Locos now sold

BR Scottish Region (ex LNER) Gresley double chimney A4 class no. 60024 Kingfisher. Built from the Martin Finney kit, with an ABC motor and gears and current collection by plunger pickups. Builder unknown (now deceased) who was a good builder, but didn’t have a clue how to finish off a top quality model to look at its best. Bought last year from Ebay as Golden Fleece, in good working condition, but looking very sad indeed. I have now stripped the original paint, made the necessary repairs and improvements and given her a new identity with Severnmill nameplates, all with the help of Warren Haywood, who has made a superb job of the painting and light weathering. Modelled in the condition as transferred to Aberdeen Ferryhill shed in 1965 for use on the 3 hour expresses to Glasgow, which extended her working life for 18 months until withdrawal in September 1966 and ultimate sale for scrap.

A lovely model of top quality. Built from the David Andrews kit by Dave Murdoch, with Slaters wheels and an ABC gear and motor unit, with power collection by plunger pickups. I obtained this model as part of a swap deal. It was well painted in LMS crimson lake livery as Private W. Wood V.C., but whether it was that I have many lovely models already in that livery, or whether it was because the “LMS” on the tender had been positioned offset to avoid rivets, it just didn’t cut it with me. So rather than just move it on again, and because it was a very well built model, I decided to have it stripped and repainted, with a new identity, by Warren Haywood. “Isle of Man” was the only unrebuilt Patriot that I spotted in use, (most others were in store by this time), on the ex Midland line at Thurmaston. I am very pleased with the result and it reminds me of happy times.

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.

BR (ex LNER) Gresley K3 class 2-6-0 no. 61834. Very nicely built from the DMR kit by Jon Boot of the Denton Works, with a Slaters GB30R-3M spur drive gearbox and motor unit and Slaters wheels. Very well painted indeed by John Cockcroft.

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.

BR (ex LMS) Stanier Jubilee class 4-6-0 no. 45610 Gold Coast. This fabulous model of a very popular prototype is by the Lee Marsh Model Co. and was constructed with fully working inside motion in South Korea, with DC/DCC control and sound. The build quality and paint finish (cellulose) is second to none and the model, although second hand, is still in mint condition.