A thoroughbred pair

Entry posted by 45609 December 9, 2012

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As I was taking some photos to send to along with an invoice I thought a few pictures of the latest locos out of the works would be good to keep the blog chugging along. Lack of time due to work committments have not allowed much other modelling work to take place recently and when this situation arises it has to be the paid modelling that takes priority.

The subject title ought to give a clue as to what is revealed below. Actually the game was given away in a blog posting a few months back. In an attempt to pay homage to the style of photo so often seen in books by P.N. Townend the unmistakable lines of two Gresley pacifics hove into view. Simmering quietly on Top Shed yet oozing power and purpose awaiting the next race to the north. But , "hang on a minute" you all say. "They ain't painted yet". Agreed and it is a fair cop. Painting is the next job. I had hoped to get them completed and sent out before the Xmas holiday. However, as my spraying booth and equipment is located in the garage, the chance of getting enough fair dry weather to coincide with when I’m available to paint the locos is looking increasingly unlikely. A re-pose of the photos will certainly be necessary before they leave SLW for their home shed.

The models are pretty much out the box builds of the DJH A3 kit. Once again a few Morganism creep in with my standard style of electrical pick up and tender connection. Also a few spare parts from the recently designed Thompson pacific valve gear etches have been used to improve the back end of the radius rod in particular.

Thanks to davidw for letting me try these two around his layout this afternoon for an extended test run. 12 RTR coaches.....no sweat