Background

The second Castle in the fleet is 5029 Nunney Castle, chosen because it was the location where I got engaged.  The start point was the Hornby Wellington release, swapping the tender with Berkeley Castle to get a 4000gl Collett tender.  This needed to be rebranded to G crest W (with the lower lining removed), modification to the loco – tender coupling was required given differences between the different Hornby releases.  The loco was renumbered using a set of Modelmasters plates, there is an issue here in that the Wellington start point has the “Castle Class” lower plate.  I have not yet done anything about this, it will either need to be repainted and relined, or its identity will get transferred to another Castle.  This makes sense as should I end up finding a suitable doner loco at the right price I would like to add 100 A1 Lloyds in oil burning form.  The loco is fitted with a Lenz 1025 in the tender.

Usage:

As with the prototype, these are probably the most useful locos in the fleet.  Suitable on the vast majority of the trains in the fiddleyard.  The main focus will be for the milk, TPO and Sleeper, along with the North West set that is not currently in the fiddleyard.  Given the issues around the splasher, naturally this loco currently is the spare Castle for which there is not a space in the fiddleyard.

Remaining Work:

In addition to the aforementioned splasher issue, the loco still requires a fair bit of work, it needs either a coat of Klear or satin lacquer to sort out the flat Hornby paint, weathering, a crew, lamps, new couplings and the tender coaling.