Andrew Giffen, master model maker in 1/24th scale live steam and electric locomotives - mainly in 1/24th scale - came over to our track near Ramsey to give his recently completed Rhodesian RR Class 59 Beyer-Garratt its first run on a track. It had been run on rollers at home, but our track, with its wide sweeping curves, offered the opportunity to run it to test clearances of the various between the frames steam lines and so on, as well as the axle-driven water feed pump, and general running though points both facing and trailing.
For those unsure about odd scale, please remember that Southern Africa runs on metre gauge, but the Republic of South Africa runs on 3ft 6in - Cape Gauge. 45mm is near enough to both, and the Centurion Society of Model engineers in Cape Town has an extensive 45mm gauge track on which you can see a range of models - diesels and cars by Riekus Van der Westhuizen [see his Youtube site] and others. In this scale EVERYTHING has to be scratch-built.
The model is quite large and heavy.
For those unsure about odd scale, please remember that Southern Africa runs on metre gauge, but the Republic of South Africa runs on 3ft 6in - Cape Gauge. 45mm is near enough to both, and the Centurion Society of Model engineers in Cape Town has an extensive 45mm gauge track on which you can see a range of models - diesels and cars by Riekus Van der Westhuizen [see his Youtube site] and others. In this scale EVERYTHING has to be scratch-built.
The model is quite large and heavy.
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