Original page created on 03/06/2012; updated on 13/02/2023.
LS Models 40193-3
A3B3Dd Rapide Nord
UIC number | Revision date |
51 87 81-40 254-1 2 | 26.10.77 |
144 g (NEM: 103 to 134 g)
The coach is higher on one side than the other. It is due to the bosses of the 3-point suspension: the pivot should have been a little longer (0.5 mm approximately) to the dynamo side to compensate these bosses on the opposite side. Moreover, it is impossible to mount a standard tail coupling on the opposite side of the dynamo. These recurring defects concern the six Rapide Nord coaches in my possession.
The toilet evacuation is misplaced.
LS Models gives no information on dismantling, unlike F-type sleeping coaches. See the Loco-Revue forum on this topic.
See:
Coaches made in 29 units.
These “Rapide” Nord coaches are externally characterized by the fact that the toilets are in the centre.
Photo Luc Beaumadier on luc.beaumadier.free.fr.
Dimension | Actual | 1:87 | Model |
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Overall length | 22 350 | 256.9 | 256.5 |
Chassis length | 21 000 | 241.4 | 241.5 |
Width | 2 900 | 33.3 | 33.3 |
Height | 4 000 | 46.0 | 46.1 1 |
Pivot distance | 15 500 | 178.2 | 178.3 |
Bogie wheelbase | 2 500 | 28.7 | 28.8 |
Wheel diameter | 920 | 10.6 | 10.6 |
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Loco-Revue documentary sheets. .
Model very finely engraved and extremely detailed. The inner walls are decorated with different colours depending on the class. There is a double roof in which the interior ceiling lights are even planned!