Robin,
The master patterns for the 7mm scale VoR 2-6-2T were made by Vic Green for Russell Wright. As noted, this was thirty years or so ago. No chassis was ever made and Russell struggled with sourcing wheels etc., so it never got done. I assume the patterns passed along with everything else ‘Wrightlines’ to Kay Butler and thence to Adrian Swain.
Vic Green was a professional modelmaker who worked for British Railways (Exhibition section) - later going self employed, which was when he made the patterns for the VoR loco. There is an article about Vic in?Model Railways?magazine, July 1973. Having seen his work, I can say with confidence that the patterns would have been of top quality - and would still be viable today if they could be located and a chassis created.
RCL
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I think the body masters were produced but the chassis and valve gear were proving to be a bit of a challenge. ?I am sure the masters were in a photo in an article about Wrightlines in an early NG&IRM Review.
Robin
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Although it wasn’t a particular interest of mine, I do remember Kay telling me that she had someone producing masters for a white-metal kit of a VoR tank but that, even then (20 years ago?), not a lot seemed to be forthcoming. I suspect that the VoR tanks are not an easy subject to model.
David Woodcock
Champlon, Belgique
