I am hoping to scratchbuild a model of the Bala Lake Railway's Severn Lamb Meirionnydd. I wondered if anyone knew where I could find plans?
Have you tried emailing the Bala Lake Railway?
I did not know whether that sort of thing was considered good form
As you probably know Merionnydd is a Bo-Bo diesel hydraulic loco, to be precise it is Severn-Lamb works no. 22 of 1973.
I see no problem in e-mailing the good people at Bala. I would think that they would be glad that someone was showing interest in this loco that as far as I know is in need of a complete overhaul.
You could even try Severn Lamb who still manufacture trains:
http://severn-lamb.com/people-movers/tracked-trains/rail-trains/
Brian Meldon
I've often used the principle "if you don't ask, you wont get, and the worst they can say is 'no' " so it might well be worth dropping the Bala Lake and Severn Lamb a request to find out what info they have, pointing out that you are wanting to build model for yourself (i.e. not for commercial gain).
Thank you everyone. I have emailed BLR and will see what happens.
You should try to be quick, as I believe the BLR have put it up for sale.