{"product_id":"7-14-inch-gauge-lms-crab-stock-code-4225","title":"7 1\/4 inch gauge LMS \"Crab\"","description":"\u003cp\u003eBuilt late in life by a capable engineer who had started in model  engineering with Don Young's \"County Carlow\" (gaining a Very Highly  Commended at exhibition), moving on through \"Bridget\" and  \"Koppel\" from Ken Swan's stable before coming back to Don Young's  Horwich \"Crab\" in 5 inch gauge.    \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLate in retirement he decided, as an exercise, to produce a set of 7 1\/4 inch  gauge \"Crab\" drawings working from a pair of general arrangement  drawings - one for the locomotive, the other for the tender - obtained from the  National Railway Museum. Over a twelve month period he worked away, producing a  complete set of beautifully produced drawings in pencil on A1 sheets.  Ineveitably, what had begun as a \"pen and paper\" project developed,  some patterns were made, a local laser-cutting firm produced some frames and he  set to once more in the shed...    \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat had seemed like a good idea at the outset quickly became a larger  project than ever anticipated, both in terms of work required and size of end  product. When finished it left the workshop once for a boiler test at the local  club, before coming back home where it was run on air occasionally on a rolling  road built for the purpose. At some stage (and I suspect not long after its  first steaming, when the builder rapidly found that unprimed Zintec cladding and  paint don't mix) he decided to repaint the engine red, part dismantling it  before setting to wire-brushing old paint from the wheels. At  which point the project stalled (and to be honest, if I was in my eighties and  trying to wrestle a four hundredweight engine around my garage single-handed, I'd  call it a day too).    \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat you see in the pictures is the engine in its current state. It's been  completely together once, over half term Sam put enough of it back together so  we could run it on air in the workshop. Much of the work is nicely done, there  are some rough edges. Cab is well detailed and neatly plumbed. Copper boiler  looks well made, fitted with four element radiant superheaters and was hydraulic tested when new to 200psi, since when it has  been steamed rarely - that said, although still structurally good when we  hydraulic tested it recently, there are at least a couple of outside throatplate  stayheads  which show wet under pressure and will need calking. Wheels are  steel tyred.    \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA rare model in this gauge (even in 5 inch gauge the Don Young ones don't  turn up that often), this would be a worthwhile project which would produce a powerful, unusual engine. It's complete with patterns  and a set of those original, hand drawn plans, along with the general  arrangement drawings that started the whole project off.    \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ccenter\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e","brand":"Station Road Steam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54019681780053,"sku":"4225","price":10500.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/0094\/2677\/files\/4225-1.webp?v=1779906182","url":"https:\/\/stationroadsteam.com\/products\/7-14-inch-gauge-lms-crab-stock-code-4225","provider":"Station Road Steam","version":"1.0","type":"link"}