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BR (ex LNWR) Bowen Cooke class G2A 0-8-0 Super D no. 49008

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BR (ex LNWR) Bowen Cooke class G2A 0-8-0 Super D no. 49008
BR (ex LNWR) Bowen Cooke class G2A 0-8-0 Super D no. 49008. Very well built from a nickel silver specially ordered David Andrews kit by Martin Wyatt with fully working inside cylinder and valve gear motion. Builders nameplate on the underside of the tender as provenance. Presumably painted and lightly weathered by Martin also. ABC motor and gear unit with current collection on the loco by plunger pickups, and with additional belt and braces collection, probably by wipers, on the tender. The loco chassis has axle compensation on the rear two wheel sets. The tender likewise. The wheels are by Slaters. A lovely model, built with no expense spared.
The real no. 49008 locomotive, was actually the original Webb “A” class compound no. 50, built in 1893, going through rebuilds to “D” class, “G1” class before finally being rebuilt to “G2A” in 1943.

GWR William Dean 517 class 0-4-2T no. 548

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GWR William Dean 517 class 0-4-2T no. 548
GWR William Dean 517 class 0-4-2T no. 548. This lovely little model has been very well built from the superb Malcolm Mitchell kit with Slaters wheels, an MSC JH motor and gear unit and a representation of inside valve gear and slidebars. Power collection is by plunger pick-ups to driving wheels, tested hauling a “B” set at the Poachers running session last Sunday, she runs very smoothly indeed. When bought, the model was quite good, but carried only a fair rendition of the GWR plain green livery. Now stripped of its original paint and repainted by Warren Haywood in the superb GWR chocolate livery, Warren has improved this little chap to another level. After WWI, some enclosed cab 517’s were painted in this lovely brown livery (they were nicknamed “chocolate soldiers”) to match the livery of autotrailers. Some of the brown 517s are thought to have retained the livery until the mid-1920s.

LNWR Bowen Cooke George V class 4-4-0 no. 1360 Fire Queen

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LNWR Bowen Cooke George V class 4-4-0 no. 1360 Fire Queen
LNWR Bowen Cooke George V class 4-4-0 no. 1360 Fire Queen

A well built model from the David Andrews kit, with an MSC JH type motor and gear unit powered by plunger pickups and Slaters wheels, it runs as smoothly and powerfully as it did the day that I bought it from Rich at Footplate in Nantwich. However at that time number 5000 Coronation had been in the wars somewhat, losing one of its nameplates and taking with it a good size lump of paint. Now, after disassembly, paint stripping, the addition of lamp sockets, new handrails, and name and number plates giving a new identity. A superb new coat of blackberry black with hand/bowpen lining by Warren Haywood, doesn’t she just look the part? He’s done a lovely job with the differing textures of paint finish between smokebox and boiler. Just like the shiny LNWR locos that we can still see in pre-grouping period photos.

BR (MR) Ivatt Princess Coronation class Pacific no. 46257 City of Salford

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BR (MR) Ivatt Princess Coronation class Pacific no. 46257 City of Salford
BR (MR) Ivatt Princess Coronation class Pacific no. 46257 City of Salford. Rare to see a model of this particular loco. In the past I have had in my collection models of Duchesses, but all built from kits, Martin Finney and David Andrews, or imported from Korea Sangcheng and Masterpiece. But I have never had one that has been built from scratch before, and 46257 is up there with any the others for value for money. Substantially built to last, many years ago, in nickel silver, by Graham (tinsnips) Powell, with good quality cast metal wheels with fine spokes without webs, and with telescopic axles. The front two with a small amount of compensation with each other, the third fixed and driven by a chunky gear and powerful motor unit, an MSC Crailcrest I believe. Power collection is by plunger pickups. Bought by myself from a recent on-line auction, as 46256 Sir William A Stanier FRS, with a nameplate missing, and damaged red paint. He has now been stripped of his coat, rebranded to the much rarer City of Salford, and superbly repainted in dark green with light weathering by Warren Haywood. I will concede that some of the detail of build of this model does not have the perfection of a Korean import, but doesn’t that add to it’s character? I am delighted with the result of this risky purchase and wish that I had the model building skills of Graham.

