Description

If you are modelling the 50s and 60s, you need 40s!

CONTENTS:
Introduction – 3

A brief history of the 40 Class models – 4

The 40 Class variations – 6

Chronology of the colour schemes – 8

The colour combinations: all six of them! – 9

The Robe River variations – 10

Which models can be used to represent the variations? – 11

The Mansfield 40 Class – 12
The Atlas-Kato RSD 4/5 – 12
The Atlas Classic RSD 4/5 – 14
The Bergs/The Model Company 40 class kit – 14
The Lloyds Model Railways 40 Class kit – 15
The Proto 1000 RSC 3 – 15
The Eureka 40 Class – 16
The Atlas Classic RS 3 – 17
The Kato RSC 2 – 17

Summary – 18

Thank you – 18

The Modelling the Railways of New South Wales Convention – 18

References – 20

Colour photographic references – 21

NSWR 40 Class model weight, drawbar pull and wheelbase – 23

NSWR 40 Class model dimensions – 24

Components of the Bergs 40 class kit – 25

Components of the Lloyds Model Railways 40 class kit – 26

Modification instructions for lowering the Eureka 40 class model – 27

40 class detail variations – 30