Australian company, Eureka Models, has just announced that they will be producing an HO model of the New South Wales Government Railways AD60 class Beyer-Garratt
This will be the first injection moulded Garratt to be produced anywhere in the world.
See more information at the Eureka Models Website:
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Eureka Models Webmaster James McInerney
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, homepage for "Lambing Flat" my HO NSWGR branchline, includes information on the full size NSWGR.
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the "Rurr Valley Railway", my G gauge West Coast of Tasmania garden line or
And it seems you reply merits the same response. Kitmaster made an injected moulded, non-running kit (I had one). The Eureka model is (or will be) RTR, making it the first in accordance with Lambing's post.
He was correct. The Australian one looks good and I will probably get one - but it is *N*O*T* "the first injection moulded Garratt to be produced anywhere in the world". Period.
To paraphrase "Monty Python and the Holy Grail".....
"Bloody pedants!"
Will you accept "This will be the first *ready to run* injection moulded Garratt to be produced anywhere in the world." Which is what I intended to convey in the first place........
The Kitmaster Garratt was indeed injection moulded, but it certainly wasn't ready to run........
The AD60 will be a very fine model, with superb running qualities, the Australian market would not accept anything less......
Eureka Models Webmaster James McInerney
STOP! In The Name Of The Lore!
At
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, homepage for "Lambing Flat" my HO NSWGR branchline, includes information on the full size NSWGR.
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the "Rurr Valley Railway", my G gauge West Coast of Tasmania garden line or
Absolutely, but your original claim would contravene the Trades Description Act in the UK, plus it's always better to say what you meant rather than what you meant to say! ;-)
Now how do I go about ordering one of the factory weathered examples?
Phil: Kitmaster Produced Motorising Kits (a power bogie - to use in an adjacent Wagon or Coach), and many Specialist manufaturers here STILL provide chassis conversions for currently available Kitmaster models (albeit labelled Airfix or Dapol) - admittedly not the Garratt though.
(At least thes is more chance of 'motorising' an ex-Kitmaster than an ex-Mongram / Revell steam loco - they seem to come with 'fixed position' mouldings of connecting rods / valve gear which makes the 'no cement' instructions on fitting the wheels almost irrelevant (except for achieving alignment of the pins for the rods)
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