Wednesday, 13 July 2022

Celebrating Terrier 150

Long time in completion, but started this 3mm Albion Terrier kit awhile back. Originally planned for Wimblehurst Road I thought it would be a good model for the 13.5 layout as Wimblehurst needs a rebuild to make it more portable for exhibitions.

So set to work on the Terrier and have almost completed the body, she even has a name Daphne. If your wondering the story, originally Daphne was purchased by the Colonel for the Shropshire & Montgomeryshire railway and was sold back to the Southern Railway around 1946 as source of spares and there she lingered on the Eastleigh scrap road until being cut up. 

My story goes that the works foreman took pity and they restored her to her former glory to work out of Tankerton Town shed as they were short of small locos to work the push/pull.

Addendum: Thanks to a donated chassis, will now run as 14.2 gauge on the refurbished/mark II, Wimblehurst road.