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Two pre-production examples of the new two-truck Baldwin diesel - as used in Australia by Queensland Sugar Production - were displayed on the Accucraft/Maxitrak stand today. This YT movie shows the real thing in action with a truly gigantic train of rickety-rackety cane cars - both short and long.
The radio-controlled brake truck at the rear is an interesting piece, and the really long trains of over 100 cars, gets a loco at the front, another in the middle and this powered braking car at the rear.
Andrew, the designer, is very proud of this great-looking loco, and showed me dozens of clips of the real thing in action down under. It will be available with one or two motors, but more details are yet to be sorted. All the lighting works - brilliantly - including the flashing cab roof items. Couplings in the models appears to be of the simple multi-level pin and bar, but again that might change. It was good to discover that this model, apart from the motors [as used by Essel Engineering for man years] is entirely made in England, and price is going to be 'less than a thousand English flarps'. Expect to see it on sale in around four months. It will, of course, be gauge adjustable for 32 and 45mm running - the original runs on 2ft/610mm gauge.
I've ordered it in yellow, and although it comes with a full set of plates, I fully expect to employ Tom Eivers of Endon Model Decals to provide flashes and other finishing touches like names and abbreviated cab signs. I'll also be addressing the matter of all the various fire-extinguishers and gas-canisters with SLR Models, as well as a few lumps of 'machinery' to go under that empty-looking hood.
Now I have to find a builder for the cane cars!
The radio-controlled brake truck at the rear is an interesting piece, and the really long trains of over 100 cars, gets a loco at the front, another in the middle and this powered braking car at the rear.
Andrew, the designer, is very proud of this great-looking loco, and showed me dozens of clips of the real thing in action down under. It will be available with one or two motors, but more details are yet to be sorted. All the lighting works - brilliantly - including the flashing cab roof items. Couplings in the models appears to be of the simple multi-level pin and bar, but again that might change. It was good to discover that this model, apart from the motors [as used by Essel Engineering for man years] is entirely made in England, and price is going to be 'less than a thousand English flarps'. Expect to see it on sale in around four months. It will, of course, be gauge adjustable for 32 and 45mm running - the original runs on 2ft/610mm gauge.
I've ordered it in yellow, and although it comes with a full set of plates, I fully expect to employ Tom Eivers of Endon Model Decals to provide flashes and other finishing touches like names and abbreviated cab signs. I'll also be addressing the matter of all the various fire-extinguishers and gas-canisters with SLR Models, as well as a few lumps of 'machinery' to go under that empty-looking hood.
Now I have to find a builder for the cane cars!
