A well-advanced 1 1/2 inch scale Allchin built to Hughes' "Royal Chester" design, underneath the grime there is a substantial quantity of good quality work here, the commercially-built silver soldered copper boiler is complete with test certificate.

Work to date comprises: 

·        Wheels

·        Front axle assembly, complete with leaf spring, perch bracket, spud pan

·        Complete tender in brass with water pocket, fairleads, water lifter hose bracket, reversing lever

·        Hornplates assembled with crank, main bearings, valve and pump eccentrics, second shaft, all gearing, gear selector, connecting rod, axle boxes, dummy road springs, flywheel, spectacle plate

·        Cylinder block complete with piston, rod and crosshead, regulator, safety valve chimneys, valve chest cover

·        Valve and pump eccentric straps and rods

·        Trunk guide, weighshaft and expansion link assembly

·        Differential and back axle