Went to the Model Engineer Exhibition yesterday, at Ascot. Good show, with some fantastic locomotives on display. The level of skill and dedication to build locos to this standard is amazing. Check out the scale tin of brasso on the footplate of the GWR loco! It almost seems a shame to steam them...
The Sinsheim 5" gauge track was impressive (surely the worlds largest trainset?!), although there were disappointingly few locos in steam. It was great to see a decent size loco in full cry with a long rake of goods wagons in tow though! The maddest thing of all was a working model of a prototype gas turbine engine - the noise was something to behold as it whined past! Here's a short YouTube video I shot of trains running on the Sinsheim track:Interesting to see all the machine tools on show. Although I've never done any workshop training, the idea of having a small mill & lathe & to make my own locos is very attractive. Looks like you could get yourself reasonably well equipped for the cost of a decent 16mm live steamer - then it's just time & materials!
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