swift sixteen Accy loco body

Sir haydn · Post by **Sir haydn** » Fri Feb 04, 2011 11:22 pm

A new venture into other products

http://www.swiftsixteen.com/owain.html

taliesin001 · Post by **taliesin001** » Sat Feb 05, 2011 12:08 am

I had a look at this the other day. I quite like it, although it still makes the loco way over scale.

Sir haydn · Post by **Sir haydn** » Sat Feb 05, 2011 12:12 am

the only way to get it down would be to step the frames at the back so the cab sits lower then trim the sides of the running plate down.

andysleigh · Post by **andysleigh** » Sat Feb 05, 2011 1:01 am

i love it!

queerky industrial style.

bessytractor · Post by **bessytractor** » Sat Feb 05, 2011 1:03 am

looks a bit Robert'fied.

MDLR · Post by **MDLR** » Sat Feb 05, 2011 11:26 am

It reminds me very much of the white - metal drop-on body that Peco used to do to go on a Minitrix chassis - that was all side tank, too!

Hancockshire · Post by **Hancockshire** » Sun Feb 06, 2011 1:10 am

I like that. Got a VoR feel about it but the big tanks look like they were bolted on after the loco was made. It's untidy & bu99ers the engine's lines. It would look better if the whole tank was one height & didn't have a join in the middle. It would look far better

Narrow Minded · Post by **Narrow Minded** » Sun Feb 06, 2011 10:43 am

Well it's certainly different, but not my style. It'll be interesting to see what the future offerings are like though!

Pendo Pilot · Post by **Pendo Pilot** » Wed Feb 23, 2011 5:04 am

I love it, infact I'm very tempted for my edrig. Looks like a proper narrow gauge workhorse. Love the way the tanks stick out, as if the loco has been modified/ updated over the years or even designed that way to comply with a strict axle loading limit. Never done a brass fold and construct before though, how tough are they.
I think the blocky look would match the lines Carrie as well.

Narrow Minded · Post by **Narrow Minded** » Wed Feb 23, 2011 8:33 am

Never done a brass fold and construct before though, how tough are they.

I'd never done one before I attempted the Baldrig (and I think Sammm was the same) and that turned out to be pretty straight forward.
It's got to be an improvement on the basic Edrig

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