Re: Old Roy Link kit
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The original kit from Roy could be built to 14mm gauge and included an etched chassis with coarse 12:1 gears on a layshaft and an off-set vertical motor (a small Sagami). I think later versions also included the chassis but no gears as he couldn't get them from ABS anymore. Wrightlines continued to market the kit and it was incorporated into the range and catalogue sometimes with but often without the chassis. At least two of mine came from Wrightlines boxes and I recall Kay Butler selling the chassis etches separately for "scratch-builders".
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What passed over to Wrightlines from Roy is a bit of a mystery as the Bagnall, Simplex and skip wagons made it into their range but despite an early Review article saying the Hudson/Hunslet 0-6-0WT was included, it never saw the light of day and was eventually included in the KB Scale catalogue. I'm not sure KB Scale actually issued any but they certainly produced a gearbox for them. Cheers, Robin -----Original Message-----
From: o14@groups.io [mailto:o14@groups.io] On Behalf Of David Woodcock via groups.io Sent: 27 June 2023 16:19 To: o14@groups.io Subject: Re: [o14] Old Roy Link kit I think that this particular Simplex kit was only ever produced in a O16,5 format, but could be fitted with either a Tenshodo Spud (high-speed!) bogie or a home-made (scale-speed) chassis. It was possible to construct the home-made chassis to 14mm gauge (which I did). When Roy gave up manufacture and distribution of these early kits (which included a Bagnall 7” 0-4-0ST and some hoppers), he passed them to Wrightlines. Kay Butler certainly sold a few of the Simplex kits but I don’t think that they ever formed part of her normal range. David Woodcock Champlon, Belgique |
Robin Edwards