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13397

45mm gauge Aster "Lion" 0-6-0

A 45mm gauge Liverpool & Manchester "Lion" by Aster Hobbies, factory-built and apparently unsteamed.

Present in the livery of "Thunderbolt", star of the 1953 film "The Titfield Thunderbolt", the first Ealing comedy produced in colour.

We've run it on air in the workshop, it goes well in both directions.

Complete with plastic carrying case.

Technical information

Stock code

13397

Gauge

45mm

Length/inches

17

Width/inches

5

Height/inches

6

Weight/Kg

3

Wheel material

cast iron

Axlebox type

plain bearing

Cylinder material

brass

Valve type

slide

Valve gear

slip eccentric

Boiler maker

Aster

Boiler construction

silver soldered

Boiler material

copper

CE/UKCA mark

n/a - <2 litre capacity

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