S Thompson

METRE MAID 0-6-0 NG TANK LOCO AND TENDER

The Sweet Pea design by Jack Buckler really has a lot going for it. It is a simple, well-proven design and it can readily be altered to suit the builder’s own taste and ideas. S Thompson’s model is of the Metre Maid variant with an 0-6-0 rather than 0-4-0 wheel arrangement, with associated stability. The locomotive was photographed at Doncaster 2017.

The simplicity of the Sweet Pea design has also made it a favourite with beginners. The boiler is a simple as can be, of a marine-type - also favoured for Toby, Steve Eaton’s brilliant little engine in 2.5” gauge. The Sweet Pea Hackworth valve gear is also simple to make, ‘tho Toby’s even simpler.

As a variant of Sweet Pea, castings are readily available for Metre Maid, as are drawings. Jack Bucker described Sweet Pea in Engineering in Miniature some years back, and TEE has since re-published the articles in a best-selling book.

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