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Yes it is the Newman Derwent, the gear is cobbled up with bits of etch, rod, and dress making pins, it does revolve but not freely enough for a powered loco.

I have made a start with a small layout, the photos show the first drawing, then the basic board which was cut and placed upon three cross members, this will have the track laid on it before the further supporting surround is added. The track is Z gauge rail soldered to brass pins going through 8mm square pads, these represent the stone blocks used, which give a clear path for horses to pull stock. The last photo shows the 3D print of Derwent hauling a short train of early waggons, cast in resin from my master.

My rough attempt at drawing the Gaunless bridge, from photos with some dimensions, and some wagons not covered by RTR.

The Locomotion model is shown to be run on second radius curves as a minimum, but I am sure that it will work on first radius, I wonder if Hornby are just giving this as a default minimum curve.

The single cab 58 was aimed at overseas markets, various gauges and power installed, but no takers.

The Gaunless iron bridge is an interesting and unique piece, I think that rule 1 would allow steam hauled trains over it whatever! It’s just one of a few set pieces that could be used.

I am getting the same thoughts, something generic, as the Hornby model will be as it is now, it would have to be altered a bit, no bell and generic crew for instance, and then there’s the wagons, the later versions have been produced but not the early 1925 ones. The only hints to a layout is the one built in the early 1970’s and described in the September 75 Railway Modeller and in some books, so a bit of further research me thinks, and that would be for a small pastiche one, I can’t find a model of a horse drawn Mail stage coach ether, I sure that there was one!

Just a thought, is anyone going to look at making a S &D 1825 ish layout or diorama for the forthcoming Hornby Locomotion?

There was an article in a 1980’s Railway Modeller showing how to use Papier-mâché Mache for diesel loco bodies, nothing new under the sun!

Looks good, I built one quite some time ago to EM and the jackshaft axle is where it is powered, black livery.

With appolagies to the admins, as there isn’t a separate thread. Here are my Coal Turbine models, in OO and N gauges, both scratch built from plastic card and a coach roof, running upon a USA diesel chassis. The side drawing that started this is in the January 1957 Trains Illustrated, and it was repeated in the book Transition from Steam.

Hi again. The Newcomen Society produce two papers on the coal burning turbine, first is the theory, second concerns the locomotive, I found that one useful in the models construction.

Having built the etched kit I would say that reworking the KR models Fell would be easier, the photos show the modified early side of my KR Fell, along with the roof. The work entails, moulding the Louvres and the central grill and producing a thin resin casting to fit, reshaping the end top from bulbous to sloping flat. On the roof, cutting out an reposition the erroneous water tank filler cut out, and adding filler caps, adding fine mesh to the vents behind the cabs, making the exhaust cutout and providing new exhausts, drilling out the main exhausts. On the ends, provide lamp irons from staples, make and fit Vacuum and steam heat hoses, new brass cab handrails, and on the bogies provide the lozenge cross bolsters, then paint and weather! I am at Warley this weekend, stand B39, and I shall have it with me but not on my layout there, because it’s N gauge.

Here are my pair of D9’s, little and large, I am at Warley this weekend on stand B39 Exe Halt, and they will be there as well.

Both the 58 derivatives are the same length as the class 58, their modular construction allowed some adaptation which without orders wasn’t progressed with in the way B.R. had hoped.