5972 Olton Hall?

I spotted a link to this article on an American based preservation forum:-

http://www.insidethemagic.net/2013/...in-wizarding-world-of-harry-potter-expansion/

Link to thread:-

http://www.rypn.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=35754

 

Aye. Some folk have been fooled by this - wondering how they missed Olton Hall being shipped Stateside!

 

Have they built a rake of facsimile mk1's as well ?

 

Was I at Goathland station two weeks ago, or has the real station been relocated to the States for re-erection as 'Hogsmeade'? I think we must be told.

 

These two links may provide some interest....It seems there's more than one being constructed :

 

They have lots of money.

 

Perhaps they could build a Great Bear?

 

Didn't one of the rags run a piece asking if the real 5972 had been exported or did I imagine it?

 

NRM last Saturday, look what's lurking at the back of the Great Hall.

 

The two Florida based '5972's look amazing - certainly look at first glance like the real thing! Does anyone know anything more about them like who built them/ are they live steam/ are they full size etc ?!

 

By the looks of it there's an access hatch on the right hand side where the 'firebox' is. I would guess at diesel powered?

 

Universal have been collecting drawings of hall parts for a while now - the guy I spoke with was drawing a full size version in Solidworks for replicas to be constructed

Nick

 

It's nice to know that they put in the research!

I always find theme parks and the like incredible places in terms of construction, how everything is a veneer and underneath it's a bit of scaff and some metal sheeting.