GT3 has landed...

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(12-24-2021, 12:02 AM)Super Wrote: Wow, those lines and color are beautiful. So this is a Gas fired Turbine...dumb question....Gasoline no different than cars use? It must cost a lot to fill the size of that Tender. Are those real inside of the cab details I see through the windows?

Yes, she is rather beautiful isn't she and one of a kind, they only ever made the prototype as stated in the history notes.  She actually ran on Kerosene rather than petrol/gas depending on which side of the pond you live Big Grin  The engine was a gas turbine, which is similar to a jet engine, well probably closer to that found in one of these turbine powered helicopters these days.  So basically it has a big fan on the front that sucks air in, then uses injectors to spray a mist of kerosene into the air which is then ignited which then powers the turbine.  So as it happens apparently it was pretty economic when running.

As for the cab, yes it does have cab details as well as IN CAB LIGHTING, there are also directional lights on the locomotive and the rear of the tender as well.  I went for the DCC version, which means that the lights will be on permanently when on track, unless I turn them off using the DCC controller.  This is as opposed to traditional analog where the lights vary depending upon how much power goes to the track and which only light when the loco is in motion.
Happily collecting things all my life... Big Grin
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GT3 has landed... - by Nigels - 12-23-2021, 11:04 PM
RE: GT3 has landed... - by Super - 12-24-2021, 12:02 AM
RE: GT3 has landed... - by Nigels - 12-24-2021, 02:37 AM
RE: GT3 has landed... - by Engineer Bob - 12-24-2021, 12:24 AM
RE: GT3 has landed... - by Super - 12-24-2021, 07:25 AM
RE: GT3 has landed... - by Plarail Man UK - 12-24-2021, 09:58 PM



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