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Prototype Era
Era 5 (1957 to 1966) British Railways Late Crest
Manufacturer description
Expected Delivery July 2024 (Subject to change at Manufacturer's Discretion)
Class 37 - D6600
Completed nearly six years after D6700 had left Vulcan Foundary, D6600 was the first of nine English Electric Type 3s to be numbered out of sequence as the fleet outgrew its allocated series and bumped up against the Western Regions D7000 'Hymek' locomotives. Delivered to 86A Cardiff Canton in August 1965 and then to Swansea Landore in 1971, later gaining the number 37300, it spent the first 20 years of its life primarily on freight duties in and around South Wales before eventually moving to Scotland at the start of 1985. It had barely settled in north of the border when it received the call to Crewe Works in the October for refurbishment as one of the Welsh-based Class 37/4s, 37429.
D6600 wears its original BR green with small yellow warning panel and features its as-built nose condition with no riveted strengthening plate and WR-style lamp irons only. This has been one of the most requested conditions for our 37s to date and we are delighted to bring this variant into the range for the first time
Common Features:
- Highly detailed OO scale model, 1:76.2
- Heavy die-cast metal chassis
- Accurate tumbleholme, nose, cab roof and cantrail curves taken from 3D Laser scan and extensive surveys
- Timeframe specific details, including but not limited to;
- Bogies (Fabricated and three variations of Cast)
- Fuel tanks (As built and with later smooth-sided long range fuel tank)
- Early Class 37/0 features frost grille, boiler filler panel and access steps
- Early Class 37/0 features illuminated split headcode displays with a selection of different four-character headcodes
- Class 37/6 have operational WIPAC light clusters and top headlight and numerous different nose slides all including multiple working socket
- Three styles of buffer: large round Oleo, oval and squared oval
- Three styles of nose grilles: as built, refurbished ‘split’ and refurbished ‘single piece’
- Boiler exhaust, and two styles of plated boiler panel
- With or without bufferbeam skirts
- With or without cab roof vents and bodyside windows
- Nose and roof aerials and antennas (where applicable)
- Three styles of windscreen: standard, centre toughened and all toughened
- Three styles of cab interior: as built, refurbished and modern DRS locos
- Four bufferbeam variations with different piping configurations
- Door kickplates where applicable
- Multiple body and nose slides to accurately represent almost every member of the class, including three variations of cantrail grille: early EE (for D6700-D6704), later EE and RSH
- Four roof styles: Original double riveted, single riveted, welded and welded with antennas
- Separately applied etched metal and high fidelity plastic detail parts, including grab handles, aerials, steps, wipers, nameplates, crests and more.
- Etched metal door kickplates (where applicable), ‘frost’ grille (where applicable) & super fine etched metal roof grille
- Scale width wire handrails
- Turned brass roof-mounted horns on centre headcode examples
- Full underbody tank detail with brackets and pipework
- Bogies feature separate footsteps, etched footsteps, brake cylinders, speed recorder, end brake rigging and very fine brake chain
- Brake blocks on trucks (bogies) in line with wheels (can be moved for EM/P4 gauges)
- Numerous other locomotive-specific details yet to be revealed!
- RP25-110 profile OO gauge wheels with fine scale ‘drop in’ EM (18.2mm gauge) and P4 (18.83mm gauge) wheels available separately
- Accurate high-fidelity miniature snowploughs
- Fully sprung metal buffers, extra-fine factory-installed pipework and screw couplings
- Correct height mini-tension-lock couplers with NEM socket as well as a fully detailed bufferbeam
- Provided DCC ready [21Pin MTX Socket] or Factory DCC Sound Fitted [ESU LokSound 5]
- Every model includes PowerPack / Backup Power Capacitor Bank for up to ten seconds of power free running, flicker free lighting and continuous sound
- DCC Sound Versions include;
- ESU LokSound V5 DCC Chip
- Customised Dual-Speaker Technology with;
- Large EM2 Style Bass Speaker
- Smaller 'iphone' style cube for higher frequencies
- High Performance traction, to include;
- High-quality five-pole motor with two flywheels
- Metal Helical Gear box for maximum performance and slow speed running
- Gearing arranged so locomotive can achieve a scale top speed of 100 mph (160 km/h)
- DCC ready with PowerPack Super-capacitor for uninterrupted power and super low speed running
- All wheel drive and all wheel pickup
- Fully detailed Lighting Pack, including:
- Directional lighting on DC and DCC
- Fully functional Headlights per prototype
- Engine Bay Lighting (with visible Prime Mover)
- WIPAC light clusters where appropriate with day and night-time settings
- Separately switched cab lighting and illuminated, details driver’s console, auto off on movement
- Switchable red tail lights
- RP25-110 wheels OO wheels with provision for re-gauging to p4 and EM gauge
- Minimum Radius 438mm (2nd Radius Set-track)
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* Class names often change over the lifespan of a locomotive, so this is not necessarily the class name used by the operator in the period modelled.
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