The undoubted star of the Model Enginnering show at Alexandra Palace over the weekend was again the scale model of GT3, the experimental gas turbine loco from the early 1960s that was trialed on our local GC line. This 5" gauge model designed and built by Tim Coles, is 'to scale' in every sense.
Every component down to the turbine and jet unit are exact working miniatures of the original. And does it work...the test runs during the show were awesome.
The model can reach 40mph on outdoor track and has huge pulling power. Worth the entrance money alone!
The real thing on the GC. Photo courtesy of Crawley Model Engineers.
And something completely different, a full scale LMS Coronation class streamlined headlamp!
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