EWS Class 59
By David Armitage
The following details are subject to confirmation
Base model
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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.
Couplers
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Detailing
Hand crafted.
Electrics
K&M Engineers Pty (Australia): wired for DC; pickup on alternate sides of each bogie.