BR (exLMS) Stanier Princess Coronation Pacific no. 46241 City of Edinburgh.Well built and painted by persons unknown, from the very good value David Andrews kit. With the correct Stanier style wheels by Slaters, an ABC motor and gear unit with power collection by plunger pickups, she performs very smoothly and powerfully. The leading axle is cranked to drive the working motion for the inside cylinders. This is a true “Semi”, more accurately a de-streamliner, with a sloping top to the smokebox and the tender rear correctly has the side extensions, twin tank fillers and a coal pusher. The attractive livery is the experimental “British Railways” blue with LNWR style red, cream and grey lining. Totally authentic for the period circa 1948-1951.
GWR Gooch “Rover” class 4-2-2 tender loco “Emperor” A truly magnificent model, built by the late Raymond Walley from the superb Finney7 kit, with fully working inside motion, Slaters wheels and powered by an ABC motor and gear unit. Current collection is via plunger pickups. Raymond’s nameplate is affixed to the underside of the ashpan and tender as provenance. The bogie wheel axles are compensated with each other. The driving and trailing wheel axles are free to move vertically unsprung in their hornguides. All in all the design and build quality of this model is second to none. Warren Haywood is the genius responsible for the astonishing quality of the paintwork and lining, much of it by bow-pen. Name, tender and builders plates are by Severnmill. The phrases and words used here describing the quality of this model are not over-stated, believe me. The completed, but un-painted model was purchased from a table selling many of Raymond’s items at the Gauge O Guild show at Guildford on the 2nd December 2023. I just happened to be in the right place at the right time.
GWR Dean 517 class 0-4-2T no. 524.This lovely little model has been very well built by a Mr.Slater, from the superb Malcolm Mitchell kit with Slaters wheels, a Portescap RG7 motor and gear unit and a representation of inside valve gear and slidebars. Power collection is by wiper pick-ups to all wheels and she runs very smoothly indeed. When bought, the model carried damage to the bunker. So since purchase, I have stripped the original paint, which was by non-other than Alan Brackenborough (what a shame to have to strip off his wonderful work), removed the damaged bunker and replaced with new. The loco chassis wasn’t damaged so still carries the Brackenborough paint. Warren Haywood produced the new paintwork, matching superbly the new with the existing. Now this little loco again has the quality of paintwork that befits it’s quality of build and parts.
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