American looking for Class 08 blueprints...please help!

[gpeltz]

Greetings! I'm hoping that some kind soul on these forums can help me with my problem. I'm an American live steam enthusiast living in California, and for my next locomotive project I want to build a BR Class 08 diesel shunter in 1/8 scale.

Unfortunately, finding high quality engineering diagrams of the locomotive has proved difficult. All I need are general layout schematics depicting the front, side and back of the engine. I'm fairly certain that the National Railway Museum in York has the drawings I'm looking for, but their online catalogue is huge and somewhat difficult to decipher. Even in the event that I found drawings of a Class 08 in the catalogue, there is obviously no way for me to physically go and check at the museum to ensure they are the drawings I need, unless I want to take in impromptu vacation

If anyone on here knows of a better way that I can get my hands on these drawings rather than taking a gamble paying for drawings that I hope are the correct ones (or if you happen to know of a forum that would be better suited for this question) I would very much appreciate it! Sorry to be a bother, hope someone can help me out. Thanks in advance!

Greg

 

[Metrailway]

Hi! Welcome to the forum!

Found this link - you might need to refresh a couple of times to get the image: http://media.photobucket.com/image/class%2008%20drawing/dirty_numb_angel_boi/British%20Diesels%20And%20Electrics%20Drawings/Class08Class13.jpg

 

[gpeltz]

Thanks for the welcome, and for the link! Do you think that these are the official drawings from the railway archives? They look pretty legit, though I'm not sure if they are actually detailed enough for my purposes...but they'll provide a good starting point! Thanks! And if anyone else has any other leads, feel free to share. This has already been helpful.

 

[DarloRich]

I dont know about the plans but have you tried looking at, say, flickr for pictures you could use for scaling and prototype design?

Could you try contacting the NRM directly by email and explaining your intrest? They might be able to help you out. They seem like decent chaps whenever i have had call to ask them a question.

 

[Wyvern]

That's interesting. There seems to have an option for slave units (without cabs)

Were any built?

Or is this a view of the Class 13?

 

[talltim]

The slave units are the class 13 (well the 13s were actually the master and slave combo)
It might be worth contacting the HMRS http://www.hmrs.org.uk/

 

[Darandio]

I know you said about not paying if possible, however, these guys are very highly regarded. They are also keen railway modellers to boot, worth getting in touch.

http://www.pdhdrawings.co.uk/

 

[gpeltz]

Thank you all for your responses! I've been perusing the HMRS catalogue, and it looks as though they might have the drawings I am looking for If that doesn't pan out, I'll try giving the NRM a ring and see if they can help me over the phone. I'll let you all know if I am successful, thanks again!

 

[JD68]

Greg,
The Dutch railways had a series 500/600 called "Hippel" or "Bakkie". These engines where very simular to the BR classes 08 and 11.
The Dutch society of model engineers NVM has a catalogue on their website (in Dutch). When you look for drawing 20.02.009 in http://www.modelbouwers.nl/pdf/spoorwegen-1.pdf youíl find the Dutch engine. Drawings for the model are detailed and fully dimensioned. When you look, you can see if it looks Ok. For contact details of the society, look at their homepage http://www.modelbouwers.nl.