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The size really helps with the engine. It's rather large and tall. The first task is removing the lawn shaving attaching, and fixing some gear arrangement to put the power into a generator, from a vertical axle into a horizontal axle. I need to buy some bevel gears soon. I think I'm going to have take apart the engine to get it off.

I think I have made a decision, based on every bodies useful advice. While I didn't want to have such as massive loco, it would appear that is what will have to be done. Fortunately I have the space to construct it, the larger size however means that it will not be able to travel as much as hoped. I have chosen 2 1/4" for the scale, and hope to progress soon, with the completion of a new shed to house it. Nearholmer, that is an impressive track. Thank you all for your valuable input on this topic. I hope to post more updates in this thread with the progress of the engine.

Thank you everyone for their replies. I have been questioning how far I could reasonably go to reduce the length, but one thing still bugs me. That V2 ought to be much longer that the planned Class 73, the real thing being 66' 5 1/8". Just 66 foot would be 148.5 inches long, which the Starlight model certainly wasn't. Nonetheless you have all given me major options to consider and I thank everybody for their input on the topic.

Minimum scale for the gauge seems like a good idea. I reckon it's something like 1:8. This is the loco I speak of in reference: It certainly isn't the smallest 2 1/4 to the foot, as that would make it 20.125 inches in width, from an original maximum width of 9 foot. So it begs the question, there must be something smaller, it was 12, 14 inches in width at most. That would be much more reasonable. I await people's replies, but would also like to give thanks to all those who have contributed so far. Your input has been very useful. Thanks, Mark

I'm metric too, but it makes it a little easier. Nonetheless, I don't have the space for that! I saw a 10 1/4 inch ?B1? Steam loco a while back, which if at any of those scales would've been huge, so I think it might be possible to go smaller. 1:8 scale appeared as if it would fit.

Ahh, I presume you are Giles of http://www.gilesfavell.seriouslyinternet.com/Scale.htm. FYI, all the pages currently present HTTP 403 Forbidden Errors. I've tried 2 1/4", however I appear to be having scaling issues. (53ft*2 1/4=119.25 Inches).+( 2/3 of a foot(8 inches)*2 14=1.5Inches.) That makes a Class 73(with buffers extended) 120.75 inches long. That seems overly long. What's the scale on the 10 1/4" Model of Starlight?, that seemed much more reasonable. Either that or I am making a major error somewhere? Is there anything smaller? Thanks in Advance

What is the recommended scaling for 10 and 1/4 inch railways. I've looked at what would be a direct scale down to be the same as track gauge. My working being 1435mm/260mm, so scale should be something like 1:5.519... I thought about 1:10, but that make most loco bodies smaller than the track gauge. What is the recommended scale? Thank You in Advance

I would greatly appreciate it being made available. A thought to the suspension, maybe making individual springs from brass wire, or piano wire-I'm certainly no expert. It would be interesting to try.

No, I'm afraid I'd want the PGA variation you mentioned here in the first post: in 4mm, and with separate axle box springs, as I'm considering P4- it would be an easy way of springing them.

The PGA wagons you produced in page 13,are they available to buy. I'd love a few.

I've finally finished a Dapol lowmac kit, to working order, but with little detail and poor weathering. Unfortunately(maybe fortunately) I can't seem to upload pictures to RMweb as they are all to big to upload. It's finished with NEM pockets, and when the paint has dried, a white UN supplies lorry, most likely an unprototypical load. I may fit whitemetal vacuum pipes, but I have struggled to find diagrams as to where all the vacuum equipment would go. Oh well, some more experience I suppose.