Description

This is a free-rolling N Gauge model of the iconic 1829 locomotive ‘Rocket’, depicted in the three stages of its life – as it was during the Rainhill trials, after its post-Rainhill rebuild with lowered cylinders and new smokebox, and as it survives today.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufQOiN5VlxE&feature=youtu.be

Necessary to Complete:
Graham Farish Jinty driving wheels (available as spares); 10.5mm diameter including flange, 1.5mm axle
Graham Farish wagon wheels (x1)
Couplings (the method used is at the builder’s discretion)
Weight (the boiler is hollow)
Slide bars & coupling rods (these can be formed from wire fitting into pre-drilled holes in the cylinder and its support plate – see video)
(NB small strips of styrene will hold the driving wheels in place)

Optional additional details to scratchbuild (at the builder’s discretion):
Safety valve (location pre-drilled)
Regulator
Funnel supports
Boiler front-frame supports
Crew

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