Category:John William Airton

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The bare metal unpainted locomotive, in the workshop

The bare metal unpainted locomotive, in the workshop [image info]

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1996 Midland Model Engineering Exhibition award shield, for Class 3 (Locomotives 5, 7¼ and above), John William Airton

1996 Midland Model Engineering Exhibition award shield, for Class 3 (Locomotives 5, 7¼ and above), John William Airton [image info]

1989 and 1999: Model engineering exhibition Plaques, J.W. Airton

1989 and 1999: Model engineering exhibition Plaques, J.W. Airton [image info]

The magnificent model of Oliver Cromwell locomotive in Arch Four was created by John William Airton (J.W. Airton) (b.~1924) over a period of twenty years.

Airton built a workshop in his back garden, including a Myford lathe and a pedestal drill, and created the model from scratch.

Other engineered models

His first serious model with this setup was a miniature of a (water cooled?) petrol engine complete with tiny spark plugs, around the size of a reporter's notebook, made in the early 1960s.

This was followed by a 3.5" gauge model of the three-cylinder 4-6-2 LNER Peppercorn Class A2 60532 Blue Peter, and then by the 5" gauge Oliver Cromwell.

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