THE SUMMERLANDS CHUFFER

Do you fancy fitting a Summerlands Chuffer to your prized loco - but just do not have the time or the confidence to tackle the fitting? Or maybe you have got one of the difficult ones - like the early Roundhouse, or new Roundhouse Atlantic. Or perhaps it is that silent Taliesin from the first two batches where new pipework is needed. Well now we have our first approved Chuffer-Fitters listed below. There may be more in due course and there are, of course, others out there who can do a fine job for you, but here are five who will offer excellent service at reasonable prices. And a couple of them might also give you a good excuse to visit some narrow gauge railways!

Tony Willmore
Tony is based in North Wales and runs the Rhos Helyg Loco Works which specialises in rebuilding, repairing, painting (example left) and lining 16mm and G-Scale locos. He has vast experience with Roundhouse locos and knows many of them inside-out.

Contact Tony at locoworks@rhoshelyg.me.uk and see his website at www.rhoshelyg.me.uk

Mike Ousby
Mike of Acme Engineering is well known in garden railway circles for his loco enhancements and was the first of the Accucraft service agents in the UK. He has many years experience in sorting all types of 16mm scale locos and modifying them for his customers. He is also actively involved in the 7/8ths scale movement.

Mike can be contacted at sales@acmesteam.co.uk and he is in the process of re-launching his website, which will be available soon.

Mike Darby
With a business named Chuffed2Bits, Mike Darby is an obvious man to be a Summerlands Chuffer-fitter! In addition to supplying a steadily increasing range of garden railway accessories, Mike is a service agent for Accucraft and also offers a comprehensive loco modification and painting service for Accucraft, Roundhouse and many others. As with all our approved fitters, he can either supply and fit or fit your Chuffer if you have already purchased it. Based in Warwick, Mike is in easy reach for enthusiasts in the Midlands.

Mike's website is www.chuffed2bits.com , his email is sales@chuffed2bits.com and his telephone number is
07867 974542 or 01926 407784

Simon Whenmouth
Simon Whenmouth of Anything Narrow Gauge is well known in garden railway circles for repairing ailing 16mm steam locos and now offers new Roundhouse, Accucraft locos and stock plus second hand locos and stock too. Based in the South East, he will be in easy reach for many who might prefer the fitting to be carried out in his workshop. With the added advantage of possibly testing out your 'Chuffer' on the Hedgehog Valley Railway 32mm or 45mm lines.

Contact 01622 710901
  07711 387621
  anythingnarrowgauge@googlemail.com

Simon has a web site Under Construction.

Dave Mees 
Dave was one of the first Chuffer-fitters, providing notes for the website on the Roundhouse Darjeeling B and the Roundhouse Atlantic. He is now able to offer a fitting service for those in the North Wales area (and further afield too) as his work commitment are back to normal. You can see Dave's fine railway in Garden Rail magazine 193.

Contact Dave on mees.david@yahoo.com

Richard Seager
Richard is a very experienced engineer who has just established a business offering restoration and modification of garden raileway locos. RS Steam Services is based in Woolwich, London where Richard is also heavily involved in the restoration of 18" gauge "Woolwich" and the steam tugs "Portwey" and "Brent".
His website is www.rssteam.co.uk
email: rssteamservices@yahoo.co.uk