Great Western Manor Locomotive. 

The model is a working miniature of the original engine. It has been hand built to a scale of 1:1/16inch to 12 inches (27mm to 304.8mm) and runs on 5inch gauge track (127mm) which represents standard gauge track of 4foot 81/2 inches (1.435m). The miniature is 5 feet long (1524mm) the driving wheels are 6 inches (150mm) in diameter. 

     I had the frames laser cut in December 1998, the tender frames were assembled by July 1999 the bogie frame assembled and wheels turned and main frames assembled by October 2001, there are over 3000 rivets in the tender body and 550 in the tender frames.

The Boiler was made by Paul Tompkins of Southern Boiler Works, more on this later.

     The first of the Manors No.7800 Torquay Manor entered traffic in January 1938 and 20 were in service by February 1939. They used the driving wheels, motion components and tenders from withdrawn GWR 4300 moguls. A new standard boiler, type No. 14, was developed for the class.The outbreak of war forced the cancellation of construction of a further batch of 20 locomotives. The Manor class, with an axle loading of just over 17 tons, could be utilised on many lines. In 1950 a further 10 were built, and out of the 30 in total nine are in preservation.