Tetradeca Headed NA class!

That's amazing. I was going to buy one but had to cancel when I found it was too big to go round the curved viaduct and tunnel on my railway.

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Peter Lucas
MyLocoSound
 
Yes, they are big models for what we know of as a small 30" gauge locomotive. Imagine how big they would be if correctly scaled for 45mm gauge track. A 30" gauge locomotive would have to be scaled near 1:16.9. A compromise was made at 1:19 so they would look OK with other models but they're still fairly large for layouts that only cater for smaller locomotives.
 
They run fine on 45mm track and look great with the US 1:20.3 rolling stock. It was a bit silly to offer a 32mm gauge version as they are way too big for this gauge at 16mm scale.
 
Paradise said:
An impressive line up of 14 Baldwin NA class live steamers.
Just in case you haven't seen the video and it is probably one of the few times I will ever get to use the term 'tetradeca' :)

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No wonder we've never seen any - you've got 'em all.

tac
OVGRS
 
tac foley said:
No wonder we've never seen any - you've got 'em all.
tac
OVGRS
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Tac, I think this was at Gordon Watson's place (Argyle Loco) later in the day after the Great Southern Steam Up.
Apparently there were about 140 Accucraft NA's produced so there are many strays out there still. :)
 
The Steam up after the GSSU in 2016 was at the Argyle Olinda residence of Michael and Leslie Ragg. It was a very civilized function, wonderfully catered with a string and Piano trio playing light Classical music. .
Not sure exactly how many NA's were made, but I converted # 152, an electric version, to battery R/C.
 
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