Popular Post ian@stenochs Posted April 21, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted April 21, 2020 This enforced lock-in has been great justification for putting in some workshop modelling time! With no distractions I have made the most of my time. Another plus is that the recent spell of bright and warm weather has come just at the right time for painting! The subject of my build was the little Andrew Barclay pug which was the Kilmarnock works Shunter for the Glasgow & South Western Railway. Barclays works number 258 was an 0-4-0 piano, or ogee, tank locomotive. Built in 1883 it went to work for Ireland & Co, civil engineering contractors, who were building the Fairlie to Largs railway for the G&SWR. On completion of the work the loco was sold to the G&SW for £350. For a time the engine worked on the dock lines at Greenock but in 1894 she moved to Kilmarnock where she became the works shunter. In 1919 she was renumbered 734 and given a very ornate fully lined livery. She was scrapped by the LMS IN 1925. The loco in Kilmarnock works in 1922 alongside one of the Sou West’s ‘Big Pugs’ or Baltic tanks. However my preferred period is 1906 so chose to model as she would have been then. Here she is finished in ex works condition but still to have works plates fitted, however due to the lockdown they haven’t arrived. Once available and fitted there will be a wee bit of weathering applied to simulate a working locomotive. Almost everything is scratchbuilt, including the wheels. The only purchased parts are the Slaters motor and gearbox unit, 6 handrail knobs and 4 buffer springs. Most of the rest is nickel silver and brass but the buffer planks are boxwood salvaged from a broken rule. 19 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir douglas Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 beautiful 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippindoo Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 What a gorgeous little loco, and a stunning reproduction you've made. Superb work! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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