Modeltown TADJA vertical boiler steam locomotive ?

[BIGNY]

Has anyone built a ModelTown TADJA vertical boiler steam locomotive ? It looks great but is it easy to build ?
Thanks for all your advices.  :D

http://www.modeltown.go-ecommerce.com/s ... 5?pageNo=1

[BIGNY]

Hello ! Anybody home ?

[Dr. Bond of the DVLR]

The only one I know of belongs to Jack Sharples who occasionly posts here

[BIGNY]

Thanks.

[bazzer42]

Garden Rail 207 had a review. Summed up as pros: the kit is complete and very good value. Solid square resin body and boiler easy to work with. 32mm or 45mm solebar spacers supplied. Embellished or not end result is very pleasing.
Cons:chimney could be more detailed.
The reviewer clad the boiler in wood and added a brass chimney. He also added additional rivet detail and a wooden floor. It looked nice if de wintons are your bag...

[williamfj]

I built one a couple of years ago, the boiler, frames, tank & bunker are 1 big lump of resin, I'm not sure how easy it is to fit different chassis to the IP ones that Model Town recommend (if I remember rightly). I also modified the looks of mine a bit, I added a reversing rod, safety valves, a whistle and made a new chimney out of brass tube & plasticard as, frankly, the chimney is the model's weakest point

[BIGNY]

It's a great work. Wonderfull loco. Thanks for this photo.

[williamfj]

No problem, I think there's a lot more potential than the limited amount I showed in the Tadja, better frames for one.

[BIGNY]

Thanks for your advices.
This great loco definitely needs a better chassis.