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Blink Bonny arrives

Matthew Cousins

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The Sunset A3 has arrived and is running in on a goods. The paint job by Colin Tyler is first class and just what I wanted it to be - superb work.

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However despite Colin's best efforts the loco is still massively inefficient and draws a lot of power for not much output. My layout has gradients, not huge, but significant and the rest of my front-line locos have ABC gearboxes which handle everything superbly, specially the James King built B17 which with ball bearing drivers is a fantastic performer! The Sunset models have some kind of belt drive and are massively heavy, so it takes most of their power to move themselves up a gradient!

Also shown is the wonderful B17

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That A3 is simply that-it looks just like any A3 you'd find working in the early 50s, and I think nails the look perfectly

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Matthew Cousins

That A3 is simply that-it looks just like any A3 you'd find working in the early 50s, and I think nails the look perfectly

Agreed absolutely about the A3 and although the B17 looks almost too shiny and clean, I'm loath to weather it down, so that it reflects the 1930's condition, so It's ex-works!

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Nice to see the railway in the Railway Modeller. The pictures on here show it off better IMHO.

Don

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Nice to see the railway in the Railway Modeller. The pictures on here show it off better IMHO.

Don

Thanks for the kind comment, I haven't seen the article yet, so must dash out and buy a copy!

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