Indian locos and coaches - Page 5

**Aero** · #41 05-06-2018, 08:49 AM

Also, the ICF coaches are a little shorter than the LHB coaches in length
Duronto uploaded, awaiting approval.

**elliott** · #42 05-06-2018, 01:06 PM

Aero, the file did not attach when you uploaded it. Please try again, paying particular attention to instructions and prompts. Thanks!

**Aero** · #43 05-07-2018, 12:33 AM

Thanks for informing me Elliott, the file has been uploaded again.
Waiting for approval.

**Aero** · #44 05-07-2018, 05:23 AM

Two new coaches-
Gatimaan exp coach(blue)
Rajdhani exp coach(red)
A little later, the luxury trains will be designed......

**Kevin WS** · #45 05-07-2018, 07:08 AM

Hi Aero - good progress!

What is the scale?

Have you considered 1/250? I think your models would lend themselves to this scale, which is nice as you do not need a lot of space to display short rakes and lots of coaches.

I think your models would be easy to convert......

Here is an example of a 1/250 tram I made which gives you an idea of what is possible in this scale.

Prague Lubricating Tram in 1/250

Also, one of the important things about railway models this size is that you do not have to cut out lots of wheels!

**Kevin WS** · #46 05-07-2018, 07:23 AM

Hi Elliot - your earlier post refers.

Nope, I have not lived in India. Though I would liked to have.

Since I was little though I have been fascinated with Indian Railways and their history - it is a vast subject, with still lots of areas to research and books to be written. I also have Indian friends with rail connections.

One day maybe I will get there!

And as you say, the railways and history there is indeed a fascinating subject. One of my more specific areas of interest has also been railway gauges (the reason for, how etc) and I have written a few articles on this for magazines in the past.

India alone has currently 4 gauges to speak of, although they are trying hard to rationalize. In the past, they had many more. The engineering reasons behind the gauge choices is interesting, as were/are the methods used in Indian to cope with all the plethora of gauges and the resulting complexity.

A friend of mine in India did what I would have thought was impossible - he produced an atlas of Indian Railways in detail, which also included all the gauges. The fact also is that he is a very talented graphics artist - I doubt that anyone without this background (and a love of trains) would have been able to do the job as elegantly and competently as he did!

**Aero** · #47 05-07-2018, 08:52 AM

Kevin, my models are ( I guess ) bigger, at least 1: 150 scale

**Aero** · #48 05-07-2018, 09:15 AM

Here is a picture for comparison.

**Kevin WS** · #49 05-07-2018, 10:34 AM

Hi Aero - sent you a PM.......

**Aero** · #50 05-07-2018, 10:40 AM

I'm sending one to you, but it's saying your email folder is full.....