[steam for ever]

6678bjm, that is quite a good idea, in fact we tried that before but none of the parts fitted.
The design created by the team involved discs and to do this we will need to alter the bogies, which will take a week ot two to design and rebuild.

I am now drinking lots of water as i see I am placed on the spot a bit.
Heres my experience just for you Pre65.

I started building minaiture locos for people to designs done by my grandfather about 10 years back, who was pretty much head of everything.
I steadily built larger and larger locos up to 15 inch guage for a private site.
3 years ago my grandfather died, but after being second to him i took the drivers seat as it were and now I have built 3 locos to my own designs and yes they work.
This is why I am CME now.

Anyway we are only just getting up and running on the scale we want so this is why I enquire.
Hope that clears it up.