Wantage Tramway 'Persephone' with SWD DCC.
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Hi John, and thank-you for the comment. I had the MRJ castigs for 10 years before building what is now 'Persephone'. Although 'Jane' or 'Shannon' is unique, I wanted to make the Wantage Tramway star my own hence the creation of Persephone. The red is actually precision paint's BR Mk1 coach maroon, althoug I regret not sticking with GW green now. I have a short clip of 'Jane' in steam at Shildon 150 in 1975 - I think the only colour film of her in steam.
imatts 2 years ago
Nice work! I have nearly built #7 in 7mm from the Slaters kit with some changes. I have had several attempts at getting the castings for #5 but just missed out and they are very hard to find. I've moved on a bit now to 16mm and 7/8" live steam but the WTC has a special place for me - the red was a bit of a shock but she looks well!
Have you seen Shannon at Didcot? I had a quiet half hour with her about 10 years back - shoved away in a corner at the back. Be great to see her in steam one day.
john57sharp 2 years ago
As far as I'm aware the Wantage Tramway loco isn't available RTR in any scale. Persephone was scratch built using MRJ casting sets. Paul Berntsen produced a project in 4mm of the Manning Wardle No7 at Wantage which appeared in the MRJ in the early - mid 90s. I made one in EM in 1994. I have a set of castings for that which is a project for my retirement. If you feel inclined, contact the MRJ and see if they can help with the casting sets and make your own!
imatts 2 years ago
I think pershephone suits this engine well, as does the red livery. You don't know if this engine is avaliable in OO.
jamiegoddard4 2 years ago
Thank-you for the kind comments about 'Persephone'. You know your Wantage Tramway history! You are absolutely right, 'Persephone' is Shannon (or Jane) in another guise. I wanted to use my loco in a fictitious location, hence Persephone rather than Shannon or Jane. The maroon is genuine BR Maroon 'though.... It was a tight fit getting the decoder to fit in the well tank - getting a seuthe unit to fit in the chimney would be an interesting challenge.
imatts 2 years ago
It's a wonderful model of a wonderful engine, i always thought that it was called shannon and painted green.
You'v obviously spent a lot of time istalling the sounds, it would be much improved by the addition of a smoke generator.
jamiegoddard4 2 years ago