Mystery 4mm loco chassis etch - any ID ideas please?

[Bucket of Steam]

 

1 hour ago, billbedford said:

It is only 10 mm over the frames. Would that make it narrow gauge - for 3' or 3'6"? 

 

That's assuming it's 4mm scale. 

 

interesting idea, maybe an Isle of Man 2-4-0T   I seem to recall there were some  ( was it 5mm/foot) kits.

[Bucket of Steam]

On 24/09/2020 at 16:31, 34theletterbetweenB&D said:

Good spot, and there's more arising from that. At the left end there are what look to be lifeguards to be bent down, and I reckon if this is a 4mm scale kit the gauge would be 12mm.

 

Isle of Man 2-4-0T?

 

I see it was already suggested

[Steamport Southport]

Could be TT.

 

 

 

Jason

[The Johnster]

Not Isle of Man; none of their locos had fluted connecting rods.  

[cypherman]

So it could be narrow gauge. It could be an 0 gauge narrow gauge chassis. As I said earlier in this post 7mm 0 gauge narrow gauge  track uses the same gauge as 00.

[cypherman]

So Mark have you put this chassis together yet. Really would like to know what it is from. 

[The Johnster]

Do 7mm scale models use 1/8th diameter axles like 4mm used to?  If so, it could be for a narrow gauge 7mm loco.  There is of course nothing to confirm that it is for a British prototype.  I'm still voting for a solid inside framed outside cylinder 4-2-2 with the leading and trailing wheels fixed in the frames and the driving wheels on a sub frame, but as we've discounted the Stirling single because of the fluted conrod, I can't think of anything now but Cromptons.

[Steamport Southport]

Looks nothing like a Class 33....

 

 

I think Bill had it right with the 10mm width. Almost certainly TT and something like a large wheeled 4-4-0.

[tomparryharry]

May I tentatively suggest a 4-4-0 outside-cylindered tank locomotive, which would appear to drive on the rear axle. The 'fly' here is a leading bogie, and a trailing truck. Add to that, is provision for a tender coupling. 

 

If it's a 4-4-0T, I'd take a long shot on something like a TVR I class, or a C class atlantic.  A LBSC I3, perchance?  Although there is provision for outside cylinders, the etch might allow the cylinder omission.

 

Assuming it's 4mm, what are the centres on the (assumed) axle apetures? 

 

Cheers,

Ian. 

[Steamport Southport]

Thoughts?

 

 

If it does scale out as 3mm GEM did one ISTR.

 

 

 

Jason

[MarkC]

Hello all. My apologies for absence - I have been away from home for the last week. I'm definitely minded to fold the main etch up and see what we have. Won't be tonight, but hopefully in the next couple of days. Watch this space...

 

My thanks again to all contributors to the thread - we all like a mystery, it would seem

 

Mark