Here we have a beautiful and rare little loco in the form of a 3 1/2" gauge Caledonian Railway Dunalistair III 4-4-0. A finely engineered model built by the late H F Morton between 1901 and 1903 to a design published in the 1901 Model Engineer by E L Pearce. This actual model was described in the August 1904 ME. The model was then aquired by the extremely well respected late Bill Finch (who you may remember built the 5" Avonside tank Ben Avon that we also currently have in stock). Bill did a complete re-build on the model in 1966, including a new silver soldered copper boiler and crank axle, and again this was also published and written up in the ME of that year. Bill considered this to be probably the oldest steamable miniature loco back in 1966, and it's probably just as valid a claim today. I really lovely and historic model with a cracking pedigree.
We are super busy here in the workshop at the moment, so apologies for the lack of written information here at the moment! We have an ever increasing backlog of models that we need to get listed up for sale, and so have prioritised getting them photographed, priced and live for sale. More details will of course be added very shortly, but for now if you'd like to know any more details do give us a bell on 07816 963463 for a chat.
As with most of our models, what you see isn't necessarily what you get!
We often photograph models pretty much as they come in to us, and then when someone phones to say they are interested we pull the model into our workshops and make sure everything is tested, sorted and ready to go. So if you see the odd model photograph with a fitting missing or a return crank in the wrong place, that's just how it came in and certainly not how it will leave.
For any more information please don't hesitate to give us a bell on 07816 963463
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