N Gauge Metropolitan E Class from Tiny Underground Models

[The Western Master]

Greetings all

After months of painstaking work I will shortly be releasing a print to my Shapeways shop to convert a Dapol M7 to a Metropolitan Railway E class 0-4-4T. Finished with parts from N Brass (chimney, dome etc.), this is my first foray into loco design. I had to do several test prints to get it right but I'm hopeful that I've ironed out the bugs now... More pictures of the prototype soon.

[The Western Master]

Hi everyone

Prototype now built. Not a high load puller, mostly because the Dapol M7 chassis used cannot get much traction from 4 driving wheels, even with a body packed with weights where feasible.

This example has been built by a friend of mine and I think you'll agree he's made an excellent job of it.