EWS 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.