Over the last few months work has been progressing on a 4mm North British Railway Wheatley 2-4-0. 4mm is not my chosen scale but this particular locomotive is being built for the East of Scotland 4mm Group's layout Burntisland 1883.

Eight 2-4-0's with 6' driving wheels were built in 1873 by Thomas Wheatley. During the course of their life they underwent many changes and this particular model represents #428 which, during Dugald Drummonds time in office, was given a Drummond/Stirling rounded top cab and the addition of wingplates to it's original smokebox.

The model has been built from an etch produced by two group members. This particular etch being designed not as a kit but more as an aid to scratchbuilding. Provided on the etch is the original Wheatley style cab so for this particular model, with its rounded top cab, a new cab had to be scratchbuilt.