Dave
Western Thunderer
Evening all,
I have wanted a model of this hefty saddletank since I first saw a photo of it in the Industrial Railway Society Lincolnshire & Rutland handbook and so decided to scratchbuild it.
Manning Wardle w/n 1814 was built in 1913 for Walter Scott Ltd. who operated a steel works in Hunslet and ironstone quarries in Lincolnshire. It started off as Walter Scott No. 2 and later became Crosby Ironstone No.4 before becoming No.2 in the fleet of United Steels Ore Mining Branch. It was scrapped in 1962.
![WS2small.jpg WS2small.jpg](https://www.westernthunder.co.uk/data/attachments/215/215282-b3807d02204086c61cea42fc204d4104.jpg)
Frames, made from 40 thou. engraving brass, layered with 18 thou. hard brass. Hornby Peckett wheels and axles, bought as spares.
![20240503_141645.jpg 20240503_141645.jpg](https://www.westernthunder.co.uk/data/attachments/215/215283-85409e4049d49dc38646570dc39fa20e.jpg)
I have wanted a model of this hefty saddletank since I first saw a photo of it in the Industrial Railway Society Lincolnshire & Rutland handbook and so decided to scratchbuild it.
Manning Wardle w/n 1814 was built in 1913 for Walter Scott Ltd. who operated a steel works in Hunslet and ironstone quarries in Lincolnshire. It started off as Walter Scott No. 2 and later became Crosby Ironstone No.4 before becoming No.2 in the fleet of United Steels Ore Mining Branch. It was scrapped in 1962.
![WS2small.jpg WS2small.jpg](https://www.westernthunder.co.uk/data/attachments/215/215282-b3807d02204086c61cea42fc204d4104.jpg)
Frames, made from 40 thou. engraving brass, layered with 18 thou. hard brass. Hornby Peckett wheels and axles, bought as spares.
![20240503_141645.jpg 20240503_141645.jpg](https://www.westernthunder.co.uk/data/attachments/215/215283-85409e4049d49dc38646570dc39fa20e.jpg)
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