It is almost 14 years ago that we lost Reinier Hendriksen, a good friend of mine and a wonderful modeller. His little layout Moors End is still well remembered by many of us, and luckily it is preserved at the Valkenburg narrow gauge museum.
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One of the items that passed on to me is his tiny scratchbuilt Bagnall wing tank, on what I think is a Saltford chassis with a crank throw of about 1.5mm. This was occasionally used on my new layout Nixnie until one of the cranks slipped and it had to be withdrawn.
Tonight I repaired the slipped crank, soldering it carefully to its brass axle, and ran the little model again. Due to the tiny wheels, the pinion touches the track on some of the points, but otherwise it is an excellent runner and a tribute to Reinier's work. It is one of my most cherished little models.
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I made a short video of the restored loco during its trial run: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khtrKufBRTU (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khtrKufBRTU)
Yes, that's a Saltford Chassis! Very similar to the ones under the Buccabury Simplexes.
Lovely piece of work, Ted - well done for returning it to service - I love the wobble!
No David, it's not a Saltford chassis although it is built from Brian Clarke bits. We've had some correspondence about this in the other place.
Rod
OK, thanks Rod. It's got all the hallmarks. One of mine now has a truly split axle on the drive axle which has completely collapsed!
David
Just orders some acetal rod to make some replacement muffs for myself. Do you want some for your loco?
Rod
Thanks for posting the photos Ted.
I think the Bagnall inverted saddle tank is an attractive prototype.
Reinier