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This is how the model came out...
[img width=800 height=450]http://ljungz.com/trains/temp/kosta3.jpg[/img]
http://ljungz.com/trains/temp/kosta2.avi

http://forums.gemme.org/https://gemme.org/forumphpbb/viewtopic.php?t=0

Hello Bernard,

Nice DFB paintjob :)

According to my Decauville drawing the wheels have 600 mm diameter and 8 spokes. This is based on a sisterloco to "Kosta", "Lessebo" that is preserved at Mariefred in Sweden.
http://www.oslj.nu/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/klj_lessebo.jpg

We had 7 Decauville ...

Hello Michel,

Thanks. I am very happy with the previous models from this manufacturer, so I'm sure "Kosta" will be very nice too!

There is no "French" version planned. Personally I'm not bothered by the difference 1:45 vs 1:43,5, you can hardly see it.

Two pictures from earlier models:
http ...

Hi guys!

Sorry for writing in English, but I thought this project could be of interest to you as it is a French prototype.

I'm preparing a model of a Decauville Mallet Type 8 locomotive. It is based on the locomotive "Kosta", that ran on the Kosta-Lessebo 600 mm railway line in Sweden (Decauville ...