Super Heywood

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Super Heywood; A model of a non-existant prototype...
Topic Started: 18 Aug 2006, 07:53 PM (543 Views)
Simon Moore	18 Aug 2006, 07:53 PM Post #1
Red Dragon Posts: 77 Group: Member Member #25 Joined: August 18, 2006	I was thumbing through my copy of M. Smithers book on Sir Arthur Heywood, which has just arrived through the post...yay! Not a place to find drawings of miniature locos I thought. Well at first glance no but there was a drawing of the so called Super Heywood, a 2-6-2 designed by Henry Greenly it isn’t a complete drawing and the loco was of course never built but a model could still be constructed…watch this space! Should look like across between Ella and River Esk but a bit bigger. <_<



Simon Moore	22 Aug 2006, 11:29 AM Post #2
Red Dragon Posts: 77 Group: Member Member #25 Joined: August 18, 2006	My drawing, based on that in Smither's book on Arthur Heywood. Tender and details guesstimated using pictures of greenly's later River Esk.



MTA	22 Aug 2006, 11:54 AM Post #3
Operations Manager Posts: 958 Group: Member Member #13 Joined: August 16, 2006	Very nice drawing, I wish I had the skill! I look forward to seeing the model
	"If the fascination engendered by locomotion at the present day is so intense, the attractive powers of locomotion in miniature must of necessity be greater still" W.J. Bassett-Lowke. August 1911


colinpeake	22 Aug 2006, 12:31 PM Post #4
MRW Digest Editor Posts: 1,659 Group: MRMT Trustees Member #6 Joined: August 15, 2006	Thanks for sharing the drawing Simon, you must have taken some time over it. It is interesting that Greenly had the foresight to design this loco, with the cab a little higher and the overall width increased it would almost be Northern Rock or a Bure Valley 'ZB'. What scale do you propose to build the model in? All the best, Colin
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Simon Moore	22 Aug 2006, 03:40 PM Post #5
Red Dragon Posts: 77 Group: Member Member #25 Joined: August 18, 2006	I'm planning on building it in 09, still pondering over chassis or wether I should build a static model first then a motorised one, after I've got the body right. Something tells me it will need a partialy scratchbuilt chassis. Ideed the loco is incredibly similar to the ZBs and northeren Rock, had it been built it would have been a perfect loco for the Ratty. As can been seen from the valve gear and outside frames and huge cylinders Greenly had learned alot from Heywood while still managing to produce a miniature-looking locomotive



rough-shunter	7 Nov 2009, 12:55 AM Post #6
Director Posts: 1,730 Group: Friends of MRMT Member #121 Joined: April 27, 2007	ime had a look at this recently and perhaps a farish 09 chassis could be the power unit the wheelbase would be about right
	JORDAN ASHLEY LEEDS Trains go into tunnels and come out but locos can go in sheds and never come out


peterl	10 Nov 2009, 04:27 PM Post #7
Ticket Collector Posts: 54 Group: Friends of MRMT Committee Member #929 Joined: February 14, 2009	The Farish chassis might be a bit on the large side. Might be worth having a word with Nev at N-Drive Productions to see if he can offer a chassis that would not only have the right wheel base but would also fit inside the boiler. The web site is www.n-driveproductions.com there is a link to contact Nev. Peter



rough-shunter	11 Nov 2009, 06:53 PM Post #8
Director Posts: 1,730 Group: Friends of MRMT Member #121 Joined: April 27, 2007	this may be attempted for my layout in the next year or two however im not promising anything yet im contemplating a kaitie first...
	JORDAN ASHLEY LEEDS Trains go into tunnels and come out but locos can go in sheds and never come out


peterl	17 Nov 2009, 06:24 PM Post #9
Ticket Collector Posts: 54 Group: Friends of MRMT Committee Member #929 Joined: February 14, 2009	rough-shunter 11 Nov 2009, 06:53 PM this may be attempted for my layout in the next year or two however im not promising anything yet im contemplating a kaitie first... Latest from Nev at N-Drive is that Katie and Effie should be available early next year. Both will be kits and I would not be surprised to see Effie first as the chassis is much simpler. Peter


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