Hi all,
I see the ‘cute’ tag is catching on!!
Canterbury Lamb is a homage to ‘Invicta’, a Stephenson loco built 1829, the twentieth he built. It ran on the Whitstable to Canterbury line for ten years or so from 1830. It remains somewhat preserved albeit in a poor state on public display in Canterbury I believe.
The curved tank on the tender is to LBSC design although a number have been built as suggested with square sides. It was the unique shape that caught my interest plus the castings were cheap from that well know auction site, although that is another story!!
I have been working on the boiler but work and real life have taken precedence for the last year so progress has been glacial to say the least.
Again if there is interest I can put the build log on here, a bit of a summary of the story so far then the boiler build.
Let me know what you think. Might have to call it the Cute Lamb build!!??
Atb
Tim