Sold January 2006 Back to Archive

Set of machined and erected frames, other parts and castings for a 5 inch gauge Great Western King to Keith Wilson's design, as sold by Kennions and latterly GLR.

Castings:

Driving & coupled wheels (CI)
Tender wheels (CI)
Cylinder set (two outside, one set inside) c/w end covers (CI)
Main horns (GM)
Axleboxes (CI)
Tender horns (GM)
Tender axleboxes (GM)
Tender dummy springs (GM)
Motion brackets (GM)
Eccentric straps (GM)
Frame stretchers (CI)
Chimney (GM)

There are a set of main frames erected with buffer and drag beam, a pair of machined tender frames with buffer beams to complete, a complete front bogie, tender sole plate, set of boiler flanging formers with profiled copper plates, and an embryonic smokebox complete with front ring and door.

There are a set of Keith Wilson drawings dated 1958 - I know he is advanced in years, but didn't realise quite how long he'd been at it (and still the most entertaining read in "Model Engineer"). There are also a pair of Swindon Works general arrangement drawings for locomotive and tender.