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When is a Duchess not a Duchess? When its a Princess - Oh and an EvilBay bargain

paulprice

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Well my stock taking continues, and the number of locomotives I forgot I had is slowly increasing, which is good news I think?

 

Before the stock count I thought I had 5 Duchess locomotives, but it turns out that I actually have 6, I had a very vague memory of finding a bargain Duchess in the old Farish lined black livery (you know the one with the yellow/green lining). I honestly thought though that I had converted this into a "Semi" and painted it into Post War lined black but apparently I didn't.
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So this means I have two original built examples, two "Semi" locomotives, one in the process of being finished in lined crimson and the extra black one, the question is what to do with this one? I could take the easy route and just paint her in overall plain war time black, but where would be the fun in that.

 

So just to even up the fleet a little, despite them not being my favourite LMS locomotive (they look a little too GWRish to me) I can feel a princess build coming on. The problem is for such a small class they had quite a lot of variation in their motion brackets, but I think if I look at maybe using a Std 4 motion the brackets sort of look to my eyes at least like the GW-ish ones one a couple of prototypes.

 

If this idea takes a more physical form I may post some updates on here, now if that is not a treat, sorry I mean THREAT I don't know what is?

 

Oh before I go off to the world of domestic servitude, to keep the Domestic Overlord happy, thanks to the influence of some of the chaps on here, my latest Jubilee has arrived.
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Despite what lots of people say, its still possible to find a bargain on EvilBay, as this example appears never to have been run, and was in mint boxed condition, until the Girls helped open the parcel for me :)
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The big thing not is do I leave here in Crimson, or do I repaint her into Post war LMS black, oh and what example to turn her into?

 

Until next time as ever Happy Modelling :)

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paulprice

A Princess looks too GWRish!!!!?!?!?! I demand satisfaction sir, piston rods at dawn! ;)

It's tough to choose between Crimson and lined black, both are superb liveries. But as you already have a good selection of crimson locos I would say put it into lined black.

I am very envious of the amount of LMS loveliness you have, and hope to see you keep adding to it. :P (No one will ever stop me encouraging people to buy LMS locos!!) :D

 

Does it have to be piston rods at dawn, I could do with a lie in :)

 

I must admit I the black livery is quickly becoming my favourite livery, but I find it easier to paint examples that use to be in horrible BR liveries easier than repainting crimson machines.

 

The problem is not buying loco's the problem is trying to reduce the number of modification/kits and scratch builds on the workbench. At the moment just to give you an idea I have waiting completion the following.

 

1 x Ex MR Flat Iron

1 x Ex L&Y 0-8-0

1 x Ex LNWR 4-6-2T

1 x Ex LNWR G2 (round firebox)

1 x Original Royal Scot

1 x 2P 4-4-0

1 x 4P 4-4-0

1 x Stannier Mogul

2 x Duchess

1 x 7F 0-8-0 (water heater version)

 

The main problem is where do I get any time to work on them :(

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Ahh yes, that is quite the list. Maybe it is time to stop buying and get building! ;)

 

And to make matters slightly easier, don't repaint the Jubilee. Crimson is such a nice livery after all! :) (It looks especially nice on a Duchess, as I saw at the SVR today)

 

 

Buying, what buying, apart from the Jubilee they are all from my stocks :(

 

Maybe I  need to make a visit to the SVR not been there in ages, with a Duchess in attendance how can I refuse??

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Nice collection Paul. I can see why you need so many. I assume it will take 3 or 4 of those LMS things to pull a GWR branch train? :jester:

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Nice collection Paul. I can see why you need so many. I assume it will take 3 or 4 of those LMS things to pull a GWR branch train? :jester:

 

How rude............. :)

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