Heather Kay
Western Thunderer
I have an ongoing commission to finish a 7mm scale model of one of the Woodhead Co-Co electric locos. The body has been constructed from scratch, with rivets carefully marked out and punched by the builder, but the current owner had bought the shell and never quite got round to finishing it.
I have sourced suitable bogies (JLTRT 10000 matches pretty well), and a recent Guild Gazette revealed that Judith Edge have produced some pantographs that are the correct form. I'm happy to bodge the cab detailing up from photos.
What's stumped me is what kind of wheels did the beastie have. The earlier Bo-Bo of LNER vintage had spoked wheels. I know there are two 27000s in the UK, one at the Butterley Centre and the other in the Manchester Science Museum, but being a lazy sort I can't find the excuse for visiting at the moment.
So, do any of you fine Thunderers have a clue as to spoked or disc wheels?
Much obliged for any answers. Yes, of course the build will get a thread of its own, eventually.
I have sourced suitable bogies (JLTRT 10000 matches pretty well), and a recent Guild Gazette revealed that Judith Edge have produced some pantographs that are the correct form. I'm happy to bodge the cab detailing up from photos.
What's stumped me is what kind of wheels did the beastie have. The earlier Bo-Bo of LNER vintage had spoked wheels. I know there are two 27000s in the UK, one at the Butterley Centre and the other in the Manchester Science Museum, but being a lazy sort I can't find the excuse for visiting at the moment.
So, do any of you fine Thunderers have a clue as to spoked or disc wheels?
Much obliged for any answers. Yes, of course the build will get a thread of its own, eventually.