Charles Steadman      (at 1:56am, Sun 15th Mar, 09)

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Charles Steadman      (at 9:35pm, Tue 3rd Mar, 09)

In my opinion one of the best supermodels, even if it is one of the smallest. Very easy to put together, it has a tiny requirement for parts other than a significant number of gears and other brassware. If you get a 1920s steam engine you pretty much have to build this model, of course, but something similar can be bodged up with either a 70s steam engine or electric motor and a 'dummy' boiler.

Operationally it works, but slowly. The controls are fiendishly hard to use. But the model is great and always attracts admiring glances...