{"product_id":"3-12-inch-gauge-lnwr-2-4-0-stock-code-4167","title":"3 1\/2 inch gauge LNWR 2-4-0","description":"\u003cp\u003eI've got a bound set of \"Model Engineer\" magazines which, in the   manner of the man who paints the Forth Bridge, I work through from one end to   the other, before starting again at the beginning. It so happens that I had got   up to 1967 when this LNWR Precedent came in, build to LBSC's \"Mabel\"   design, one of his last, serialised in that year. It's impressive that a man, by   that time in his late seventies, was still writing with undiminished enthusiasm   and clarity, unedifying that there was virtually a civil war going on in the   pages of the magazine between four mighty egos clashing with a whiff of   succession and legacy in the air.      \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI've always liked this design - probably because I like most of the London,   North Western engines of this era, they have an understated elegance (and the   nameplates are, to my mind, the most beautiful things ever - the only type that   would make me venture into buying a full-sized plate). This is an old engine,   nicely made in days when model engineering was a simpler hobby - no lost wax   castings and super intricate detailing, just a well put together engine made by   a good engineer with materials to hand (which, in the case of the tender,   included part of a vintage petrol can!).      \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt runs well on air, it's missing a water gauge, pressure gauge, grate and   ashpan.      \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ccenter\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e","brand":"Station Road Steam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54019815997781,"sku":"4167","price":1200.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/0094\/2677\/files\/4167-1.webp?v=1779907646","url":"https:\/\/stationroadsteam.com\/products\/3-12-inch-gauge-lnwr-2-4-0-stock-code-4167","provider":"Station Road Steam","version":"1.0","type":"link"}