Holby Railway Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 Does anybody know where i might lay hands on a WD 2-10-0 in 00 gauge, i got the 2-8-0 but its the bigger brother i really want ? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 The only one I know of is the DJH kit. https://www.djhmodelloco.co.uk/prodpage.asp?productid=3008 I'm afraid there is nothing RTR even though I reckon they would sell pretty well. Jason 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PMP Posted September 27, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 27, 2021 10 minutes ago, Holby Railway said: Does anybody know where i might lay hands on a WD 2-10-0 in 00 gauge, i got the 2-8-0 but its the bigger brother i really want ? There’s a 4mm scale kit by DJH which is your only ‘easy’ option. K39 https://www.djhmodelloco.co.uk/prodpage.asp?productid=3008 You’ll need to budget around £400 to include wheels/motor/gears. And if you’re commissioning a builder to do it at least that again, very likely quite a bit more. This is one built, they make a very good model of the prototype. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holby Railway Posted September 27, 2021 Author Share Posted September 27, 2021 2 minutes ago, Steamport Southport said: The only one I know of is the DJH kit. https://www.djhmodelloco.co.uk/prodpage.asp?productid=3008 I'm afraid there is nothing RTR even though I reckon they would sell pretty well. Jason thats what i was afraid of, cheers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holby Railway Posted September 27, 2021 Author Share Posted September 27, 2021 1 minute ago, PMP said: There’s a 4mm scale kit by DJH which is your only ‘easy’ option. K39 https://www.djhmodelloco.co.uk/prodpage.asp?productid=3008 You’ll need to budget around £400 to include wheels/motor/gears. And if you’re commissioning a builder to do it at least that again, very likely quite a bit more. This is one built, they make a very good model of the prototype. a little out of my price bracket im afraid, thanks anyway, i was afraid i may not find one, i remember around 15 years ago i saw one but the money wasnt available and my project was still a long way off - thanks anyway Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PMP Posted September 27, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 27, 2021 Just now, Holby Railway said: a little out of my price bracket im afraid, thanks anyway, i was afraid i may not find one, i remember around 15 years ago i saw one but the money wasnt available and my project was still a long way off - thanks anyway You’re welcome, realistically a RTR version is likely to be around £200 for a contemporary tooling. Keep an eye out on eBay and similar sites like auction houses, you may get lucky. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold john new Posted September 27, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 27, 2021 I have a feeling Jouef, or one of the other European manufacturers, did one a few years back but I guess it was in HO. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Trainshed Terry Posted September 27, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 27, 2021 58 minutes ago, Holby Railway said: Does anybody know where i might lay hands on a WD 2-10-0 in 00 gauge, i got the 2-8-0 but its the bigger brother i really want ? I do wish that Bachmann get there finger out and do the 2-10-0 version of the W.D. Terry. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisr40 Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 KR models are looking for suggestions for new models, nothing to lose by dropping them a line. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Londontram Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 (edited) There's at least 4 livery options WD green WD blue BR early cycling lion BR late lion and dart board It would be a very popular loco as could be seen all over during its working life. Edited September 27, 2021 by Londontram Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cctransuk Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 32 minutes ago, Londontram said: There's at least 4 livery options WD green WD blue BR early cycling lion BR late lion and dart board It would be a very popular loco as could be seen all over during its working life. Errrr? All over Scotland - at a stretch - but surely very uncommon in England and Wales; at least during the BR period? Checking - all bar one were in Scotland in 1961, and the single exception was at Carlisle! CJI. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Londontram Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 A restricted location doesn't seemed to have stopped Bachmann from producing the Caledonian 812 class also seem mainly in Scotland but one would think not as well spread into the eastern regions than the 2-10-0 might have been. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcredfer Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 10 minutes ago, cctransuk said: Errrr? All over Scotland - at a stretch - but surely very uncommon in England and Wales; at least during the BR period? Checking - all bar one were in Scotland in 1961, and the single exception was at Carlisle! CJI. With Kitchener and Gordon at Longmoor, but not a sight on the Civvy lines [apart from St Trinians Great Train Robbery] Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 They were on loan to the LMS with the LNER having a few. This is more relevant to the LNER ones, but you get the idea. The first batch of one hundred was delivered between 1943 and 1944, whilst the second batch of fifty was delivered in 1945. During running-in, the LNER received thirteen of the first batch, and twenty of the second batch on loan. The locomotives from the first batch