Identifying source of loco
Identifying source of loco
I think I may have more luck here, than on the other Forum I have posted?
I recently bought this: Does anyone recognise the body / have an idea of where it came from / who makes them?
Many thanks,
Phil.P
I recently bought this: Does anyone recognise the body / have an idea of where it came from / who makes them?
Many thanks,
Phil.P
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Re: Identifying source of loco
I've never seen anything like it. The build quality approaches something commercially-available, but the differing screws between bonnet and roof, and what I can make of the chassis, screams "home-built".
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Aaron - Scum Class Works
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Re: Identifying source of loco
I was thinking it looked a bit on the homemade side of things too...Old Man Aaron wrote: ↑Thu Feb 01, 2024 4:01 am I've never seen anything like it. The build quality approaches something commercially-available, but the differing screws between bonnet and roof, and what I can make of the chassis, screams "home-built".
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Re: Identifying source of loco
What does it look like underneath?
The buck stops here .......
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Re: Identifying source of loco
The body looks too good to be scratch built by the same person who built(?) the chassis/under frame?
I am wondering if it is a 'commercial' body, which has had different fixings used to try to make it more 'realistic'. - Crosshead screws on a roof look naff, to me.
Phil.P
I am wondering if it is a 'commercial' body, which has had different fixings used to try to make it more 'realistic'. - Crosshead screws on a roof look naff, to me.
Phil.P
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Re: Identifying source of loco
I would go for home built too, those wheels are nothing like I have seen before, the strangest looking flanges
The body actually looks like it could be a very good home build or a bought one with modifications.
The body actually looks like it could be a very good home build or a bought one with modifications.
The buck stops here .......
Ditton Meadow Light Railway (DMLR)
Member of Peterborough and District Association
http://peterborough.16mm.org.uk/
Ditton Meadow Light Railway (DMLR)
Member of Peterborough and District Association
http://peterborough.16mm.org.uk/
Re: Identifying source of loco
It does look like the two don't go together..
I wonder if the body is 'new old stock' from a closed-down supplier?
I might bring it to Stoneleigh, and see if anyone recognises it..
Phil.P
I wonder if the body is 'new old stock' from a closed-down supplier?
I might bring it to Stoneleigh, and see if anyone recognises it..
Phil.P
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