On Tow

Once I get an idea for a model I usually like to make a start on bringing it to reality.Which is why a very reasonably-priced, antique Hornby Princess arrived on the doorstep within days of us carrying out the first gauging trials on Minffordd, pictured here on my home test track.The tooling for this one dates back to the 1980s, so it is less sophisticated that the version I was showing in the previous post, which has since been updated again.The model I have was from Hornby's tender drive period, which is perfect for our purposes because I need a loco which will be towed, and so the driving wheels and motion has to be able to revolve with little resistence.The other thing this old loco has going for it is that it is already in LMS crimson lake livery, and just requires renumbering and renaming, not an entire repaint and reline.Making it towable takes just a matter of seconds.With the tender body removed it's simply a case of removing the clip which holds the drive gears in place on…