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Mike, Would certainly be interested if you have a spare 16" frame etch, it might make the process a lot easier. Thanks both for all the info. Cheers Roger

Hi, thanks for that. I'll look for the photos and take your point on the local mods. I have managed to find a copy of the MRC September 1986 in the loft and that is very helpful. Cheers Roger

Guys, thanks for that. Very helpful confirmation. It means the Impetus 15" chassis is also correct. You kind of hope it is but a number of books/references that I've found infer the 15" and 16" had the same wheels & wheelbase. Apparently not. I haven't decided on a specific example just yet but have been looking at a lot of prototype photos. It is for a fictional industrial layout so does not necessarily need to be exact. That said, I always try and find an example to copy as you get, hopefully, a realistic "might have been" end product. The Centre Models kit has smokebox footsteps. I wouldn't use these anyway as I would fabricate something from brass, but in the very large majority of photos I've seen they do not seem to exist (the same might be said for the short vertical handrail just above, also on the smokebox side). Does anyone know if they were specific to some customers/models or were they routinely dispensed with? I have other Hunslet kits to build as well but I try not to think about it.... Thanks again Roger

Hi, I must have missed the Gibson wheels, I thought I'd looked, but I follow up on that, many thanks. That does confirm the Impetus chassis etch and clears up the outstanding questions I had on the 16" (for now at least!). Hopefully someone can help me with information on the Hunslet 15" which seems scarcer. many thanks again. Roger

Hi, I've just starting building a 16" Hunslet (or 2!) from a Centre Models whitemetal kit. I'm planning to use an RT Models J94/Austerity chassis. It will need some trimming but the major dimensions (i.e. the wheel centres) are correct for the 16", I think, based on a GA drawing from Railway Modeller September 1972 which shows wheel centres of 5' 3" & 5' 9" (11' overall). However, I also plan to build an Impetus kit for a 16" Hunslet and one for a 15" Hunslet, and also have another Impetus chassis. The chassis etches are marked "S12", "S13" and "S21" (although the last, with the rest of the text, is etched reversed and I was not aware Impetus went up to S21 - but its not "S12" as it has different dimensions to the one marked "S12"). This has added a whole set of confusion for me. All these have different spacing and/or wheelbase, even the one for the 16" when compared to the information above. Also, from the RM article, above, the 16" has 3' 9" wheels (12 spoke, although instructions suggest 10 spoke as that is what is available). But I am unsure of the 15" wheels. The Impetus instructions suggest 3' 7" 10 spoke. Can anyone confirm this? Can anyone help and point me to a GA drawing (or just confirmation) for the wheelbase and wheel diameter for the Hunslet 15"? Many thanks Roger

Hi Rich Buckingham West thread interesting as always. On this occasion happy to take the credit for doing, well, nothing much! But let's not decry this state of affairs as I try and encourage it . I had just written a timer for Simon Paley (St Simon of this parish) that did something very similar albeit for his very modern, modern image layout that was to do with resetting color light signals and the similarities just struck me. Mark did all the actual work Cheers and great work on Buckingham West Roger