Description
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.
