Description
BR Peppercorn A2 class 4-6-2 no. 60529 Pearl Diver. A DJH model, builder unknown, with a Slaters GB30R-3M spur drive gear unit and plunger pickups. A recent purchase from Ebay(risky)/Rails of Sheffield(very risky). They were selling it “cheap” because the return crank on one side had become adrift and the motion damaged. That alone is not a serious problem to me, but on arrival by Royal Mail, more damage was visible to a smoke deflector, again not serious. I didn’t like the original weathering. The long and short of it is, it was horrible. I considered sending it back as damaged, but a Peppercorn A2 is a rare beast and the opportunity arose to show it to Warren Haywood, worts and all. He told me to keep it, repair it, strip it and he would repaint it. “It’ll be alright”. Judge for yourself?
