{"product_id":"7-14-inch-gauge-gwr-king-stock-code-4336","title":"7 1\/4 inch gauge GWR \"King\"","description":"\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eA 7 1\/4 inch gauge Great Western \"King\", built to  Trevor Shortland's painstakingly detailed design, derived from works drawings.  The work of a professional model engineer, this was one of a pair of engines in  progress when he died nearly twenty years ago. I first saw it in the summer of  2002 and have tried to buy it ever since. I think the engineering is immaculate  throughout - there are over fifty pictures below showing the quantity and  quality of work to date.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e The builder logged over 5000 hours on the project to get this far - the  closer you look the more you see: the petticoat assembly which is silver  soldered from four castings and includes a blower ring and vacuum ejector  exhaust, sparing a builder none of prototype's detail, connecting rods fluted  out back and front (even the inside pair), eccentric straps tenoned together.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eThe chassis is pretty much complete, the tender chassis  well-advanced, with much of the brasswork formed to finish the tank. Platework  for the locomotive is largely done bar cab. There is a large quantity of  part-machined and spare parts for the engine (some of which, I suspect, were  from its sibling, separated from it back in the early 90s). The beautifully made  boiler is by Trevor Tremblen of \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.swindoncopperboilers.co.uk\/ass\/scboilers\/Pages\/about.htm\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eSwindon  Boilers\u003c\/a\u003e, copper construction with TIG-welded barrel seam,  remainder  all silver soldered - it had a twice working pressure hydraulic test last week  and a new certificate issued, it will require a steam test when complete.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eThe finished locomotive with tender is almost nine feet long, it  will weigh something approaching quarter of a ton. Reeves still stock the  castings for \"King George V\" - an unmachined set to build the engine,  along with a commercially-built copper boiler currently cost something in  excess of £16000.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eComplete with a set of drawings.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Station Road Steam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54019905618261,"sku":"4336","price":18500.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/0094\/2677\/files\/4336-1.webp?v=1779908270","url":"https:\/\/stationroadsteam.com\/products\/7-14-inch-gauge-gwr-king-stock-code-4336","provider":"Station Road Steam","version":"1.0","type":"link"}