7 ¼ GAUGE SOCIETY

Pattern bank / List date: Aug 2011

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Loco/ Originator

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Item

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Photo

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1-1 / GWR Manor 78xx
Brian Reading / Cylinder and valve chests / c/w valve chest for 1 1/8" piston valves. Cylinder 4 ¾” long suits piston width of ¾”
1-2 / Valve chest patterns / Suitable for above cylinder, but with 1 ¼” piston valves
2-1 / LNER Class B2
Brian Reading / Cylinder and valve chests / Designed for piston valves 1 ¼” dia. Two cores boxes to suit LH and RH sets.
2-2 / Smoke box door / Early ‘flat’ type
2-3 / Chimney / Also suits B17
2-4 / Smoke box front ring / Early type with slight step included
2-5 / Tender water pickup dome / Suitable for most GWR tenders
3-1 / I.o.M. Beyer Peacock
2-4-0T - Brian Reading / Chimney (with slight taper, as fitted to
some locos) / c/w separate pattern so that polished top can be fitted.
4-1 / NLR or Holmside 0-6-0T / Inside steam chest / 7
4-2 / Don Ketley / Cylinder / 7
4-3 / Chimney / 7
4-4 / Eccentric strap 21/8 " bore / 7
4.5 / Driving wheel 63/4" dia / 7
5-1 / BR Standard class 4 tank / Axle box (Bogie) / 4
5-2 / Don Ketley / Axle box (Driving) / 4
5-3 / Bogie centre / 4
5-4 / Smokebox ring / 5
5-5 / Smokebox door / 5
5-6 / Boiler dome / 4
5-7 / Driving wheel 87/8 dia x 18 spoke / 4
5-8 / Bogie/truck wheel 43/4" dia x 8 spoke / 5
5-9 / Chimney / 5
5-10 / Front truck stretcher / 5
6-1 / Cylinder (Basic outline) / 9 & 11 / Suitable for many standard locos
7-1 / SR Schools class 4-4-0 / Boiler flanging plates / 1
7-2 / Alec Farmer. / Motion bracket / 3 / Brass pattern
7-3 / As designed by Greenley / Boiler dome / 3 / Brass pattern
7-4 / With additional inside / Stretcher (and centre motion bracket) / 3 / Brass pattern. Support for central slide bar
7-5 / Cylinder as added by / Chimney / 3 / Brass pattern
7-6 / Keith Wilson / Axle box cover / 3 / Brass pattern
7-7 / Horns (driving) / 3 / Brass pattern
7-8 / Driving wheels 97/8" dia x 22 spoke / 2
7-9 / Bogie wheels 45/8" dia x 10 spoke / 2
7-10 / Bogie horns (makes a pair) / 2 / Brass pattern
7-11 / Dummy leafspring set / 3 / Brass pattern
7-12 / Cylinder gland bushes (5 lobe) / 2 / Brass pattern
7-13 / Inside cylinder / bogie pivot / exhaust duct as one integrated casting / 12,13 / Includes core moulds for bores and exhaust ducting for outside cylinders
7-14 / Outside cylinder / 14 / Includes core moulds for bores.
7-15 / Steam chest end cap / 13
7-16 / Cylinder covers (2) / 13
7-17 / Eccentric strap / 15
7-18 / Bogie frame stretcher / 15 / Includes core moulds for inner recess
7-19 / Axleboxes / 15
7-20 / Tender wheel. 6” dia, 10 spoke
7-21 / Bogie axlebox suspension link / 15
7-99 / Drawings by Henry Greenley / Set of 11
7-99 / Additional drawings by Keith Wilson / Set of 4
8 / Schools and/or GWR King / Bogie centre slide. / 2 / Photo shows 2 examples, one inverted.