were transferred to the LMS in May 1944, and the locomotives of the second batch were handed back to the War Department (WD) at the end of 1946. All were allocated to March, although occasionally they would move to other sheds in the GE and GN districts. Of the original batch of 100, one was allocated to the Longmoor Military Railway, and twenty were shipped out to the Middle East. The LMS received the remaining 79 until they were needed in continental Europe in late 1944. A second batch entered service between March and September 1945. One of these (No. 73797) was also allocated to Longmoor, but none of the remainder entered LNER stock lists. https://www.lner.info/locos/O/WD_Austerity.php Jason 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScRSG Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 (edited) A DJH kit built example Edited September 27, 2021 by ScRSG Duplicate pics 5 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 This shows allocations to some other than Scottish sheds in earlier BR days: https://www.brdatabase.info/locoqry.php?action=class&id=527&type=S&page=alloc (Scroll down to the bottom to see those given BR numbers.) 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 Bidston? Oh dear. I need one now..... Just did a bit of digging and it seems to be correct and was also seen at Birkenhead in 1960. http://shedbashuk.blogspot.com/2013/01/birkenhead-1956-1960.html Jason Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Michael Edge Posted September 28, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 28, 2021 90763, which was the only English one, was borrowed from Kingmoor for a while to try out on the Bidston - Shotton iron ore trains. It was also photographed on Walton shed in Liverpool about this time. Otherwise they rarely ventured far outside Scotland. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 4 hours ago, Michael Edge said: 90763, which was the only English one, was borrowed from Kingmoor for a while to try out on the Bidston - Shotton iron ore trains. It was also photographed on Walton shed in Liverpool about this time. Otherwise they rarely ventured far outside Scotland. At least one ventured pretty far away from the Scottish Region: https://www.flickr.com/photos/124446949@N06/25358435297/in/photolist-ECQBkF-2ipeB1E-eD71pt-Myetbf-oMUsor-8RExvo-nDEGMd-NhaVsJ-oUUeuY-2MM56v-yyLGXs-haN3v3-8Win8T-X64NA2-qtpU15-2kNS3Sx-pK9LPp-KhuA6L-wnW58Y-NiNRwS-QRD5Ly-Jtqiqe-DaPzFt-f694Ys-8dwt4L (see comments for the location) 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 (edited) Yes. They did trials on all the regions. One was even used in the 1948 Locomotive Exchange Trials so an excuse to run one with a Dynamometer Car https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948_Locomotive_Exchange_Trials This doesn't mention 90766. 90757 was based briefly at Old Oak Common for trials in July 1948. It was also for a short time based at Doncaster (August 1952) and Ashford (September 1952). 90764 was based at the Rugby Testing Station from August 1950 until March 1951 having previously been allocated to the CME at Rugby in February 1949. Trials were undertaken with the locomotives on the Southern and Western Regions. 90750 on the Western Region – September 1948 to February 1949 90757 on the Southern Region – August 1948 to February 1949 90764 on the Southern Region – March 1949 to August 1950 https://preservedbritishsteamlocomotives.com/8f-90750-90774-2-10-0-mos-wd-austerity/ Possibly they were offered more and turned them down as unsuitable? Jason Edited September 28, 2021 by Steamport Southport 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Ian Smeeton Posted September 28, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 28, 2021 I will just leave this here.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-CCT6yXKyo Regards Ian 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 They do seem like a Harry Enfield sketch some of those films. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkC Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 On 27/09/2021 at 15:09, Holby Railway said: Does anybody know where i might lay hands on a WD 2-10-0 in 00 gauge, i got the 2-8-0 but its the bigger brother i really want ? By coincidence, I saw elsewhere, only a couple of days ago, that Bristol Models once did a 4mm scale WD 2-10-0. I suspect that whilst they're not quite as rare as rocking horse droppings, to find a kit, either built or unbuilt, might be a challenge... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 43 minutes ago, MarkC said: By coincidence, I saw elsewhere, only a couple of days ago, that Bristol Models once did a 4mm scale WD 2-10-0. I suspect that whilst they're not quite as rare as rocking horse droppings, to find a kit, either built or unbuilt, might be a challenge... I think that was the one designed to fit on a Jouef chassis. The problem with Bristol Models* is ISTR they had a pretty poor reputation. Wasn't it them that made a Manor that wasn't much like a Manor? Now I know to keep my eyes open for a DJH version. Not a loco I've considered previously but sometimes you see DJH kits for a reasonable price at shows. But when I get one, a RTR manufacturer will likely announce one.... *Careful Googling "Bristol Models" Jason Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Andy Kirkham Posted September 29, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 29, 2021 (edited) I believe Kitchener was loaned to the Scottish Region for a while. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WD_Austerity_2-10-0#/media/File:WD_2-10-0_WD_601_Kitchener_at_Carlisle_Kingmoor_in_1958.jpg Edited September 29, 2021 by Andy Kirkham Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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