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| MickT | 4 Nov 2007, 06:28 PM |
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Just to muddy the waters a bit more, Colin, my interpretation would be: a 7¼" gauge "scale model" (your phrase) of a quarry Hunslet would definitely be a "Miniature" as it is a miniaturised model or copy of a full size prototype - irrespective of whether the prototype was broad, narrow, standard gauge, or an elephant for that matter. BUT, if a 7¼" gauge loco is a stand-alone design in its own right, ie not a model of something else, then I would say it is Narrow Gauge and not a miniature - ergo the Moors Valley/Tinkerbelle designs and the design successors are stand-alone, incorporate their own design features and are not models of anything else - therefore: Freelance. HOWEVER, the 7¼" gauge Sir Arthur Heywood at Eastleigh Lakes is a half size model of Northern Rock, so therefore must be a miniature, even though under my interpretation, Northern Rock is not a miniature, it is a narrow gauge loco in its own right. And I don't think we should go to the Bure Valley and debate the "ZB" locos - are they miniature ie half scale models of the ZB class or are they true NG as they are only based on the ZB class and have many design features of their own 
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