N Gauge LMR Twin Sisters Loco Scratch Aid

Description

This is an N Gauge model of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway locomotive ‘Twin Sisters’, an early and very unusual design that helped build this iconic railway.  An unpowered free-rolling model engine, coupled to the various motorised coaches/trucks also available a fully working ‘Era 1’ N Gauge train can be created.
 
As the prototype was wildly larger than the subsequent loading gauge (!), alternate funnels are provided enabling scale or reduced-height options.
 
Necessary to Complete:
Graham Farish Jinty driving wheels set (available as spares); 10.5mm diameter including flange, 1.5mm axle
Graham Farish wagon wheels (x4)
Loco-tender couplings (the method used is at the builder’s discretion)
Weight (the boiler is hollow)
Slide bars (these can be formed from wire fitting into pre-drilled holes in the cylinder and its support plate – please see video below. 
Styrene strip to complete the running board over the slide bars (NB small strips of styrene will hold the driving wheels in place)
Pins (for the motion)
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufQOiN5VlxE&feature=youtu.be
 
Optional additional details to scratchbuild (at the builder’s discretion):
Safety valve (location pre-drilled)
Regulator
Funnel and boiler stays
Valve gear assembly – see photograph for positioning
 
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