Back in October I reported on a revamped Hornby Princess, using a Comet chassis under the body of an old tender drive model. Keeping on the same theme, toward the end of the year I also embarked on a similar upgrade to a Princess Coronation - aka Duchess - from the same source.
Here's the loco nearing completion:
The basis of this model was an even older specimen than the Princess, which was a relatively recent 1990s release. This one goes back to 1979! The or
