I don't know of such a thing, at least not in detail, ether are plenty of summary lists of designs, mostly incomplete.

Is the most important thing choosing a loco you 'connect' with to keep up the enthusiasm when things get sticky or tedious?

Neil

Hi Alan,

The Reeves website used to include all the details mentioned in the catalogues but has now changed. I would agree that a copy of Blackgate's and Reeves catalogues are indespensible. Both own the copyright to certain designs, with Reeves owning the copyright to all the Don Young designs.

I will trot out my usual advice for a beginner at miniature loco building to avoid something with piston valves and a boiler with a tapered barrel and belpaire firebox.

You did not give any hint as to what you would like to build. As Neil suggested you really ought to be quite taken with a certain loco to keep you going on the project. It also depends on whether you just want something to build or something to run on a club track reliably and efficiently etc.

I have always had a leaning towards a loco that performs well on the club track, especially if it has a copper capped chimney and GWR on the side! Though the rather fiddly current project goes back to the first loco I had a ride behind namely Stepney of the Bluebell Railway, and I have drastically altered Martin Evans' 'Boxhill' design to this end. Others are quite content to produce a loco to a published design without such diversions, and some designs are easier than others.

Ask at a club meeting 'What miniature loco should I build?' and you will get a different opinion from each individual present! Some more informed than others!

Cheers,

Julian