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ACC2868-DCC Accurascale Ruston 88DS 408496/1957 - NEI-Clark
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ACC2868-DCC Accurascale Ruston 88DS 408496/1957 - NEI-Clark

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ACC2868-DCC Accurascale Ruston 88DS 408496/1957 - NEI-Clark Chapman - Lined Blue, with Arrows - DCC Sound Fitted

DESIGN SPECIFICATION and CONSIDERATIONS

Die-cast metal chassis, body frame and footplate, with plastic cab and engine panels.

Scale length of 143.8mm over buffers, 54.85mm wide and height over cab of 70mm.

Wheelbase of 40.54mm, for all vehicles, allowing operation over a minimum radius of 1020mm (2nd radius set-track).

Choice of metal 3-link, or screw couplings for prototypical coupling.

Brake blocks fitted and aligned with wheel centres for 0 Gauge, ensuring that they do not rub on wheel rims.

Single style of 21mm solid wheel, correctly profiled both on the inside and outside and chemically blackened, set in blackened brass bearings or contact strips and conforming to Accurascale standards of 29.2mm back-to-back, on 4.763mm diameter axles.

Fully detailed die-cast underframe with all cylinders, linkages and piping applied separately

Eroded metal, plastic and wire detail parts, including (but not limited to) handrails, door handles, lamp brackets, brake gear, brake discs, draw gear, vents, louvres, radiator grilles and builders’ plates.

Prism free flush glazing.

Easily removable cab roof, to allow access to cab interior for customer detailing.

Sprung metal buffers, and draw hooks.

Authentic livery, markings and numbers, accurate to time period modelled, achieved by use of part painting and pad printing.

HIGH PERFORMANCE TRACTION and MECHANISM, TO INCLUDE:

Centrally mounted, best quality 5-pole skew-wound motor, with flywheel, driving both axles.

All-wheel pickup.

Helical gear box for maximum performance and slow speed running.

Gearing arranged so locomotive can achieve a scale maximum top speed of 15.4 mph (24.78 kmh), with a load of 1.1kg.

DCC ready with PowerPack capacitor for uninterrupted power, or similar stay alive arrangement.

Ruston 408496 was built new for the firm of Shanks & Co. Ltd at Longpark Pottery in Hillhead, Kilmarnock, leaving the works at Boultham on 24 January 1957. The locomotive was sold on, eventually ending up with NEI-Clarke Chapman at their Horseley Bridge works and has survived into preservation, currently residing at the Foxfield Railway.

Name:
ACC2868-DCC Accurascale Ruston 88DS 408496/1957 - NEI-Clark
DCC Status:
DCC Sound Fitted
Gauge:
O Gauge
Price:
£ 319.99
Product Code:
LFD001
Availability:
In Stock - usually despatched within 24 hours
Stock Level:
1
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