NMH004 LNER Mechanical Horse


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	NMH004 - LNER Mechanical Horse
	1:148 Scale

	At recent model railway shows, we have been asked repeatedly for more 'N' gauge vehicles to provide added interest to 'N' gauge railway layouts. This series of small scale replicas is becoming more popular with modellers who have less space for a permanent 00 display and are having to 'downsize' in model terms. Indeed when we released the first model a Routmaster, followed quickly by Bedford Coach, there was a lot of positive feedback. Commercially this was a risk as we had no idea how the models would be received. Hence some delays as we gear up the design and production to fulfil the demand. This is now in place and the releases will become more regular. This month there are several new items, which we hope will help to satisfy your appetite. We are sure that our new Mechanical Horse, intentionally introduced with a number of your favourite railway-related liveries and appearing with different tooling variants, will please that particular sector of our collectors. We have researched these with the help of the Mechanical Horse Club, who have an informative website www.mechanical-horse-club.co.uk for those of you wanting further background on the vehicles that proved the backbone of rail-yard transportation, as well as use by delivery companies and the armed forces in their time. They were even seen on aircraft carriers! The Mechanical Horse was conceived following a request from LNER to the quality car and aero-engine makers Napier. Not wishing to manufacture the concept, they in turn sold the idea to Scammell of Watford, whose designer O D North refined and developed the idea, which was launched in 1934. The early version was constructed on a steel channel frame with a cab made of wood with canvas doors. It came in two sizes, capable of carrying loads of 3 tons and 6 tons and was powered by a Scammell side valve engine. With a road speed of around 20 m ph, petrol consumption was between 10 and 20 mpg. Over the years the Mechanical Horse was updated in design, materials and engine capacity and lasted in production until 1967.
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