Class 47 - Departmental Grey - 47329 - OO Scale

The Class 47 is one of the most mass produced locomotives of the BR Fleet. These locomotives were designed and built between 1962 and 1968 by Brush Traction and British Rail Crewe Works. They were used all over the western region hauling passenger services and can still be seen running up and down the country with special services.

MECHANICAL

• Powerful 5-pole, twin shaft motor with two brass flywheels providing drive to both bogies
• Four axle drive with ‘floating’ middle axle for smooth riding qualities
• Diecast metal chassis block
• Precision gearboxes with gearing arranged for prototypical running speeds and haulage capability
• OO gauge finescale wheels with painted wheel faces
• Detachable coupling pockets to NEM362 standards at both ends
• Designed to operate on curves of second radius (438mm) or greater

DETAILING

• Highly detailed bogies with superb relief detail and separate components
• Exquisitely detailed underframe area with original water/fuel tanks, battery boxes or extended range fuel tanks and battery boxes
• 9 different cab end designs based on common variations, with the potential to mix-and-match cab versions to produce specific locomotives
• Authentic ride height
• Original or ‘cutaway’ bufferbeam assemblies
• Body-mounted or bufferbeam-mounted ETH equipment
• Single arm or pantograph windscreen wipers
• Original fixed or Serck radiator shutter options for No1 end roof panels
• 7 options for No2 end boiler roof panel including all major Spanner/Stones/Clayton versions in original open design or plated over.
• Glazed headcodes and two versions of plated headcode panel
• Original cab or later ‘life extended’ style with cutaway bufferbeam cowling
• Options for ScotRail and Rail express systems Class 47/7s
• Highly detailed and decorated cab interiors with authentic angled frames visible in cabside windows
• Authentic pipework detail visible in engine room windows
• Separately applied metal detail parts, including handrails and etched fan grilles
• Finely detailed three-piece miniature snowploughs which attach to the underside of the chassis for a more realistic appearance
• Sprung finescale buffer
• Beautifully decorated bufferbeam pipework/cable
• More than 150 separate parts per model

DECORATION

• Minutely researched and applied liveries on all models, based on archive photos and comments provided by acknowledged Class 47 experts
• Multiple paint applications employed on each model using colours based on original paint specifications
• Logos, numerals and text added as appropriate using multi-stage tampo printing using authentic typefaces, logos and colours
• Painted wheel faces to eliminate toy-like shiny effect of chemically blackened wheels
• Colours based on official BR and train operator paint references and painting instructions.