Dapol Pug kit

[darrel]

The first kit I ever built was the Dapol 0-4-0 Pug I was about 13 or 14 at the time. A couple of weeks ago I was in my local model shop when the kit caught my eye.

when I got it home, I dug out my original model, I was rather suprised to realise I had done such a good job of it considering it was my first time.

Anyway moving on to the kit itself for such an old moulding it makes a very nice model, however I decided to improve it by removing the moulded handrails, lamp irons and the coupling hooks. then when looking at photos of the prototype I noticed in every photo the locos had dumb buffers so I decided to replace the buffers. I went to the York show a couple of days later and while buying the bits I needed I stumbled across a turned brass chimney for the pug. on I set to work the next day. here are some photos of the work in progress and the finished model alongside my original model for comparison

 

 

[Horsetan]

That brass chimney would be from Model Signal Engineering - they're the only ones to supply any detail for the ex-L&Y Pug.

 

There's not a great deal of room to shoehorn a motor and gearbox in the Dapol kit, especially if you want bevel-and-spur like I do.