A part built 3 inch scale model of a 3 ton 'Simplicity' live steam road roller by Wallis & Steevens of Basingstoke, England, built by the late Mr Duncan Laidlaw of Bristol to the mid 1920's design by Plastow with diagonal mounted copper boiler, single cylinder 1 1/4 inch stroke by 1 inch bore, regulator, direction control via rod to work steering, drivers brake and fitted canopy. Length 89cm. Width 41cm. Height 56cm.* Please note the boiler in this lot is not completed and has no tubes fitted.* There were only twenty full size road rollers of this type ever built and there are six in preservation.
A part built 3 inch scale model of a 3 ton 'Simplicity' live steam road roller by Wallis & Steevens of Basingstoke, England, built by the late Mr Duncan Laidlaw of Bristol to the mid 1920's design by Plastow with diagonal mounted copper boiler, single cylinder 1 1/4 inch stroke by 1 inch bore, regulator, direction control via rod to work steering, drivers brake and fitted canopy. Length 89cm. Width 41cm. Height 56cm.* Please note the boiler in this lot is not completed and has no tubes fitted.* There were only twenty full size road rollers of this type ever built and there are six in preservation.
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