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LMS (ex Caledonian Railway) Macintosh 0-4-4T no.15128

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15128
15128
LMS (ex Caledonian Railway) Macintosh 0-4-4T no.15128. A top quality model. Built from scratch, signed and dated on the underside “Painted Larry Goddard ’79”. The wheels are cast metal with telescopic axles, pinned to set the quartering. Look at the profile of the spokes of the drivers. These are of Alan Harris quality. The motor and gears are a Buhler/JH unit. No provenance as to who the builder was, but I would lay a pound to a penny that this model made the short trip “down the road” from Geoff Holt’s workshop to be painted.

GWR (ex Cambrian Railway) 2-4-0T no.1196

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1196
1196
GWR (ex Cambrian Railway) 2-4-0T no.1196. This lovely little loco has been expertly built by Ray Butcher from the Agenoria kit and painted by Alan Brackenborough. It uses the superb ABC mini gearbox, has compensated suspension and as such runs extremely smoothly and is very powerful for such a small loco.

There were originally three of these small tank engines, built by Sharp Stewart in the early 1860’s and in Cambrian days they carried the names Magnolia, Gladys and Seaham. In 1922 they arrived at Swindon for rebuilding and didn’t the GWR make them look smart? Renumbered 1192, 1196 and 1197 they returned to the Cambrian system in 1923/4. This loco 1196 (shame it didn’t retain it’s Gladys name) was transferred to work the Hemyock branch for a short spell before returning to Oswestry to work the Tanat Valley line, until withdrawal in 1948 after putting in a remarkable million miles for such a small loco.

BR Standard class 4 4-6-0 no. 75068

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75068
75068
BR Standard class 4 4-6-0 no. 75068. Very well built by a person unknown from the very good but challenging DJB kit. This loco was originally expertly painted by Conrad Cooper as 75069 in fully lined BR green livery as the loco had ran on the Severn Valley Railway in preservation. Bought on-line from an Eldreds of Plymouth auction via the-saleroom.com. Normally I prefer to handle and be able to closely inspect models before purchase at auction. But this day I must have been up for taking chances, buying Ingleborough, The Great Marquess and 75069 on the same day. The K4 and Peak have both proved to be excellent buys and well worth the risk. 75069 had however been well worked by its previous owner. It was what could be termed play worn, with lamp irons and handrails missing and steps lost. However the paintwork was still stable with few chips and the mechanics are good. I bought this model with the intention of having it repainted as an example of the class that is not preserved and that is exactly what I have done with the expert help of John Cockcroft, who has repainted her as shown above. In my opinion she now looks absolutely fabulous.

 

BR (ex LMS) Rebuilt Jubilee Class no. 45735 Comet

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45735 Comet
45735 Comet
BR (ex LMS) Rebuilt Jubilee Class no. 45735 Comet. I bought the kit that this fine model was built, from David Andrews, donkeys years ago. The intention was to construct it for myself, as I clearly remember seeing 45735 (unnamed by then and in a poor state) many times whilst it was allocated to Annesley in the mid-sixties. As now, my own work takes the back burner to other peoples work and the box remained unopened for years. Then on a return from a Poachers running session one Sunday, my old mate George Dawson (Majestic George as many people remember him) commented that he fancied adding a rebuilt Jubilee to his collection and he bought the kit from me. He had another old mate of mine, Derek Pike build it for him, but poor Derek passed away before it could be painted. It then remained unpainted for years more until George passed away. George’s daughter Gaynor then sold it back to me. I made some improvements, such as fitting side springs to the bogie, before asking John Cockcroft to give it a well deserved coat of paint. It now runs superbly, even on my own restricted curves test track in my loft.

