A bit of History

 (Not the right scale but...)

Last weeks monthly modeling meeting threw up an interesting find. One of the group had purchased a loco from an estate sale and brought it along. 

An interesting ancient scratchbuilt beast with Romford 15 spoke wheels and a Hornby XT60 motor (not even an X04). A closer inspection revealed that this was a spectacularly nice scratchbuild built by a precise hand. However a few ergs revealed that it was not in the best of health, though it did move. It's providence was discused at length until someone remembered that Paul Bernsen had made a small batch of F's in the late 60's. This tallied with the workmanship and apparent age of the model. 

A bit of oil and the spritely 60 year old was happily growling up and down the track.

Shear bloody magic.