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Western Thunderer
I have been working on finishing incomplete projects. So I have started another. Another scale, another prototype. Not as large or expensive as some other diversions seen on WT. Inspired by photos such as this-
I have been collecting information on side tipping skip wagons for quite a few years and decided that 1:32 would be a good scale to build some in. No complete wagons yet but 3 loco kits have been sitting on a shelf for a few years, a Slaters Ruston Hornsby 16/20hp, a Model Company Malcolm Moore V8 WW2 loco and a Scale Link 20hp Simplex. The Ruston looked like a nice kit, and is complete with everything including the coreless gearhead motor, so I started it on Saturday. About 11 pleasant hours later spread over 3 days we have this -
The castings are all still loose. The chassis is compensated and runs beautifully. It was a toss up whether to build it with a cab or not, in the end I couldn't resist the porthole. The kit goes together very well.
Now to build some 19.05mm gauge track for it to run on. And the skips.....
I have been collecting information on side tipping skip wagons for quite a few years and decided that 1:32 would be a good scale to build some in. No complete wagons yet but 3 loco kits have been sitting on a shelf for a few years, a Slaters Ruston Hornsby 16/20hp, a Model Company Malcolm Moore V8 WW2 loco and a Scale Link 20hp Simplex. The Ruston looked like a nice kit, and is complete with everything including the coreless gearhead motor, so I started it on Saturday. About 11 pleasant hours later spread over 3 days we have this -
The castings are all still loose. The chassis is compensated and runs beautifully. It was a toss up whether to build it with a cab or not, in the end I couldn't resist the porthole. The kit goes together very well.
Now to build some 19.05mm gauge track for it to run on. And the skips.....