2 inch scale "Pride of Penrhyn" steam wagon

A 2 inch scale "Pride of Penrhyn" steam wagon, originally designed by John Clarke of "Polly" fame, manufacture then passed to Winson Engineering who produced many of these as kits.

It's fair to say that few made it to successful completion until work by some early pioneers - notably a professional engineer who documented the build of her engine (which we sold back in 2010) in a book published at the time - showed the modfications needed to make the things work well.

This one has come to us from a highly skilled engineer, a man responsible for a particularly well made Westbury "Centaur", along with one of the finest Shand Mason fire pump engines we've ever seen.

Re-worked from an earlier build, it has been meticulously stripped, painted and reassembled - the engine now runs well on air in both directions. The commercially made boiler is unsteamed from new - it's had a twice working pressure hydraulic test, with new certification issued.

Must say we like the World War I "trench" livery - first one we've seen thus-painted, we think it suits it very well.