It has been a long time since the first post on this blog as the HO scene has taken precedence, but now after a number of meeting of the H&B design team things are coming together.
Basically the entire project has been started again, including a redesign of the basic loco shape as well as deciding to go petrol/diesel electric as opposed to the original petrol mechanical drive.
To reign in the project cost and to expedite it's completion a few aspects have been changed and simplified including the inclusion of pre fabricated parts so as the simplify the construction, and also the inclusion of more 'off the shelf' items. The idea behind this is that once we have completed one loco, we intend to create a DIY loco kit and sell on the National market as a budget, customisable, with the ability to be put together with whats in a average Joe's tool box type affair.
Design work is progressing nicely in SolidWorks of the chassis components and electrical schematics, and next is chassis point loading calcs etc.
Below is a rehash of the basic design employing a "Pacific National" inspired livery (not to scale).
Cheers
H&B
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