Sunday, 3 March 2013

Judith Edge Ruston 48DS - part 1.

I've been building a pair of these, one for myself and one for a friend, for quite a while now. I've put my own to one side for the time being and I'm currently concentrating on my friends as he's been waiting for far too long for it!

Anyway, here's a couple of shots of his as it stands at the moment, firstly the chassis;

 

And the chassis, body and frames bolted together for testing;


The loco comes with a High Level Kits mechanism included with drive to both axles, gearing is an impressively low 108:1 meaning that the loco crawls along quite nicely, and it can be built compensated.

There's still lots more work to do, such as adding weight to the body, fitting the resin sandboxes and other details and soldering the derail beams in place onto the bufferplanks.

Paul.
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2 comments:

  1. Anonymous1 September 2014 at 16:13

    very nice looking loco I have driven one in real life just love the Ruston's diesels shunters im going to have a go at one

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    1. Paul B.2 September 2014 at 09:18

      It is a neat little kit. I do like a 48DS, probably my favourite s.g. loco.

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