Just over a week ago, I enjoyed a day out on the Foxfield Railway - part of this involved a ride up and down the line on this Hawthorne Leslie.
The cab is tiny, and there were four of us in there - driver, fireman, trainee fireman and me. This meant a few minutes of toastie legs when the fire hole doors were open!
Of course, now I've had a cab ride, I feel the need for a model version.
It's no great surprise that one is available, mainly because the driver that day was Richard from Footplate models. When you are a regular on the footplate, and Dapol bring out a model, commissioning one in the colours you know is an obvious move.
This happened a few years ago, but a polite enquiry had them digging in the back of the cupboard, and I'm now the happy owner of a model.
All this means, I now have two things. The first is a shirt with an oily, greasy black line on the back, steam loco cabs not being the cleanest place in the world.
Second, a surplus red Hawthorne Leslie locomotive. It's still boxed, and no more than test run. If you would be interested in providing this (to quote every eBay listing) RARE and UNUSUAL model a home for about £95, drop me a line.
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