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A0 - G2 Pacific HIGH - FUD
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Product Description
General A0 range overview. Product descriptions below this...
The A0 is a 'what if' 4-6-2 Pacific locomotive design that was as far as we know drawn by Sir Nigel Gresley in 1915 and a couple of known redrafts afterwards. A0 is not a real designation but for identification I coined it years ago when helping with the formation of two essays on the A0 and the possible development of it into other rebuild combinations. I personally believe along with others that it may also form the basis of certain Railway Series characters.
For an in depth explanation of what the A0 is with photographs please check out the following link...
https://www.scalefour.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=5583
... and please also check out the aforementioned essay links WITHIN the link for a full understanding.
The wheelbase of the A0 1915 drawing is...
6'3" + 5' 3" + 7' 0" + 7' 0" + 8' 0" - However the Gresley A1 is...
6'3" + 5' 6" + 7' 3" + 7' 3" + 9' 6"
For this reason the SCC A0 range has been designed instead to fit the A1 wheelbase so they can still fit RTR and kit chassis.'
The SCC A0's have been designed around three different Hornby Gresley A1's (bodies & chassis) to ensure as much compatability as possible between them.
What is offered is full locomotive body shells and also as another option the shells split down into kit components so you can combine them into various combinations yourself, even more combinations than the full shell options will be possible this way.
For the kit route the parts will be easier to prepare and clean the surfaces for painting, also if you order just a running plate for example then you could use your own A1 body and cut out the relavant bits to fit the plates, used this way the items can be used for kit bashing purposes.
Certain configurations will require you changing cylinders and valve gear, or at least modifying them in various ways but the items in question will point you to the suggested changes in the product descriptions.
Product Description...
This is the A0 - G2 Pacific full loco shell with a HIGH runnin gplate. This is one combination of the A0 Pacific composed out of the A0 range components.
NOT ALL A0 Pacific combinations will be available already made up as a full shell, only a few so please plough through the range to find the combination that best suits you for any other possibility. The modular design of the A0 range has been designed with a mix and match nature so consider these full shells as a non essential bonus!
One of Gresley's redrafts removed the originally proposed parallel boiler and replaced it with the Gresley tapered boiler like on the A1's, further more this drawing also showed angular cylinder covers at the front of the running plate. The apparent 'Final' draft saw the angular covers replaced with elegent swooping curves such as on Gresley's Prototype 02 locomotive and also likely was the inspiration for the curves seen on the Railway Series Character Gordon. This version is a theoretical rebuild option.
Buffers are sprued inbetween the chassis. Carefully cut them out and clean the edges.
Under the running plate you will have to locate where the screw goes to fix the chassis if using a Hornby A1, just position the chassis and mark it then drill a thin hole, the material whether WSF or FUD will self tap. Originally the holes were designed in yet the positions of the various Hornby versions moved slightly making it too difficult to ensure they will work with every version.
The running plate has a main height set at a HIGH position. This is important when considering what cylinders and valve gear changes may be needed, see below.
For this version it is recomended you use Hornby Brittania Cylinders, reshaped slightly to fit. Also Black 5 Valve gear will work well with this too. When bashing this conversion from RTR locomotives a while back this is the combination I used.
If you want to use slightly smaller modern tooling Black 5 cylinders instead the MID height G2 would be better. If you want to use the older over scale Black 5 cylinders then they will fit a HIGH plate better than a MID.
The A0 is a 'what if' 4-6-2 Pacific locomotive design that was as far as we know drawn by Sir Nigel Gresley in 1915 and a couple of known redrafts afterwards. A0 is not a real designation but for identification I coined it years ago when helping with the formation of two essays on the A0 and the possible development of it into other rebuild combinations. I personally believe along with others that it may also form the basis of certain Railway Series characters.
For an in depth explanation of what the A0 is with photographs please check out the following link...
https://www.scalefour.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=5583
... and please also check out the aforementioned essay links WITHIN the link for a full understanding.
The wheelbase of the A0 1915 drawing is...
6'3" + 5' 3" + 7' 0" + 7' 0" + 8' 0" - However the Gresley A1 is...
6'3" + 5' 6" + 7' 3" + 7' 3" + 9' 6"
For this reason the SCC A0 range has been designed instead to fit the A1 wheelbase so they can still fit RTR and kit chassis.'
The SCC A0's have been designed around three different Hornby Gresley A1's (bodies & chassis) to ensure as much compatability as possible between them.
What is offered is full locomotive body shells and also as another option the shells split down into kit components so you can combine them into various combinations yourself, even more combinations than the full shell options will be possible this way.
For the kit route the parts will be easier to prepare and clean the surfaces for painting, also if you order just a running plate for example then you could use your own A1 body and cut out the relavant bits to fit the plates, used this way the items can be used for kit bashing purposes.
Certain configurations will require you changing cylinders and valve gear, or at least modifying them in various ways but the items in question will point you to the suggested changes in the product descriptions.
Product Description...
This is the A0 - G2 Pacific full loco shell with a HIGH runnin gplate. This is one combination of the A0 Pacific composed out of the A0 range components.
NOT ALL A0 Pacific combinations will be available already made up as a full shell, only a few so please plough through the range to find the combination that best suits you for any other possibility. The modular design of the A0 range has been designed with a mix and match nature so consider these full shells as a non essential bonus!
One of Gresley's redrafts removed the originally proposed parallel boiler and replaced it with the Gresley tapered boiler like on the A1's, further more this drawing also showed angular cylinder covers at the front of the running plate. The apparent 'Final' draft saw the angular covers replaced with elegent swooping curves such as on Gresley's Prototype 02 locomotive and also likely was the inspiration for the curves seen on the Railway Series Character Gordon. This version is a theoretical rebuild option.
Buffers are sprued inbetween the chassis. Carefully cut them out and clean the edges.
Under the running plate you will have to locate where the screw goes to fix the chassis if using a Hornby A1, just position the chassis and mark it then drill a thin hole, the material whether WSF or FUD will self tap. Originally the holes were designed in yet the positions of the various Hornby versions moved slightly making it too difficult to ensure they will work with every version.
The running plate has a main height set at a HIGH position. This is important when considering what cylinders and valve gear changes may be needed, see below.
For this version it is recomended you use Hornby Brittania Cylinders, reshaped slightly to fit. Also Black 5 Valve gear will work well with this too. When bashing this conversion from RTR locomotives a while back this is the combination I used.
If you want to use slightly smaller modern tooling Black 5 cylinders instead the MID height G2 would be better. If you want to use the older over scale Black 5 cylinders then they will fit a HIGH plate better than a MID.
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