I am wanting to build a replica of Rheidol, one of the original locomotives that launched the Vale of Rheidol Railway in 1903.
Currently the nearest loco body is the Southwold Sharpie from Golden Arrow via Parkside Dundas; but it is out of stock, with only a small hope of a kit on the horizon?
Has anyone any scale drawings of either that I can scale up or down? Better still, has anyone an unmade, unwanted kit? I have a possible choice of chassis.
I am of course happy to pay a reasonable contribution to any costs involved.
john@mudd43.freeserve.co.uk
There are probably some drawings in the Wade book on the Plynlimon & Hafran. That's where "Rheidol" went first after being left on the makers' hands (she had been built for South America) - she was re-gauged from 2'6" (or 2' 3"?) down to 2' for the V of R, quite easy to do as she had outside frames and the wheels were probably just pushed further along the axles.
According to J I C Boyd's Narrow Gauge Railways in Mid Wales, Bagnall built the loco to 76cm gauge for Brazil (and named Treze de Maio). Due to war, she was not shipped, but regauged for Plynlimon and Hafan at 2' 3". On transfer to VoR she was regauged again at 2" (nominal).