North British Railway Reid class A 0-6-2T no. 386

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A recent auction buy and addition to my collection of pre-grouping liveried locos. Superbly built from the very good 62C Models kit, a quote from their website reads “George Dawson kindly agreed to do the artwork for the etches and the equally highly acclaimed Pete Westwater has made the patterns for the whitemetal components”. Beautifully painted, probably by Paul Moore (if you read this let me know please Paul). These locos were built by the North British Locomotive Company Ltd. in Glasgow. Number 386, (NBL 19165 of 1910), became no. 9386 of class N15 when the NBR became the LNER, and 69132 in BR days. George Dawson (now sadly deceased) was the proprietor of Majestic Models and he specialised in preparing the artwork for locos of the NBR. I first met George in 1989, when I bought a Connoisseur Models J71 class tank kit from him. That day was the start for me of my O gauge modelling journey. He became a great friend and I owe him for more model building knowledge than anyone else.

Great Central Railway Robinson 8K class 2-8-0 no. 102

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Great Central Railway Robinson 8K class 2-8-0 no. 102. Built using the Gladiator kit as a basis, by Colin Garton of Lincoln, a model engineer of the highest calibre. This model features additional chassis improvements of a heavy machined brass frame spacer above the trailing drivers, and tender wheel wiper current collection to supplement the usual plunger pickups on the loco driving wheels, all added by Colin. painted by Conrad Cooper and signed on the underside “painting by C.L.Cooper” as provenance.

LNER Gresley V2 class 2-6-2 no. 4791

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LNER Gresley V2 class 2-6-2 no. 4791
LNER Gresley V2 class 2-6-2 no. 4791. A DJH factory built and painted ready to run model in mint “plus” condition. This superb example features additional chassis details, eg a heavy machined brass frame spacer above the leading drivers, another machined brass spacer above the pony truck and tender wheel wiper current collection to supplement the usual plunger pickups on the loco driving wheels, all added by model engineer Colin Garton. The top quality motor and gear unit assembly is by Ron Chaplin.

LNER (ex GNR) Gresley J6 class 0-6-0 no. 3592

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LNER (ex GNR) Gresley J6 class 0-6-0 no. 3592
LNER (ex GNR) Gresley J6 class 0-6-0 no. 3592. An elderly, superbly built from scratch model, with an excellent rendition of static inside motion, which in my opinion, models with a high boiler really need to fill the void below the boiler and between the frames. A Portescap RG7 motor and gear unit and wiper current collection on all driving wheels, she runs very smoothly and powerfully. The original fine lined black paintwork was starting to be a little care-worn. Too good to strip, so I have carefully masked off the good lining and spray re-painted. I’ll say it myself, I am very satisfied with the finish. Nice and weighty, not only does she look good, but if you hold her in your hands she feels like a scratchbuilt model.

BR (ex GER) Holden class F5 2-4-2T no. 67216

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BR (ex GER) Holden class F5 2-4-2T no. 67216. Well built from one of my old friend Jim McGeown’s very good Connoisseur Models kits, this tank engine was built, but poorly finish painted by a person, now deceased. It was offered to me when I visited Shirebrook a year ago to collect a B12 (an Ebay purchase). I didn’t really want it, but under pressure, decided to take it with the intention to strip it and have it repainted into GER fully lined livery. Before I got around to doing that, the (scratchbuilt by Wally Mayhew) GER M15 class no. 650 came along, which deemed my intentions unnecessary. An image of that model is included here for comparison purposes. Now the once poorly painted model has been repainted by myself in the loco’s final livery. It runs very well with single stage gears and a Mashima motor as Jim recommends, with wiper pickups. Interesting in that no. 650 (of 1884) was the first built M15, and no. 67216 (of 1908) was the penultimate of 150 locomotives in the F4 (M15)/F5 (M15 rebuilt) class. Check out the accuracy of my model against the photo of 67216 on page 101 of Yeadons Register volume 39.

BR(ER) Gresley B17/4 class 4-6-0 no. 61647 Helmingham Hall

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BR(ER) Gresley B17/4 class 4-6-0 no. 61647 Helmingham Hall. A recent acquisition from Ebay (risky I know) and I have to admit that this is one of the best kit built models that these pages have seen. That is some admission as I have built many of them myself. Built to professional standards from the DMR kit and painted by Conrad Cooper, his name signed on the underside of the running plate as provenance. Other than light lubrication I have had to do nothing to this model to get it to my exacting standards. A risk that has paid off. Slaters wheels and an ABC motor and gear unit with current collection by plunger pickups. I ran this model a week ago at the Poachers test track in Lincoln, and with six blood and custard coaches in tow it performed faultlessly. Most of the B17/4 class were footballers, 61647 being I believe the only member of the sub-class that was named after an East Anglian country home.