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A(12) Jubilee for the Jubilee!

Graham_Muz

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This weekend the Country celebrates the Diamond Jubilee of her Majesty whilst bunting manufacturers reflect on the good times and worry about their ongoing share price and the inevitable drop in sales. To mark the occasion in Southern style I thought I would share a few pictures of my Adams A12 ‘Jubilee’ class 0-4-2 locomotive number 528.

 

Built originally in 1887, at the time of Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee, hence them gaining the ‘Jubilee’ name, the Adams A12 class were built at the London South Western Railways own works at Nine Elms, and the first after a long period of its locomotives being built solely by outside engineering contractors.

My model is a Nu-Cast white metal kit which was a little of a challenge to fit a reasonable size motor and gearbox into but manged it with a small Comet gearbox and Mashima motor in the end. Technically for the period I model 1946 to 1949 she should be in unlined black livery but felt at the time she would look better if she had managed to retain Maunsell livery just a little while longer.

I hope you all enjoy the weekends celebrations and that her Majesty, unlike the weather, continues to reign over us for many years to come.

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Matthew Cousins

I really like locos from this era and always found this type intriguing, but not quite as elegant as Stroudleys examples of 0-4-2's (although by Southern days they had lost most of their elegance with Marsh modifications).

I'm still trying to complete my Lyons class 0-4-2, with help from a friend and shall post pics soon.

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Absolutely fantastic Graham - when are you taking orders for them? ;-)

 

Cheers,

~ Gary

 

Gary

 

I have enough of my own unbuilt kits to get through before I start building for others!

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I really like locos from this era and always found this type intriguing, but not quite as elegant as Stroudleys examples of 0-4-2's (although by Southern days they had lost most of their elegance with Marsh modifications).

I'm still trying to complete my Lyons class 0-4-2, with help from a friend and shall post pics soon.

 

I look forward to seeing your pictures soon Matthew

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