GWR Gooch broad gauge “Rover” class 4-2-2 tender loco “Emperor”.

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GWR Gooch “Rover” class 4-2-2 tender loco “Emperor” A truly magnificent model, built by the late Raymond Walley from the superb Finney7 kit, with fully working inside motion, Slaters wheels and powered by an ABC motor and gear unit. Current collection is via plunger pickups. Raymond’s nameplate is affixed to the underside of the ashpan and tender as provenance. The bogie wheel axles are compensated with each other. The driving and trailing wheel axles are free to move vertically unsprung in their hornguides. All in all the design and build quality of this model is second to none. Warren Haywood is the genius responsible for the astonishing quality of the paintwork and lining, much of it by bow-pen. Name, tender and builders plates are by Severnmill. The phrases and words used here describing the quality of this model are not over-stated, believe me.
The completed, but un-painted model was purchased from a table selling many of Raymond’s items at the Gauge O Guild show at Guildford on the 2nd December 2023. I just happened to be in the right place at the right time.

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    6th December 2024 at 12:07 am
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