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Thanks for the kind comments.

My camera is an Olympus EM-5, with a LED ring light around the end of the lens to illuminate the model.

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The transfers are on, which means the loco now has an identity.

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No.47 still has some of its pre-war lining. Transfers are from Microscale, apart from the boiler bands which are from Fox.

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I've done some work to the front end. As well as refit the old handrails I've made a new one around the smokebox door. The door has had its number plate removed and handles fitted (Gibson). The top lamp iron will move to the base of the chimney.

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Things have moved on a bit. The body has been re-assembled, handrails and smokebox door painted. It was then sprayed with varnish. First an overall coat of matt, then after masking the black bits at the front and cab roof it got some satin varnish.

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Nearly there, some little jobs needed to be done to finish things off.

Back-dating the safety valves to look like Ramsbottom type. This involved a bit of filing of the original parts and the addition of a bit of 14BA screw.

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A bit of square Nickel Silver bent to shape and glued on top, then painted with Steel paint.

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I've fitted retainers to the bogie to stop the wheels falling out, made from Phosphor bronze rod.

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They are not glued in place, so the wheels can still be removed.

On top of the bogie I've re-used the spring from the original front wheel, to give it a bit of downward force.

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Real coal glued onto the original coal load.

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Putting it all back together results in this.

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Some more photos for you. Here are two showing it alongside the earlier 2-4-2T version.

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And here are some scenic 'in service' shots.

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The crew were keeping a low profile.

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Thanks for all the kind words. It's about time I got on with the next project.

The new Hornby model of the LSWR 700 class depicts the loco as rebuilt by Urie. As the first one, no.316, was rebuilt in 1920 it just about falls in my period of interest. I'll be back-dating a Hornby model to make no.316 as first rebuilt in 1920.

This is the starting point.

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This is the only one released so far with the original shorter wheelbase tender.

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The bad news is that to back-date it I needed to open out the coal rails. This was done with a sharp fine tipped scalpel. Strips of plastic were bent and glued where the vertical bars should be.

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After cleaning up this is the result.

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I've removed the pipes along the sides, easy as they are separate parts. The front side sheets aren't very secure, one has already fallen off. I'll remove the other one as it will make repainting easier.

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As always Neil I look forward to seeing this one progress and again I'm amazed by your industriousness.

       Fellow forum member Ben Alder made a good conversion with one of these to a Caledonian 812 class loco as well, not sure if you saw it but here's the link

http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/69241-ben-alders-workbench/?p=1934347

 

     Regards Steve

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Looking forward to this taking shape, Neil. I have been contemplating the same thing so will be watching with interest.

 

Am I right in thinking the L&SWR goods livery was Holly green ? Where will you source this and what transfers will you be using ?

 

Rob.

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Hi Rob, I'll be using Phoenix paints P402 LSWR goods green and HMRS transfers. It should end up looking something like this 0395 class.

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The downside of the HMRS sheet 9 is there are only enough transfers for one LSWR loco like this. An alternative would be most useful.

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The back of the tender needs a little bit of work. The LSWR used sockets for its lamps. It appears (to me) that the Southern converted these to lamp irons by inserting the irons into the existing sockets. This is what Hornby has modelled.. Backdating these to LSWR condition is simply a matter of cutting off the extra bits, leaving behind the original socket. This is what I've done to the one on the right.

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A new socket for the top lamp will be made from a small cube of plastic.

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That's enough of the tender for now. Onto the loco body, here it is split into its main parts.

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Most of the pipework has been removed and will be repainted copper before refitting.

 

The pipe running along the driver's side was carved off, not easy as the plastic is quite thin and flexible. The end result isn't as neat as I would like but will have to do.

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The smokebox door needed the most work, removing the number plate and Southern lamp irons.

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I re-used the lamp irons to create LSWR sockets, with the addition of some bits of plastic on the ends.

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Hi Neil,

 

I'm very impressed with your footplate extension for the 2-4-2.  I may have to do something similar to convert a Hornby M7 into a long-frame version.  

Have you any tips, or pitfalls to watch out for?

 

Cheers, Dave.

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