Ivatt Rescue Part 1. A tale of an eBay resurrection..
We all need a another project to keep the modelling workbench busy don't we? Well in my case probably not..
However a perusal of eBay found a sorry looking LMS Ivatt 2MT described in 'As new condition'. My collection of Ivatt's never resembled the photos but I thought it was worth a punt for a cheap project.
On top of this I had a spare Ivatt 2MT 2-6-0 detailing pack to help things along the way.
My 'As New' Ivatt arrived safely and here are some photos. Thankfully the loco ran nice and smoothly straight from the box.
Inside the Bachmann information sheet was a previous sale slip. Funnily enough the model had started off in Harrogate in the North Riding heading to South Wales. It has now returned to the West Riding.
Generally in clean condition.
Loose buffer and damaged smokebox door handle.
The tender drawbar connection has been damaged and repaired. The electrical connections are all insitu.
The rear coupling mounting block as also been damaged at some point.
The rear ladder is missing and vacuum pipe is also damaged.
The loco came with a few parts from the detailing pack.
The small plastic fitting in between the cab door and drain cock is from the front of one of the cylinders.
Thankfully I had the above parts in my spares box along with a new brass smokebox door dart.
Assessing the damage I decided I needed a new tender chassis and coupling mounting block.
The excellent Bachmann spares department had the parts in stock so duly ordered and on their way.
The brass chimney is a taller type from DMR and is a lovely casting. These were used on some Ivatt's. Ideally I would like a Darlington build tall skinny chimney that Comet used to produce.
Sadly these are no longer available. If anyone has one they would like to part with please PM me.
I will be going to finish the loco as either Cambridge 31A's 46467 in lined black with early crest or Oban's 46468 in lined black with late crest.
I'll start repairing the loco shortly when the parts arrive and removing the numbers and LMS insignia.
A nice little project awaits in this Ivatt restoration.
More soon.
Cheers,
Mark
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