Twin tendered Bittern, now no valances?

[MrJack47790]

13 hours ago, Bucoops said:

 

Vertical fins at the rear of the chimney? I think they are to improve smoke lift?

 

edit: https://www.flickr.com/photos/camperdown/12441677823/

 

 

 

Correct.

[JamieR4489]

13 hours ago, MrJack47790 said:

Hornby produced a model of Dominion of New Zealand

Except that was in BR green...

[MrJack47790]

2 hours ago, JamieR4489 said:

Except that was in BR green...

Sorry was thing of commonwealth of Australia-r3095

Well anyway you could easy renumber and rename it as you can use etches for most of the numbers and the nameplates, not transfers.

 

Edited December 7, 2019 by MrJack47790

[No Decorum]

On 06/12/2019 at 18:02, Bucoops said:

My personal preference is with valances (I think they look awful without) ...

I agree with that. In my view, the removal was a bit of a mess and it would have looked better if the valances had been removed completely, following the line of the footplate all the way round, with the outside cylinders being given conventional cladding. Yes, I know there was a war on!

[DonnyRailMan]

On 06/12/2019 at 19:25, JamieR4489 said:

I think he means these holes...

... which are the ports for the snifting valve.

 

I couldn't find a picture of the top of a real A4 so I had to take a quick snap on my phone but I assume it's there on the real thing as otherwise the snifting valve would be useless.

 

Yeah that's what I was talking about.