Ransomes and Rapier to be exact. Was the first Gn15 locomotive I built from drawings supplied by Carl Arendt. Its a very basic plasticard construction on a Model Power Porter Hustler chassis. It was the first loco body I completed and ran as a working loco, in any scale. There was lots of things in the construction of it that were totally new to me. The grilles, the axle boxes, louvres, etc etc. I got a great deal of help from Steve Bennett of Sidelines during the construction, for which I will be forever greatful. But the part that I was most pleased with was the bending up of the handbrake wheel that I bent from some styrene rod
you can make out the handbrake wheel in this shot
front three quarter view of the Rapier
For as neat as the little loco is. It perfectly illustrates one of the compromises of Gn15. This is a model of a 2’6″ gauge prototype. Yet I have it running on 15″ gauge track. So the axle boxes stand well clear of the wheels. A fact I could have done something about if I’d realised at the time. Never mind. It was a valuable learning lesson. As for the model it met with an unfortunate accident during a spring cleaning one year.