GWR Churchward Saint class 4-6-0 no. 2908 Lady of Quality

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GWR Churchward Saint class 4-6-0 no. 2908 Lady of Quality. Built from the DJH Piercy kit, with a chain drive gear unit, Slaters wheels and plunger pickups to the driving wheels and (belt and braces) wiper pickups to the tender wheels. Since the kit was released some years ago I had admired the good looks of the loco and quality of the kit, so when a part built kit appeared on Ebay at a reasonable price I bought it, tender ready built, Severnmill “Lady of Quality” nameplates included. I have now recently had Bob Walker, of the Poachers group, to complete the build for me, and what a good job he has made of it. Superb painting by Warren Haywood adds the finishing touch. The full size Lady of Quality circa 1935, was one of the early Saints with lever reverse and stepped frames at the cab end. Bob has modified the standard kit to incorporate these unusual features superbly.

BR Standard class 2 2-6-0 no. 78013

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BR Standard class 2 2-6-0 no. 78013
BR Standard class 2 2-6-0 no. 78013. Built from the DJH kit, Slaters wheels and a Portescap RG7 motor and gear unit, with power collection by plunger pickups. I have to be honest my ignorance tripped myself up with this recent auction buy. I have a commission for the similar Ivatt class 2 and without being aware of the differences I bought this Standard class 2 with the intention of modifying it into the Ivatt. Foolish boy. I now know the differences and realise that I made a big mistake. If there is one thing that I have learned in life, it is if you make a mistake, get yourself out of it again. I think my photos of this model prove that it is not a mistake anymore. It is common knowledge that this DJH kit, if built out of the box, is not accurate in that the cylinders stick out too far. I have modified the cylinder mountings on my model to overcome this inaccuracy. Painted by myself and numbered to be one of the Leicester (15A) based class 2’s of the early 1960’s.

BR Peppercorn A1 class Pacific no. 60114 W.P.Allen

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BR Peppercorn A1 class Pacific no. 60114 W.P.Allen. This lovely model is from a kit, factory built by DJH Grandspot. However, in my opinion it was a case of the tail wagging the dog, (or in this case the client telling the builder) as it was built as 60116 Hal O’ the Wynd, and I bought it as that. However, on research, Mr. Peppercorns 60116 was not named when originally built and wasn’t named until the loco had been repainted in BR blue livery. I like my models to be as proto-typically correct as possible. The only A1 class loco to carry a name whilst it was in apple green livery was 60114, hence why this model found its way into the works to be renumbered and renamed as you see it here. Talking of livery, 60114 carried apple green between when built in August 1948 and November 1949, when he was repainted in BR passenger blue. The warm and sunny weather when the model was photographed has made the livery look more like Muscat green, see the loco “Northern Rock” on the R&ER, a livery that I think looks fabulous on that loco, but not quite right for 60114, so perhaps re-photography on a not so sunny day, or a light weathering may be required? Mr W.P. Allen was a high ranking trades union official of the time. Apologies to the man, but I prefer the name Hal O’ the Wynd, just as the original client did, obviously. Also noteworthy are the curly topped sixes to the number. DJH, I’m sorry to say used straight topped sixes, so they had to be corrected also.

Highland Railway Drummond A class 4-6-0 no. 146 Skibo Castle

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Highland Railway Drummond A class 4-6-0 no. 146 Skibo Castle
Highland Railway Peter Drummond A class 4-6-0 no. 146 Skibo Castle. Well built using the Lochgorm kit as a basis of construction. Beautifully painted in the Highland Railway Drummond I fully lined livery by Ian Rathbone and featured on his superb website. The tender lettering “there are 54 letters, 6 digits and 3 full stops, all hand painted in five colours plus undercoat”. Pick-ups and single stage gears power the model quietly and efficiently. The centre driving wheels are flangeless.

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.