Some of you may know that the GWR 78xx Manor Class is one of my favourite engine designs.
Perhaps this comes from the Mainline model of the 1980's and seeing 7808 Cookham Manor at Didcot as a teenager.
Believe it or not I never owned a Mainline version. Just the reblown Bachmann version with updated chassis.
I remember trying to detail and renumber these as well as putting a correct profile chimney on them. Infact gwrrob of this parish and ANTB fame may have