Original page created on 19/05/2012; updated on 13/02/2023.
Brand - Reference
LS Models 40192-1
Type
A8 Rapide Nord
| UIC number | Revision date |
| 51 87 18-37 137-1 2 | 8.8.75 |
Weight
148 g (NEM: 103 to 134 g)
Comments
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!
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 cars in my possession.
LS Models gives no information on dismantling, unlike F-type sleeping cars. See the Loco-Revue forum page 48.
See:
- Loco-Revue Forum.
- gamos81.altervista.org for the reference list of issued Nord coach models.
Modifications
- Drawbar mangled to accept a coupling. Body raised dynamo side by 0.5 mm thick plastic spacer. Toilet evacuation put in right place.
- Steps painted with Humbrol mix “natural wood” No. 110 and “dark grey” No. 32.
- Lighting with current pickup by brass bearings and isolated half-axles, controlled by latching reed switch. Decoration of compartments.
History
Coaches made in 44 units in 1928 for the Compagnie du Nord, by Blanc-Misseron, Franco-Belge, Cail and the Compagnie Française de Matériel de Chemin de fer. UIC numbers: 51 87 18-47 122-1 to 164-2.
These “Rapide” Nord cars are externally characterized by the fact that the toilets are in the centre.
Documents
- Loco-Revue sheet
No. 487 / 41974 - 74 a 41 (former series). Sheet preview.
- Wikipedia article.
- trains-europe.fr website.
- LS Models instruction leaflet.
Photo R. Bersot.
| Dimension | Actual | 1:87 | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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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Document available as a PDF.
If you are interested, please let me know by e-mail,
specifying the title of the document-s.
For conditions, see page
Loco-Revue documentary sheets. .
The seventh and eighth digits of the UIC number went from 47 to 37, which indicates the suppression of steam heating, plausible at the end of the 1970s, and, in fact, the very visible steam pipe on the Nord cars is absent here. So don’t install the steam hose.