I received a newsletter from Brassmasters the other day. They are about to market a rather exciting 4mm scale model of the Princess class pacifics.

I never got into the Princess pacifics. Semis (or whatever you want to call them) were what LMS pacifics were all about in my trainspotting days. But the truth is, I don't remember seeing many Prinnys (or is it Prinnies?) either at New Street or at Tamworth and Crewe. I know the last two locations would be more likely as they were mainly used on the Liverpool runs.

So Brassmasters is not going to get an order from me for Legge Lane - I already have a 4F kit anyway which I may start in 2017! I am sure the limited edition of 40 kits will sell out soon. You have to admire them, adding a very hard to see inside motion for, as they say, the sado-masochists among us.