BR(WR) Collett King class 4-6-0 no. 6025 King Henry III

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BR(WR) Collett King class 4-6-0 no. 6025 King Henry III. BR(WR) Collett King class 4-6-0 no. 6025 King Henry III. This lovely model was built and painted by the late Graham Varley. Plated on the underside “TMS Models built & painted by G. Varley” as provenance. Superb build quality from the David Andrews kit, with an ABC motor and gears unit, Slaters wheels (the centre driving set is sprung), current collection by plunger pickups and the inside cylinder valve gear links are driven by working motion from the outside cylinders.

LNER (ex GNR) Ivatt D3 class 4-4-0 no. 4302

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LNER (ex GNR) Ivatt D3 class 4-4-0 no. 4302. This model has been well built in nickel silver from scratch. I bought this some months ago, on line from Footplate trains in an unfinished and unpainted condition. Originally built with a noisy motor, I have now fitted an ABC motor and gears unit. Good cab detail from scratch, cast iron wheels and a very clever hand made wiper pick-up unit, she is a very smooth performer indeed. Painted by John Cockcroft with works and builders plates by Diane Carney, doesn’t she look good ? A rare prototype to see modelled as no quality kits are available of a loco of this type.

GWR Armstrong 517 class 0-4-2T no. 1436

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GWR Armstrong 517 class 0-4-2T no. 1436. The build of this model is of professional quality, from the Malcolm Mitchell kit with superb cab detail, axle compensation, Slaters wheels, wiper current collection and powered by a fuse protected Portescap RG7 motor and gears unit. Well painted in the GWR 1920-30’s unlined green livery and lightly weathered. A very smooth performer indeed.

LNER Gresley K4 class 2-6-0 no. 3442 The Great Marquess

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LNER Gresley K4 class 2-6-0 no. 3442 The Great Marquess. Superbly built from scratch by Peter Everton, plated on the underside “Peter Everton Wickersley Made in England” as provenance. Beautifully painted, undoubtedly by Alan Brackenborough. Built with cast iron wheels of superb quality, a Bonds type motor and gear unit which collects power by hand made plunger pickups. Further provenance, this model was auctioned by Christie’s of South Kensington on Monday, December 22, 1986, lot 161, auction estimate £900 to £1100.

Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Hughes rebuilt 8 class (Dreadnought) 4-6-0 no. 1514

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Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Hughes rebuilt 8 class (Dreadnought) 4-6-0 no. 1514. When the Mark Hoofe collection of L&YR model locos came up for sale, I couldn’t resist buying this one. Even though it had been built un-powered and Mark had only used it for display purposes. Good models of this prototype are rare. Built by Peter Fitton, the model’s scratchbuilt tender carries his brass nameplate on the underside as provenance. The loco is probably scratchbuilt also, but doesn’t carry a nameplate. Certainly it is of Peter’s superb build quality, without doubt, but he might have used one of the kits available (Warren Shepherd or Lanky kits) as a basis for scratchbuilding. The loco also carries the signature of Conrad Cooper who has certainly made a lovely job of the fully lined L&YR livery. Since purchase, I have fitted an ABC motor and gear unit, that collects current via the cast metal (drivers of AGH quality) wheels. Loco wheels insulated on one side, tender wheels insulated on the other. The tender chassis is insulated from the tank, therefore the fallplate does not need to be insulated. All in all a very professionally built model of the highest quality, with very good provenance.

BR(SR) Rebuilt Merchant Navy class Pacific no. 35007 Aberdeen Commonwealth

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BR(SR) Rebuilt Merchant Navy class Pacific no. 35007 Aberdeen Commonwealth. A recent purchase. Built from the Modern Outline kit by a deceased friend of mine, Michael Heather. The model runs well and is very well built, but I’m not sure who is responsible for the painting. It’s OK, except the transfers on the sides of the running plates have been poorly applied. A visit to Warren Haywood’s paint-shop is a must before this otherwise lovely model goes on sale.

North Eastern Railway Tennant 2-4-0 no. 1477

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A famous model with cast iron provenance, the North Eastern Railway Tennant 2-4-0 no. 1477, was expertly scratch built and painted (circa late 1950’s) by no less than the pioneer of O gauge finescale modelling, the great Bernard Miller. With hand painted lettering and numerals in the fully lined NER passenger green livery. Built with very fine quality cast wheels and a John Hart RM (short) type motor no. 862. She collects power from the tender wheels and from plunger pick-ups on the loco. A belt and braces job and there is nothing wrong with that. This model was built for the famous layout of Stanley Norris and featured in the Model Railway News magazine of February 1960. Also featured in the Railway Modeller magazine of January 1971 when on a visit to Wally Mayhew’s Stanley to Stratford St. Andrew layout.

On Bernard’s passing in 1980 she was obtained by Arthur Dewar and is shown on Arthur’s layout in Jack Ray’s book ‘Model Railways and their builders’ published by Atlantic Press. She also featured in the Gauge O Guild Gazette on Arthur’s layout (see page 338 of the link at the bottom of this page). On Arthur’s death she passed onto Wally West and as part of his collection she has now found her way into my collection.

When obtained, her paintwork had deteriorated with age, the black paint on the outside frames in particular had become unstable and had worn away completely in places. Fortunately, most of the green areas have survived well. I have now had Bernard’s paint restored by the museum conservator John Cockcroft, who has managed to preserve the hand painted numbers and lettering. I must say that he has made a superb job of it. A powerful loco, I have had her pulling eight coaches with ease. A good load for a 2-4-0.

https://www.gaugeoguild.com/secured/gazette_archive/Vol11-10//offline/download.pdf

BR (ex SECR) Wainwright H class 0-4-4T no. 31518

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BR (ex SECR) Wainwright H class 0-4-4T no. 31518. A lovely model, recently bought from auction in an unfinished plain black livery. The quality and level of detail of this model was so good, all that I have needed to do to it has been to strip the original paint, and get it repainted by Warren Haywood. No remedial work and no repairs required. Portescap RG7 motor and gear unit, Slaters wheels, wiper pickups, all make this loco a very smooth and powerful performer. A C class tender loco, of the same quality, was also acquired at the same time as this H class. Both models have now been sold very quickly.

Glasgow & South Western Railway Manson 381 class 4-6-0 no. 386

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This lovely and very unusual model was built from scratch by the famous Ian Middleditch. Famous because he has won the Gauge O Guild Chairmans trophy for scratch-built models, more times than I have had hot dinners. So he must he good. Built from Nickel silver, with Slaters wheels, a Slaters GB30R-3M motor and gear unit and with power collection by plunger pickups on the loco and with wipers on the bogie tender for good measure. Originally painted by Ian and part of the David Thompson collection. But that paintwork had become scratched, so now stripped, refurbished with the Slaters motor unit, and the new paintwork is by Warren Haywood. At the lack of suitable transfers, he has hand painted the numbers and tender lettering. True artistry.

LNER Gresley A3 class 4-6-2 no. 2752 Spion Kop

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LNER Gresley A3 class 4-6-2 no. 2752 Spion Kop. This fabulous model was built from the Martin Finney kit by Graham Varlev, with Slaters wheels, a Portescap RG7 motor and gears unit. Current collection is by the American method, which collects power from one rail via the loco wheels and the other rail by the tender wheels. The drawbar is insulated as it has to be. All loco driving and tender wheels are compensated in true Martin Finney fashion. Paintwork is by Larry Goddard and he has signed his name, together with the builder’s name on the underside of the running plate to give absolute provenance. She runs as quietly and as smoothly as she looks. 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. A true Gresley masterpiece.