4582 GWR Green
Entry posted by The Fatadder in Tank Engines
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Background:
This is a standard Bachmann release of the 4575 class which has been renumbered to 4582 (HMRS transfers and Narrow Planet plates). Unfortunately the bunker area is a bit of poor design, with the rear fairing, coal load and the lower back of the cab interior are all moulded as one piece. This means to remove the moulded coal load you have to remove the cab roof first, once out it was split into 3 parts (with the fairing and interior glued back into place. With the roof off the backhead was painted and a crew glued into position before gluing the roof back into place. The loco was fitted with Dingham couplings on both ends, before adding real coal in the tender and weathering. Finally a lamp was drilled to fit the lamp iron (which can be moved to different positions if necessary).
Use:
The loco is intended to be the main Kingsbridge loco running the majority of services on the branch, as I do much prefer the later 4575 design over the earlier 4500. Yet somehow I seem to have ended up with more of the latter than the former in the fleet.
Edited by The Fatadder
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