{"product_id":"5-inch-gauge-britannia-stock-code-8458","title":"5 inch gauge Britannia","description":"A finely made BR Class 7 \"Britannia\", built by a highly experienced, award winning engineer with many good engines to his credit including \u003ca href=\"\/products\/5-inch-gauge-lancashire--yorkshire-2-4-2-stock-code-3819\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ea beautiful Lancashire \u0026amp; Yorkshire 2-4-2T we sold back in 2009.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e    Unsteamed for many years, I first saw the engine on display in the late owner's study - along with several other very fine 5 inch gauge locomotives and a 10 1\/4 inch gauge Great Western \"Star\" - when collecting \u003ca href=\"\/products\/10-14-inch-gauge-gwr-saint-augustine-stock-code-5420\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\"Saint Augustine\"\u003c\/a\u003e back in 2012.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e    An older engine, built in 1970, the standard of machining is very good throughout, fit and finish excellent on the valve gear, the motion turns over with little sign of wear.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e    The valve gear is fitted with collars and taper pins, with castellated nuts on motionwork pins. Lots of well-observed details, like the valve rod guide pillars which are the correct coton bobbin shape - frequently seen as plain parallel \"spacers\" on models.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e    Platework is neatly done, the boiler cladding well fitted, particularly around the top of the firebox, an area which lets down many Britannias.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e    Pipework is well laid out and nicely fitted, with bolted flange joints for the top feed clacks as per prototype.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Station Road Steam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54009779716437,"sku":"8458","price":9450.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/0094\/2677\/files\/8458-1.webp?v=1779899174","url":"https:\/\/stationroadsteam.com\/products\/5-inch-gauge-britannia-stock-code-8458","provider":"Station Road Steam","version":"1.0","type":"link"}