EWS Class 59

David Armitage - Class 59

By David Armitage

Base model

None. This model has been created from etched brass parts.

Body shell

Worsley Works etched brass parts, with baseplate cut out to accommodate chassis.

Chassis

K&M Engineers Pty (Australia): brass chassis plate, with all-brass drive shafts, bogie towers and gears.

Motor

Mashima, centrally mounted.

Drive train

K&M Engineers Pty (Australia): drive to all axles.

Wheels

K&M Engineers Pty (Australia): brass with plastic insulation bushes on one side; brass axles.

Glazing

Clear plastic sheet.

Paintwork

Spray-can-painted using colours from the Halfords acrylic car paint range.

Markings

Fox Transfers, intended for another scale.

Detailing

Hand crafted.

Electrics

K&M Engineers Pty (Australia): wired for DC; pickup on alternate sides of each bogie.

British 1:87 Scale Modelling