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All smoke without fire: new industrials from Rapido

RAPIDO'S reputation for picking unusual prototypes to bring into model form goes unchallenged with the manufacturer announcing the Andrew Barclay 0-4-0 fireless locomotives to its 4mm scale range – the first ready-to-run model of the type to ever be

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