A New Zealander, David Auld produced a range of live steam models for thirty years from 1966, including a steam launch, stationary steam engines, mobile steam road vehicles and 0 gauge live steam locomotives. Total sales were around 6,000 units, most by mail order. Information retrieved from Hello Girls and Boys! A New Zealand Toy Story by David Veart .
For more information, and illustrations, of Australian 0 gauge models, including live steam, please see the book Spring, Spark & Steam by Bruce Macdonald.
For Australian and New Zealand live steam models on the web, including 0 gauge railway models, see Tony Muir's truly wonderful Australian Toy Steam site.
Colin Duthie's YouTube video features live steam by David Auld and Cranko, as well as Bing and Bowman.
Images of Comet, David Auld, Cranko and Real Rail items are shown at the New Zealand Hornby Railway Collectors Association web site.
Special thanks to 'Tree Find' who kindly supplied the two photos below, taken at the National Transport and Toy Museum Wanaka, New Zealand.
David Auld live steam 0-4-0 loco at New Zealand's National Transport and Toy Museum |
David Auld live steam 0-4-0 loco at New Zealand's National Transport and Toy Museum |
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