Paid a visit to a LMS today, whose proprietor is into smaller scale ('N' guage) railways, to ask his advice and to see if he'd be interested in a collaboration.
He told me that european 'n' guage is expensive stuff and suppliers are rare.
He told me that it would have to be a french or German loco, circa 1942 and that these are unheard of, generally.
(Train buffs would apparently spot any discrepancies and be most disturbed!
)On the possibility of a collaboration, I was told that train modellers tend to be solo artists and are incapable of spontaneity, requiring much planning. When I suggested that we had until November, that was too short a notice!
There were 3 others in the shop, who turned out to be railway enthusiasts as well and they corroborated what I'd been told.
I'm thinking it'll be easier to build my own rolling stock, using lengths of balsa.
That said, I'm now looking for non-rolling loco's on eBay.
Regards,
Bruce
