Month: September 2026

Great Central Railway Robinson 8B class 4-4-2 (Jersey Lily) no. 358

Mick Bayliss Model for sale, My loco collection

Great Central Railway Robinson 8B class 4-4-2 (Jersey Lily) no. 358. My latest purchase, from the collection of a good friend and client, now sadly deceased. What a beauty? Specification, built by Dave Murdoch, painted by Alan Brackenborough, Alan Harris wheels, ABC gears, American current collection…….for a kit built model, you don’t get much better than that!!

BR (exLNER) Thompson B1 class 4-6-0 no. 61033 Dibatag

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BR (exLNER) Thompson B1 class 4-6-0 no. 61033 Dibatag
BR (exLNER) Thompson B1 class 4-6-0 no. 61033 Dibatag. By Finescalebrass. A recent auction purchase, unusually not an on-line purchase, but as a room bidder. If possible, it is good to travel to the auction to view the items first before making bids. With models such as this you cannot beat actually being able to handle the goods. Added bonuses are that you do not get charged extra for on-line bids and that after paying you can take your models home with you, rather than having to pay for it to be shipped or collected. However unfortunately as in the case of this lovely B1, you still cannot ensure that the bloomin’ thing actually works! Which it didn’t. At home, after a light lubrication and on the rolling road, just noises like gears slipping. To cut a long story short, this B1 now has an ABC motor and gear unit fitted, with a new 3/16″ diameter drive axle, hand made by a good friend and fitted by myself. Dibatag now performs as good as he looks.

Named B1’s were rare for me when I was a kid. I remember seeing Umseke, Gnu and Dibatag. All strange names that, bearing in mind these were the days before the Flanders and Swann song, I had not a clue.

BR (ex LNER) Gresley A3 class Pacific no. 60084 Trigo

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BR (ex LNER) Gresley A3 class Pacific no. 60084 Trigo
BR (ex LNER) Gresley A3 class Pacific no. 60084 Trigo (Graham Jaques). This is a fabulous model. It was built and painted by the late Graham Jaques from the DJH kit. Graham was a good friend. He taught me a lot and I greatly miss him. This model was bought by a friend from his widow Margaret, after his untimely passing. A lasting tribute to his skilful modelling. Slaters wheels and an ABC gear and motor unit, Graham always used top quality components. Current collection is by the American method, where the loco collects from one rail and the tender from the other. The insulated wheels have been shorted by thin wire behind a spoke on one or other side of the loco and tender. An insulated drawbar and fall-plate is usually needed with this system, but in this case Graham has skill-fully insulated the tender chassis from the tank, it goes without question that it works very well.

LMS (ex LNWR) Webb Coal Tank 0-6-2T no. 7763

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LMS (ex LNWR) Webb Coal Tank 0-6-2T no. 7763
LMS (ex LNWR) Webb Coal Tank 0-6-2T no. 7763. A kit built model, not sure which kit. But that’s not important. What is important is the fabulous quality of build, by Martin Wyatt, his nameplate is on the underside as provenance. Slaters wheels and plunger pickups and powered by a Chaplin top quality gear and motor unit. I bought this model from Footplate in BR plain black, but although I’m a massive fan of the LNWR and Coal Tanks especially, I do think that they look tired in BR livery, as I’m sure they really were. So a new paint job my myself (the original paint didn’t need stripping)  and weathering by Warren Haywood. I am so pleased with it, but she tells me that I can’t keep them all.

North Eastern Railway Wilson Worsdell class R 4-4-0 no. 2027

Mick Bayliss Loco commissions, My loco collection

North Eastern Railway Wilson Worsdell class R 4-4-0 no. 2027. Built by myself, on commission, for one of my regular clients, who has recently and sadly passed away. When this happens and for special models as this is, I will attempt to buy the model for my collection, from the family. Built from the superb DJH kit, using a Slaters top quality motor and gear unit, Staters wheels and plunger pickups. The fabulous fully lined livery (by bowpen, not transfers) is by, who else, Warren Haywood.

LNER Ivatt C2 class 4-4-2 (Klondyke) no. 3260

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LNER Ivatt C2 class 4-4-2 (Klondyke) no. 3260
LNER Ivatt C2 class 4-4-2 (Klondyke) no. 3260. A famous model that I am privileged to add to my collection. Built from scratch and painted by my old mate Graham Jaques. RG7 Portescap motor and gear unit, cast wheels, probably Walsall, with the webs between the spokes skilfully removed by file, plunger pickups collecting current from one side of the loco and tender, the other side collects current via the non-insulated cast wheels. I’m lucky enough to own a few of Grahams models, but this is special because it is a past winner of the Gauge O guild Chairmans cup.