9 / BR Britannia
Reg day / Front smokebox ring
10-1 / Stirling Single / Eccentric straps 17/8" bore
10-2 / Dennis Gadsby / Axle horns 13/4" wide x 27/8" deep / 6
10-3 / (See 71/4 Gauge News, vol 124, page 12) / Axle horns 11/4" wide x 21/8" deep / 6
10-4 / Slide valve chest 4" x 3" x 1" overall / 6
10-5 / Cylinder 25/8" o.d. (LH & RH) / 6
10-6 / Cylinder cover 3" o.d. / 6
10-7 / Bogie cross member, 61/8" wide / 6
Piston blank or cylinder cover ……
10-8 / 23/8" x 3/4" thick / 6
10-9 / 23/8" x 5/8" thick / 6
10-10 / 21/2" x 1/2" thick / 6
12-1 / Craven Steam Crane / Plain spoked wheel, 4¾” dia / 11 / 8 spokes
12-2 / Don Ketley / Plain spoked wheel, 5 ¾” dia / 10 / 10 spokes
12-3 / Axlebox, 2” x 2 ¼ o/a / 11
12-4 / Eccentric straps, 1” bore / 11
12-5 / Slide value chest, 2 ½” x 1 ½” o/a / 11
12-6 / Centre post (pivot pin) / 10 / 7” tall, 1 ¾” to 2 ½” dia taper
12-7 / Gear wheel, 11 ¾” OD / 10 / ¾” thick, 4 spoke
12-8 / Gear wheel, 9” OD / 10 / ¾” thick, 8 spoke
12-9 / Cylinder, 1 ¾” OD x 2 ½” long / 9 & 11
13-1 / Other / Driving wheel 10" dia x 19 spoke
14-1 / NG wagon wheels and underframe components / Curly spoke wheel, 5” dia / 18 / 5 spoke
14-2 / Rev. R.F. Jackson / Curly spoke wheel, 4 ½” dia / 18 / 6 spoke
14-3 / Plain disk wheel, 4 ½” dia / 19
14-4 / Curly spoke wheel, 3 ¼” dia / 19 / Suitable for 7 ¼” or 5” gauge
14-5 / Bearing pedestal. / 19 / Also suitable for shaft supports etc…
14-6 / Double flange wheel, 3 ½” dia / 18 / 5 spoke, ¾ “ wide
14-7 / Bearing pedestal for ‘crude’ wagon wheels/axles) / 18 / Small 7 ¼” or 5” gauge
1 1/8 “ across horns, 5/8 “ wide
14-8 / Brake block ring for 4 ½” dia wheels / 19 / Total 8 brakeblocks per ring
14-9 / Bearing housing / 19 / Fits 3 jaw chuck 5” wide, 2 ½ “ high, 1” thick
14-10 / FR Axle box with FR letters and crest. / 19 / 3 ¼” x 2 ¼” x 1” with 1” dia internal bore
14-11 / NG wagon coupling/buffer set, double sprung (Pair of castings) / 16 & 17 / 4” x 1 7/8” x 1 ¼”
2 ¾” x 1 ¾” x 1 ½”
14-12 / More NG patterns / Slate wagon wheel / 31 / 6 straight spokes, finishes 6 ¼” dia
14-13 / Slate wagon wheel / 31 / 5 curly spokes, finishes 5” dia
14-14 / Centre coupling / 31
15-1 / Hunslet 1/3rd scale 0-4-0T / Disk driving wheel 8” dia / 20
15-2 / As for Festiniog ‘Linda’ / Steam Dome / 20
15-3 / Jeff Stubbs / LH & RH outside cylinder / 20
15-4 / Cylinder cover / 20 / 5” dia
15-5 / Slide valve chest / 20 / 6” x 4 ¾”
16-1 / Sandy River / Slide valve chest / 21 / 6” x 6”
16-2 / 2-4-2 NG tender loco / Slide value chest cover / 21 / To fit item 16-1
16-3 / See News No 68, Page 31 / Slide valve / 21
16-4 / and News No 70, Page 14 / Cylinder cover, front end / 21 / 6” dia
16-5 / Jeff Stubbs / Cylinder cover, rear end / 21 / 6” dia
16-6 / Cylinder cover, cosmetic front end / 21 / 6 ¼” dia. To fit item 16-4
16-7 / Outside cylinder / 22
16-8 / Dome base / 22 / 10” dia
16-9 / Smoke box door / 22 / 14” dia
17-1 / Romulus
Jeff Stubbs / Chimney / 21 / 15” high
17-2 / Romulus wheel / 31
