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82044 - continuing work in 'OO'

Captain Kernow

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As part of the on-going work to get some new/different stock ready for use on 'Engine Wood' at Railex in May, I've started work on 82044, which started life as 82029.

 

There were only 2 or 3 black Standard Class 3 tank locos left on the Western, once Swindon had painted the rest of the Region's allocation green, and 82044 was one of them.

 

Allocated to various sheds in the early 1960s such as Barrow Road/Taunton/Exmouth Jct/Horton Road, she was given a unique livery from 1963, in that the bunker was not lined and the numbers were shown on the cab side.

 

82044 appeared on the S&D now and then, so that's good enough excuse for me to have a black 'un on 'Engine Wood'.

 

Work is in the early stages, I have replaced the Bachmann bogie wheels with Ultrascales and thinned the guard irons down a bit. Renumbering was done using Pressfix transfers (Modelmaster for the smokebox door).

 

I also glued the pesky opening smokebox door up shut!

 

Next tasks are to fit all the detailing, replace the lamp irons with W.R. ones and weather it.

 

After finishing the renumbering, I realised that the '8' on the side photographed was upside down, so it has since been re-done.

 

Sorry about the red reflection in the first photo!

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I'm hoping to use some Testors Dullcote to seal the transfers in, and (having never used their aerosol cans before), have selected an innocent Bachmann 12t box van for experimentation....

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Chris Nevard

Nice! It will look lovely trundling across that bit of boggy land near the estuary of the Parrett just north of Bridgwater :lol:

It's interesting what you say about the smokebox door, I think with mine it was half-open for hours on Catcott before I noticed at the last show... Testors is good.

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David C

Looks very nice - I don't know why, but black seems to suit BR standard designs better than green, at least to my eyes. I'm toying with the idea of investing in one for my WR BLT, so I will watch your "Westernisation" of the loco with interest.

 

One question: how does it run? The few I've seen at exhibitions seem a bit lumpy - but maybe its a matter of luck as to whether you get "a good 'un" or not. Reliability of Bachmann locos, even of the same type, seems pretty variable. I've got 4 45xxs, one of which runs superbly, two reasonably well and the last is a pig and rarely, if ever, makes it out of the stock box!

 

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BR(W)

Cap'n,<br><br>Nice work. I think that I may be right in saying that this class had the most livery variants of any of its contemporaries (I make it eight).<br><br>One question, though, before you get out the Testors: Is the right-facing BR emblem correct? I believe that the '84000'-style repaint was done at Crewe in early 1963, and by this time all Works had ceased applying right-facing crests on the right-hand sides of locomotives and tenders (by heraldic diktat, from early 1959).<br><br>A photograph of '44 in mid-1963 shows a left-facing emblem, with most of the lining already obliterated by grime, incidentally. A further point of interest may be that the incorrect Power Class '4' was shown above the running number (now does that make nine livery variants?). I get the impression that Crewe wasn't used to these locos!<br><br>Hope you don't mind...<br>

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Hi - I've just read this, with the Testors already drying in the railway room!! :lol:

 

Well, I'll check the photos I have, but what I tried to do was have the lion facing the direction of travel - I thought that was the general rule...

 

I thought my eyes were playing tricks on me with the photo in the HMRS book, so I put a '3' up for the power classification - still, the weathering will obscure that in all likelihood, and the Pressfix definition isn't what it might be..

 

I've now replaced the lamp brackets with WR ones and glued some of the detail in place.

 

As regards running, she's not as bad as some Bachmann locos I've bought over the last few years. There's no binding when running with no load (I've tested her with wheels in the air and wires soldered to the motor leads). She will get a thorough running in on a circle of track before going into exhibition service.

 

I don't tend to shunt with 2-6-2 locos, especially not passenger types, and especially not on BHR, due to the sharp curve onto the light railway. However, there is still the run-round movement of the 1805 Bristol TM to Engine Wood local to consider, and I plan to have 80244 sharing the duties at shows in future with 82041...

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