120)
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more info about locos here
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SR_West_Country_and_Battle_of_Britain_classes
more info about Bulleid here
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Bulleid
more 3d printed models from Recreation21 here
https://www.rue-d-etropal.com/3D-printing/3d_printed_designs.htm
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loco, modified cab
Bulleid designed this as a light weight version of his Merchant Navy class loco, and it was both powerful enough and lightweight enough for rural lines with lower weight limits.
First loos entered service in 1945. Initially took names of West Country towns, then new batch took names inspired by the war time efforts of the RAF.
Original design had a major problem with forward visibility so the cab fronts were modified with a V shaped front window. Problems with tenders resulted in various modifications .
To enable running on Hastings line(which in the end they did not run on) cab width was 8ft 6in. Final locos built had cab width increased to 9ft.
In 1950s plans wre put forward to rebuild all locos , after similar rebuilding of the Merchant Navy class, but with long term plans for replacement of steam with diesel and electric, these plans were only carried out on some locos.
Many of the locos continued in service up till 1967, and several modified and un modified locos have been preserved.
Chassis and wheels required.
TT120 scale (1/120)
======================
more info about locos here
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SR_West_Country_and_Battle_of_Britain_classes
more info about Bulleid here
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Bulleid
more 3d printed models from Recreation21 here
https://www.rue-d-etropal.com/3D-printing/3d_printed_designs.htm
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