Detailing the Hornby WC&PR Terrier – Part 1 The Bunker
The many limitations of the old Hornby Terrier model are well known and some fall beyond being worth fixing. The main problem is the model represents the much earlier (pre-1920s) A1 Class whereas both WC&PR Terriers were rebuilt and reclassified as A1X Class while still owned by the LB&SCR.
Most visual of the errors are the sandboxes of the A1 type incorporated above the front splashers, on the model these are solidly built plastic moulding in the main body and along with an extended boiler would require radical surgery skills beyond my grade. All the same I figured it was still worthwhile addressing as many of the other omissions and errors as I could with a view to having rather less of a “Pig’s Ear” of a model.
First up the Bunker / Cab areas.
Both the rear window grills and cab grab rails are solidly molded in the bodywork and hence grossly over scale. These and the original Coal bunker rails were replaced. The upper array of Tantalum Capacitors of the Stay Alive fits snugly into the enlarged bunker space custom fitted into the rebuilt upper bunker section.
Frame 2 has my original effort using incorrect spectacle grills, replaced with the correct configuration in the completed job.
Edited by BWsTrains
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