G'day all,
Would anyone like to see a model of 'Burra'
www.geocities.com/mark_the_train_brain/layout/burra.jpg
produced for O-14 in an etched brass kit or RTR?
I have been drawing etch patterns for myself, but have decided to do a very
small run (max 10) of Burra's as either kit or RTR in either 14 or 16.5mm
gauges. 5 of the 10 have been reserved-it doesn't cost to reserve and you
can pull out any time you wish. Email me (trainbrain@...) if you
want your name on the list-first come first reserved.
'Burra' is a 2' gauge 1923 R&W Hawthorn Leslie 0-4-0ST weighing in around 7?
tons. It spent its entire working life with Corrimal Colliery, South of
Sydney, Australia. Now preserved and operated by the Illawarra Light Railway
Museum (www.gghome.com/ILRMS), Burra is a fairly typical industrial steam
locomotive, exported to colonial countries and most probably used in British
industry too.
The model will feature etched and cast brass construction, with a full
suite of lostwax brass backhead details.
I have used over 150 detail photographs to get the model as accurate as
possible. I plan on having a full suite of backhead detail, correct pattern
wheels, two stage reduction gearbox with a quality can motor, simple
compensation, all wheel pickup and mountings for Kadee couplers to the
customer's height specification. I don't know what the final price will be,
and i'm not sure of the release date, but I don't want any money till the
patterns are correct and the pilot model has been tested.
I wasn't going to say anything till I had things closer together, but i
mentioned it on the ausnarrowgauge group so I thought i'd best let you folks
know too. I hope to have the chassis test etch ready by February.
Regards,
Mark Kendrick
Sydney Oz
