BR (ex LNER) Gresley V2 class 2-6-2 no. 60860 Durham School

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BR (ex LNER) Gresley V2 class 2-6-2 no. 60860 Durham School
BR (ex LNER) Gresley V2 class 2-6-2 no. 60860 Durham School.Built from the Limited Edition DJH kit by John Dunn, and believed to have been very well painted by him also. Powered by the second to none ABC motor and gear unit, with Slaters wheels. Power collection is by the American method, collecting power from one side of the track by the tender wheels, the other via the loco wheels. A mini plug and socket alongside the drawbar makes disconnection of the tender very easy.

BR (ex LNER) Thompson rebuilt J11/3 class 0-6-0 no. 64375

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BR (ex LNER) Thompson rebuilt J11/3 class 0-6-0 no. 64375
BR (ER) Thompson rebuilt J11/3 class 0-6-0 no. 64375. Bought from a recent auction. A client had asked me to build him a Pom-pom. This looked to be a good model, and it certainly has prooved to be. I tried to save him some money by buying this with the intention of stripping the paint, improving it where necessary, and having it repainted to his liking. That plan backfired on me, due to my lack of knowledge of Pom-pom’s. He wanted a model circa 1920’s. The J11/3’s were rebuilt by Edward Thompson from the mid 1940’s, with piston valves and the boiler raised by 4″ to accommodate them. So no good for my client. Never mind, I have still stripped the original hand applied paint and repainted it myself to my own liking. I am very pleased. Built from the Gladiator kit. It runs very well indeed, on Slaters wheels with power collection by plunger pickups.

LNER Gresley A3 class 4-6-2 no. 2750 Papyrus.

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LNER Gresley A3 class 4-6-2 no. 2750 Papyrus. A Loveless model, obtained recently as part of a swap deal. DCC control with sound. Since purchased the sound has been upgraded to a Zimo MS 950 decoder by Richard Pogson, a vast improvement. The model is in the condition that the real loco ran to 108 m.p.h. Indisputably the first British locomotive to run at more than 100 m.p.h. Regular viewers of these pages might realise that the Gresley A3 class is up there as one of my favourite locomotive classes, whether in LNER green, BR blue, BR green, single chimney, double chimney, smoke deflectors, they always look good to me.

BR (ex LMS) Stanier Princess Coronation class 4-6-2 no. 46232 Duchess of Montrose

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BR (exLMS) Stanier Princess Coronation class 4-6-2 no. 46232 Duchess of Montrose. This superb model is by Finescalebrass and as all other imported models that I have been in contact with, it runs very smoothly indeed. Surely painted and lightly weathered by Warren Haywood. I can say from experience that this is not up to the quality of a Masterpiece Duchess. But for value for money, it is well and truly right up there with the fabulous City of Nottingham that I once owned.

Duchess of Montrose will always be a special name for me. I’m sure I am not alone, it was my first Hornby Dublo loco. That company must have sold millions of them.

GWR Collett King class 4-6-0 no. 6019 King Henry V

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GWR Collett King class 4-6-0 no. 6019 King Henry V. Professionally built from the superb Malcolm Mitchell kit, with working motion to the inside cylinders, Slaters wheels and a Portescap RG7 motor and gears unit. Current collection is by the American system, where the loco collects from one side of the track and the tender from the other. The drawbar and fallplate are both insulated to prevent short circuits. Well painted and fully lined out in GWR bronze green with “Great Western” in full on the tender and the twin shields emblem of the company between the two words. A recent buy from auction. Not quite in the basket case category, but considerable remedial work has been required to get this model into the lovely condition that you can see here. He now also runs very smoothly and quietly and looks pretty good too.

BR (ex LMS) Royal Scot class 4-6-0 no. 46148 The Manchester Regiment

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BR (exLMS) Royal Scot class 4-6-0 no. 46148 The Manchester Regiment. Extremely well built and detailed, from the David Andrews kit by John Taylor of Halifax. AGH (Alan Harris) cast wheels and an ABC motor and gear unit. A very impressive model which I recently found in auction and have been lucky enough to acquire for my collection. When purchased, this model was portrayed as 46156, but at that time I already had a model of rebuilt 46156 and as the paintwork was not up to the quality of the build, I stripped it for a repaint and a new identity and you see the result here, courtesy of Warren Haywood. I must say that this repaint has transformed this well built model to a particularly attractive loco.

Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Aspinal Highflyer class Atlantic no. 1403

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Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Aspinal Highflyer class Atlantic no. 1403. Built and basically painted by myself on commission from the Lanky kit and expertly lined out by John Cockcroft. The model has Slaters wheels, an ABC motor and gear unit and collects power by my favoured American method. The gentleman that asked me to build has now decided to sell his considerable collection of L&Y models, giving me the opportunity to buy this one back. It is a lovely model and I am very happy to be able to add it to my collection.

BR (ex LMS) Stanier Jubilee class 4-6-0 no. 45705 Seahorse

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BR (ex LMS) Stanier Jubilee class 4-6-0 no. 45705 Seahorse
BR (ex LMS) Stanier Jubilee class 4-6-0 no. 45705 Seahorse.Well built from the Gladiator kit, powered by a Portescap RG7 motor and gear unit, with Slaters wheels and current collection by plunger pickups on each of the six driving wheels. Beautifully painted, lined out and weathered by Warren Haywood. The inspiration for me to buy an existing model, strip the paint, carry out any necessary repairs or improvements, before asking Warren to repaint it, came from a trainspotting trip to Manchester with my schoolmate Mark Hulme. At Patricroft shed, we were pleasantly surprised (these were the days when most remaining Jubilees were stored wrecks) to come across Seahorse, with yellow stripe, nameplates and fairly clean. Well worth a few quick snaps with my Kodak Instamatic. I now find that the loco was a celebrity, used regularly on the Buxton services, hence the replacement (probably wooden) nameplates and clean condition. WOW, is an expletive commonly used these days as part of the description for a very average Ebay item. In 1965, we were well and truly wowed by this loco.

GWR Churchward Scott class 4-4-2 no. 188 Rob Roy

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GWR Churchward Scott class 4-4-2 no. 188 Rob Roy. A superb model of a very rarely modelled prototype. Built from the Scorpio Models kit, with AGH (Alan Harris) wheels, and an ABC motor and gears unit, by Norman Vickers. This model was bought from auction some months ago, as number 190 Waverley, https://www.gaugeoguild.com/gallery/gallery_display.aspx having been originally painted by the builder. But in my opinion the paint at that time didn’t compare with the quality of the build, partly due to very average quality paint repairs, probably by the previous Australian owner. So I made the difficult decision to strip down the model and strip the original paint, to be superbly repainted with a different identity, by Warren Haywood. I think the quality of the painting now well compares with the quality of the build. The Scott class Atlantics were built to allow Mr Churchward to compare their performance with the Saint class 4-6-0’s. They were all rebuilt to the 4-6-0 wheel arrangement at Swindon in 1912 to become part of the very successful Saint class.