18-1 / Shay, 2 truck, 50 ton type / Smokebox door / 23 / 180mm dia, thickness: 6 at edge, 17 at centre
18.2 / 1/3 scale 3 foot gauge / Ring for universal coupling / 23 / 115 o.d. x 65 i.d.
18.3 / Lima works no. 2812 / Bevel gear, small pinion – 15 teeth / 23 / 100 o.d x 50 long
18-4 / (Not steam, designed / Bevel gear, crown wheel- 30 teeth / 23 / 168 o.d., 30 long
18-5 / for diesel/electric traction), / Right Journal support / 23 / Angled to accommodate bevel gear
18-6 / but most parts OK for / Left Journal support / 23 / Straight, no bevel gear this side!
18-7 / steam version. / Bolster pivot (top) / 23 / 80 o.d
18-8 / The excellent book ‘Building / Bolster pivot (bottom) / 23 / 70 o.d. at widest part (base)
18-9 / the Shay’ by Kozo Hiraoka / Chimney base / 23 / 130 x 150 o.d, 80 i.d.
18-10 / also available. / 3 slot drawhead (coupling) / 24 / 169 x 128 x 65
18-11 / Edwin Peck / Bottom bracket / 24 / 235 l, 150 h, 130 w, longitudinal slot 65 wide
Cross slots 60 wide.
18-12 / See News, iss112, p34 / Driving Wheel / 24 / 183 tread, 198 flange, 43 wide
19 / Water pump (1” bore) Includes end cover and gland. / 26 / Body 55 long x 48 dia over flanges
20 / R.W Lethbridge / Driving wheel for Sweet Pea (widened for 7 ¼ gauge) / 26 / 117mm dia tread, 129mm flange, 23mm wide
21-1 / Unknown! Any ideas? / Hornblock? / 25 / 100 wide, 70 high, 15 thick
21-2 / Unknown! Any ideas? / Recess and insert. (LH & RH versions) / 25 / Recess 120 x 77 overall, 36 deep.
22 / Jack Meatcher / NG Disc wheel (2 sections). Dished front and back. Originally for electric loco, no crankpin bosses / 27 / Pattern 6.7” (flange), 6.1” (tread), 1.3” thick. Would probably machine to 5.875 over tread.
23-1 / JACK, based on Hunslet 18” gauge loco now preserved / Horn guide / 37
23-2 / in Leeds Industrial Museum / Frame corner bracket / 37
23-3 / Fly cranks (large and small) / 38
23-4 / Cylinder block / 38
23-5 / Crosshead / 38
23.6 / Valve support brackets / 38
23-7 / Smokebox door / 37
23-8 / Chimney base / 37
23-9 / Chimney top / 37
24-1 / Marie Estelle by Don Young / Wheel / 28
24-2 / Cylinder block / 28
24-3 / Steam chest / 28
24-4 / Smokebox door / 35
24-5 / Smokebox saddle + 2 core boxes / 29
24-6 / Smokestack base
25-1 / GWR “Armstrong” 4-4-0 / Hornblock / 35
25-2 / Based on design by JGS / Driving wheel / 34
25-3 / Clark, North Wales / Cylinder block / 30
25-4 / Steam chest / 30
25-5 / Cylinder covers, front & rear / 30
25-6 / Bogie centre + core box / 35
25-7 / Bogie springing casting / 33
25-8 / Bogie bracket / 35
25-9 / Eccentric straps (2) valve gear and pumps / 33
25-10 / Pump body / 33
25-11 / Valve guide / 30
25-12 / Brake block ring / 34
25-13 / Smokebox + core box (based on GWR works drawings) / 32
26-1 / Ray Gurney / Boiler dome for Hunslet / 39 / Whitemetal pattern, 9cm dia, 10cm high, to suit boiler dia approx 16cm

Items in red added since December 2010

We now have 138 items in the bank.

We are still looking for a pattern for the driving wheel of the Stirling Single.