Description
BR (ex LMS) Fowler Patriot class 4-6-0 no. 45511 Isle of Man. 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.