BR Peak class no. D7 Ingleborough

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D7 Ingleborough
BR Peak class Derby built 1CO-CO1 diesel electric loco no. D7 Ingleborough. (Became no. 44007 under the British Rail TOPS numbering scheme). This model has been built and painted by persons unknown from the Just Like the Real Thing kit. It has an ABC gears power bogie. Since purchase, as a running model, Ingleborough has needed very little work. It ran very well as soon as I opened the box and placed it on the track. Visually though, it needed work to get it to my liking, as I remember them in the late sixties, working coal trains out of Toton depot, on the old Midland route through Leicestershire. The paint wasn’t bad, but the detailing left something to be desired. I have replaced the nameplates and builders plates (it originally had representations of English Electric builders plates, believe it or not), added the yellow warning panels and overhead warning labels and replaced the “D7” numbers with transfers that are the correct size. Then to blend these changes together it has been expertly weathered by Richard Pogson, as well as being converted to switchable DCC/DC operation, with a Zimo MX699KS sound decoder. Using DCC address 7, she now sounds, as well as looks fabulous.

BR(SR) Maunsell Schools class 4-4-0 no. 30925 Cheltenham

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Cheltenham
Cheltenham
BR(SR) Maunsell Schools class 4-4-0 no. 30925 Cheltenham, This model has just been built by myself on commission from the excellent David Andrews kit. The build was started on the 10th April 2018 and finished on the 13th August. Just over four months and around 145 build hours. No major problems were encountered with building this kit, although being a very comprehensive kit of a complicated prototype, tackling one of these as a build project should not be for the beginner or the fainthearted. It presently has a Portescap motor and gears, but as it is proving a little slow, the client has ordered an ABC unit as a replacement and I will be upgrading the model when that is to hand. Final testing will be taking place at the Poachers test track on Sunday 19th August and all being well it will be handed to Warren Haywood for painting at Telford into BR lined green livery.

Metropolitan Railway H class 4-4-4T no. 103

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Metropolitan 103
Metropolitan 103
Metropolitan Railway H class 4-4-4T no. 103. This very unusual prototype, designed by Charles Jones for working the longer distance passenger trains from Harrow-on-the-Hill to Aylesbury and Verney Junction. The class of eight engines were built by Kerr, Stuart & Co. in 1920. This rare model is of excellent quality, probably built from the Quainton Road Models kit, with a Portescap RG7 motor and gears. Superbly painted in the later style Metropolitan Railway livery by Simon Greenwood and the model carries his signature as provenance on the underside of the running plate. These locos carried extremely large Kerr Stuart builders plates on each side of the smokebox saddle and the model carries replica plates of exceptional quality.

Midland Railway “6” class 0-4-4T no. 143 as loaned to the M&GN

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M&GN 143
Midland Railway “6” class 0-4-4T no. 143 as loaned to the M&GN. A scratch built model by Derek Lawrence. A plate on the underside reads “Derek Lawrence of Lawrence Scale Quality models”. Powered by a quiet Portescap motor and gears, this very old model is still in remarkably good working condition. No provenance is known as to the painter of this very unusual loco, but Dave Studley is known to have painted many of Derek Lawrence’s builds. The livery is basically Midland Railway crimson lake, but the tank sides are unusually decorated with M&GN. The Midland and Great Northern Railway took on loan three of this class of loco from the Midland Railway and this model is depicted as one of those.

LNER K4 class no. 3442 The Great Marquess

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The Great Marquess
The Great Marquess
LNER K4 class no. 3442 The Great Marquess. Expertly built from scratch in tinplate and well painted by persons unknown. This model was bought on-line from an Eldreds of Plymouth auction via the-saleroom.com. Normally I prefer to handle and be able to closely inspect models before purchase at auction. But this day I must have been up for taking chances, buying Ingleborough, 75069 and The Great Marquess on the same day. As a working model, this loco has needed very little work. It ran very well as soon as I opened the box and placed it on the track. It had however lost one of it’s front footsteps. Not too difficult to make a new one from scratch and no-one would know now. I bought it with a client in mind and as soon as he clapped eyes on it he had no hesitation in buying. He has now had it converted to DCC by Richard Pogson and it runs very smoothly in both DC and DCC, without the need for it to be switchable. A risky purchase that I do not regret in the slightest.