LB&SCR A1X Class 0-6-0T Terrier no. 678

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Terrier
LB&SCR A1X Class 0-6-0T Terrier no. 678. San Cheng ready-to-run, expertly painted by Ian Rathbone. This model was found and bought from the Guild Executors & Trustees Service. I have improved the coupling rods and crankpins due to the standard San Cheng crankpins being very unrealistic hexagon headed screws. This super little model is believed to have once been part of the late Roger Cornwell’s (MSC Models) collection.

LSWR Adams Radial 4-4-2T No. 125

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LSWR Adams Radial 4-4-2T No. 125
Adams Radial Drummond rebuild
LSWR Adams Radial 4-4-2T No. 125: Scratch built by person unknown with Drummond chimney and twin slidebars. Purchased from Solent Railwayana Auctions. Original paintwork stripped and modifications made, including new gears and motor by myself. Re-painted into the lovely Drummond livery by John Cockcroft. This delightful loco runs very smoothly and easily pulls six bogie coaches. For comparison with another Adams Radial that I have in my collection, but with single slidebars and a stovepipe chimney, follow this link. Adams Radial stovepipe chimney

LSWR Drummond T9 class Greyhound no. 113

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LSWR Drummond T9 class Greyhound no. 113
Greyhound
LSWR Drummond Greyhound T9 class No.113.

 

A top quality model, with fully working inside motion and opening smokebox door with internal smokebox detail. Built to finescale standards by Nick Dunhill, making use of the Martin Finney kit. Furthermore, the project was used as a test bed for 3D printing technology and its possible applications in O gauge.

Numerous changes have been made to the standard kit build: including making the spacing of the main frames above and below footplate level a slightly compromised, but consistent 29mm. Making prototypical frame stretchers to suit the new frame spacing. The fabrication of new smokebox front and backs. A new more prototypical ashpan has been designed and fabricated. A representation of the firebox front has been incorporated into the chassis. Loco and tender brake gear has been modified to give a more prototypical appearance. Side control and downward springing to minimise movement has been incorporated into the mostly scratch built bogie.

Additional detail to the inside of the cab: includes the the fitting of damper and cylinder draincock levers to the cab floor. The use of perspex rod for the water level indicator safety glass. Displacement lubricators are added to the cabsides. Finally and most noteworthy, wood veneer has been used for the cab floor.

Additional detail below the running plate: including injector, vacuum and lubricator pipes between the frames. Reversing steam rams and cylinder blocks with drain cocks, pipes and linkages are modelled to give an improved prototypical appearance.

Current pick-ups: are by phospher bronze wipers fitted to the tender inner chassis.

Number and worksplates: are by Diane Carney.

The loco crew: expertly hand painted by Mike Sheardown.

Superb loco and tender paintwork: with hand painted crests and lining is by Warren Haywood to give a fabulously smooth finish.

In conclusion, for a more detailed report on the building of this Greyhound refer to the Gauge O Guild Gazette Volume 19 no. 12, of August 2016 pages 65 and 66.

BR (ex GWR) Castle class No. 5018 St. Mawes Castle

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BR (ex GWR) Castle class No. 5018 St. Mawes Castle
St. Mawes Castle
BR (ex GWR) Castle class No. 5018 St. Mawes Castle, as running circa 1954. This model was bought by myself from the Guild Executors & Trustee Service in a 60% finished state. That 60% however, has been superbly scratch built, in nickel silver by a person unknown. (Apparently the model was from the estate of a Mr. Leadbetter of Liverpool). Rivets have been expertly marked out and punched by hand. Other marking out is still visible inside the firebox. The wheels at that time were a real mystery. The bogie wheels are an odd miss-match and to this day remain a mystery. Most noteworthy though, the others are of exceptional quality, but they gave me headaches as to how to make use of them. Metal construction. All of them seem to be insulated, but I’m not sure how. Telescopic axles with tapered pins to set the quartering. Unusual crankpins, one pair no more than blank pins. In conclusion, to enable me to complete the build in a way that I am used to, I replaced them with ones from Slaters Plasticard. St. Mawes Castle has now been completed by myself, with a Slaters motor and gear unit and with working representation to give movement of the valve linkages. Superbly painted by Warren Haywood. The name and number plates are supplied by Severnmill.

In conclusion, I tried to sell the unused driving and tender wheels at a Guild bring and buy recently……nobody wanted them. Consequently I took good photos of them and put them up for sale on ebay. Fortunately for me a very kind man put me straight as to their origins. I compared with photos in the book of the great man and immediately withdrew them from sale and have kept them, still unused. They are no doubt the work of James Stanley Beeson. How much more of this loco is Beeson we will probably never know.

LB&SCR D1 class 0-4-2T No. 227 Heathfield

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LB&SCR D1 class 0-4-2T No. 227 Heathfield
Heathfield
LB&SCR D1 class 0-4-2T No. 227 Heathfield: Expertly built and painted by an unknown person to a professional standard and quality, from the Meteor Models kit, proving that superb models can be produced from the Tim Hughes designed range. The lining has been expertly applied, in my opinion using transfers. The only transfers for this livery on the market that I am aware of are produced by Guilplates. Philip Preston and Gareth, the proprietors of Guilplates are both professional standard modellers. Guessing that if anyone is capable of applying lining transfers to this standard, it would be the people that produce them, one or the other could be the painter of this model. Any known history of this fabulous model would be greatly appreciated.

LMS (ex Highland Railway) Jones Tank no.15010

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LMS (ex Highland Railway) Jones Tank no.15010
Jones tank
LMS (ex Highland Railway) Jones Tank no.15010. Built from the Shedmaster models kit. The model bought from a friend as a good working build but with a basic plain red paint job. Refurbished and additional detail added by myself, before renumbering and  painted lining being added, thanks to John Cockcroft.

The model runs very well. It is one of my personal favorites and the one that I go to if I need to test for any track problems. It has an ABC motor/gear unit and wiper current collection from the four driving wheels and the rear pair of bogie wheels. It has been very well built by a person who it is clear was a very accomplished model maker. The rear axle is allowed to move vertically in hornblocks and guides, the front driven axle is fixed. The loco negotiates 6 foot radius curves without derailment or shorting problems.

GWR Armstrong class 4-4-0 no. 16 Brunel

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GWR Armstrong class 4-4-0 no. 16 Brunel
Brunel
GWR Armstrong class 4-4-0 no. 16 Brunel: I built this model from the very comprehensive Modern Outline kit, which includes lost wax brass castings for the fully working inside motion and crankshaft. It has been expertly painted by Warren Haywood. This fabulous kit is not for the faint hearted and certainly not for anyone just starting out in O gauge model loco kit building. It is the second of the MOK Armstrong kits that I have built. The other, Gooch, was a commission and can be viewed by following this link.