Commission: Townsend Hook…

A narrow gauge model of an unusual prototype, this 00-12 model features an EDM 3D printed body, heavily modified to sit on a Hornby TT:120 chassis and has turned out to be a delightful little thing…The EDM ‘kit’ is more of a scratch-aid. None of the details from the 0-16.5 version are included and the body is, I think, simply a reduction in scale. The choice of chassis is left up to the modeller and previous examples I have seen use a variety of N gauge donors to create an 009 model. My customer is starting out in narrow gauge from scratch and wants to model something quite specifically 3ft gauge. I suggested the Hornby TT:120 starter set locomotive chassis might fit with some work and so we scoped up the project with that as a fixed point.The print is a quality but slightly brittle resin. This didn’t help when cutting carefully to make space for the wider gauge chassis - at least breakages were clean and easily repaired! The missing details were scratchbuilt and some new wheel arches…