0-16.5 guess what it looked like loco
Hi all
Well were did this all start? As well as Glenuig, I have a little 0-16.5 slate quarry layout, while I have been exhibiting Glenuig, a few exhibition managers have asked me if I have anything else I could exhibit. So the slate quarry has a few invites to shows. The layout has little operating potential so I will leave a train circuiting for long time periods and only having two locos I could see a problem using this method, one boredom, and two, wearing the little things out. What I needed was a few more locos.
The obvious choice would be to build another Hunslet, but I wanted something different.
While looking through “the Slate Quarry Album” I came across a photo of a James Spooner designed 0-4-0 loco, that would fit the tight loading gauge required. As far as I know there is not a kit available or much information, about the prototype.
First problem,
No drawings, I scaled it assuming the driver in the photo was about 5'6”, so as you can gather I am not to bothered about exact dimensions.
Wheels and chassis
these started out as Bachmann metal wagon wheels. I made some brass centres and glued them in. The axles were then made from 1/8 silver steel turned down to fit the wheels. 12BA screws were used for the crank pins. The chassis is 20 thou nickel silver, I decided the I would compensate the front axle, mainly for electrical pick up properties. The cross heads where filed from a piece of brass, and the cylinders turned. The unit is fitted with a Mashima motor and a Markits gearbox.
It all runs very well albeit, with a slight wobble.
Body
carved out of 12thou NS sheet. With turned brass fittings. The boiler is a solid lump of brass board out and then slotted to clear the motor.
So now I have three runnable locos, its just a shame to paint it.
Gary
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