[MOC] Diesel British Rail Class 04 Shunter Inspired

[charlesp1138]

This started life as an attempt to build a faithful Diesel British Rail Class 04 Shunter but slowly morphed into something more INSPIRED by it.

There's room in the cab for a m motor mounted vertically and the back two wheels are geared for a single axle drive. Two of the back wheels are also floated horizontally to help with going around curves and to minimize derailing.

Thoughts welcome!

 

[legobanker]

Nice build. Is this 6 or 8 wide?  Any plans on offering the instructions?

[charlesp1138]

Thanks. It's six wide.

Should be putting together instructions soon.

[Roadmonkeytj]

1 hour ago, charlesp1138 said:

Thanks. It's six wide.

Should be putting together instructions soon.

I for one will look forward to them...  This is a brilliant looking loco (even it it's not prototypical it looks as though it could be) 

[Hod Carrier]

The shape isn’t too far away from the Class 04 but I can see that the length and wheel arrangement is a bit off to be a faithful replica. I don’t think you’d need to make too many changes to bring it closer to your inspiration if you wanted to.

All that said, she’s a handsome looking devil and would make a good shunter/trip loco on any layout.