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Great Western Railway Saint Class |
A 7mm scale (O Gauge) model of Saint David, an early member of the Great Western Railway saint class of locomotives, built in 1907 and broken up as the last survivor in October, 1953 (more details of the prototype Saint David). The model took over 660 hours in eighteen months to build using most of the parts from a Slater's kit but with many scratch built additions and modifications, such as bogie brakes and 'working' valve gear (see the video clip of the inside Stephenson valve gear). The locomotive and tender are fully sprung and electrical pickups were added to the tender wheels to improve current collection.
See a larger view of
2920
and three video clips running on Holiday Haunts
(and 2 and 3),
now at Fawley and in the care of The Hon Sir William McAlpine Bt. FRSE.
Awarded a Silver Medal at International Model Engineering Exhibition (London), 1990