Model for sale

Great Central Railway Robinson 8B class 4-4-2 (Jersey Lily) no. 358

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Great Central Railway Robinson 8B class 4-4-2 (Jersey Lily) no. 358. My latest purchase, from the collection of a good friend and client, now sadly deceased. What a beauty? Specification, built by Dave Murdoch, painted by Alan Brackenborough, Alan Harris wheels, ABC gears, American current collection…….for a kit built model, you don’t get much better than that!!

BR (exLNER) Thompson B1 class 4-6-0 no. 61033 Dibatag

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BR (exLNER) Thompson B1 class 4-6-0 no. 61033 Dibatag
BR (exLNER) Thompson B1 class 4-6-0 no. 61033 Dibatag. By Finescalebrass. A recent auction purchase, unusually not an on-line purchase, but as a room bidder. If possible, it is good to travel to the auction to view the items first before making bids. With models such as this you cannot beat actually being able to handle the goods. Added bonuses are that you do not get charged extra for on-line bids and that after paying you can take your models home with you, rather than having to pay for it to be shipped or collected. However unfortunately as in the case of this lovely B1, you still cannot ensure that the bloomin’ thing actually works! Which it didn’t. At home, after a light lubrication and on the rolling road, just noises like gears slipping. To cut a long story short, this B1 now has an ABC motor and gear unit fitted, with a new 3/16″ diameter drive axle, hand made by a good friend and fitted by myself. Dibatag now performs as good as he looks.

Named B1’s were rare for me when I was a kid. I remember seeing Umseke, Gnu and Dibatag. All strange names that, bearing in mind these were the days before the Flanders and Swann song, I had not a clue.

BR (ex LNER) Gresley A3 class Pacific no. 60084 Trigo

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BR (ex LNER) Gresley A3 class Pacific no. 60084 Trigo
BR (ex LNER) Gresley A3 class Pacific no. 60084 Trigo (Graham Jaques). This is a fabulous model. It was built and painted by the late Graham Jaques from the DJH kit. Graham was a good friend. He taught me a lot and I greatly miss him. This model was bought by a friend from his widow Margaret, after his untimely passing. A lasting tribute to his skilful modelling. Slaters wheels and an ABC gear and motor unit, Graham always used top quality components. Current collection is by the American method, where the loco collects from one rail and the tender from the other. The insulated wheels have been shorted by thin wire behind a spoke on one or other side of the loco and tender. An insulated drawbar and fall-plate is usually needed with this system, but in this case Graham has skill-fully insulated the tender chassis from the tank, it goes without question that it works very well.

LMS (ex LNWR) Webb Coal Tank 0-6-2T no. 7763

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LMS (ex LNWR) Webb Coal Tank 0-6-2T no. 7763
LMS (ex LNWR) Webb Coal Tank 0-6-2T no. 7763. A kit built model, not sure which kit. But that’s not important. What is important is the fabulous quality of build, by Martin Wyatt, his nameplate is on the underside as provenance. Slaters wheels and plunger pickups and powered by a Chaplin top quality gear and motor unit. I bought this model from Footplate in BR plain black, but although I’m a massive fan of the LNWR and Coal Tanks especially, I do think that they look tired in BR livery, as I’m sure they really were. So a new paint job my myself (the original paint didn’t need stripping)  and weathering by Warren Haywood. I am so pleased with it, but she tells me that I can’t keep them all.

BR (ER) Peppercorn A2 class Pacific no. 60537 Bachelors Button

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BR (ER) Peppercorn A2 class Pacific no. 60537 Bachelors Button
BR (ER) Peppercorn A2 class Pacific no. 60537 Bachelors Button. This fabulous model was built and painted from the DJH Limited Edition Kit No. 30 by John Cockcroft, and still has the signed Certificate of Construction, dated 26th November 1999, as provenance. John is a good friend of mine and he has painted many of the models, to my commission,  that are displayed on these pages. I have been to his home many times and when his work is seen in various stages of completion, his superb quality of build becomes apparent.

BR (ex LMS) Fowler Patriot 6P class 4-6-0 no. 45504 Royal Signals

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BR (ex LMS) Fowler Patriot 6P class 4-6-0 no. 45504 Royal Signals
BR (exLMS) Fowler Patriot 6P class 4-6-0 no. 45504 Royal Signals. The third Patriot that has been added to these pages recently and another recent auction purchase. This model like the other two has been very well built from the superb David Andrews kit. It is powered by the Portescap RG7 multi-stage gear and motor unit, collecting power from the Slaters wheels and plunger pick-ups. Bought unpainted. Very little work, in the way of repairs or restoration has been needed, other than a visit to Warren Haywood’s for one of his magnificent paint and light weathering jobs. Jon Boot takes the credit for the build quality.

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.

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.