Dublo West Country.... maybe
I was thinking what other locos did Hornby Dublo make and a Dublo 'Barnstaple' locomotive looked promising - a large 4-6-2 Pacific. Still the wrong region for me, but it's what we have.....
The 4-6-0 Castle looks interesting, but is way above my current skill level, but member David is currently making a superb conversion....
A West Country body from Fleabay was purchased ....
The boiler is narrower than the Duchess, so an A3 looks likely to be the doner drive system..
A dig in the parts box found a bare chassis to sit it on. The tender style looks good to hide a standard boiler, so a tender has been purchased.... hopefully it can be made to squeeze in... 🤞
TBC
Joe
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After messing about with solder and a small blow torch, I now have a narrow boiler. Hopefully the Tender body can be fettled to fit, it looks close! 😗 🤞
This was my test rig, the boiler went in the dogs bowl, it was then filled with boiling water, to simulate the heat, then the pump switched on....no bubbles, so all good so far.
Joe