peteskitchen Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 Hi, Does anybody know if any of the parallel boilered Patriots received post war straw lined LMS black livery? Thanks, Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 (edited) Yes. I've definitely seen photos of them. Found one. 5505 https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/patriot-class-4-6-0-no-5505-royal-army-ordinance-corps-news-photo/977119538 Jason Edited August 8, 2021 by Steamport Southport 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteskitchen Posted August 8, 2021 Author Share Posted August 8, 2021 Thanks! You did better I did LOL 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 Bear with me I'll try and find if there are any in books such as the Essery and Jenkinson - Illustrated History books. I have a feeling there would have been more than one repainted in three or so years. I think I've seen one in the 1946 livery but with BRITISH RAILWAYS lettering. Jason 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete the Elaner Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 I've just checked in Jenkinson's "Locomotive liveries of the LMS". This is by no means definitive, but a very useful resource & based on photos. The following parallel's are listed as carrying 1946 black: 5504 5505 5507 5518 5538 5551 I rather like 1946 black. I also like wartime plain black, but I can understand why both are less popular than red or green & therefore less likely to appear in RTR form. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 5551 here. https://www.lms-patriot.org.uk/galleries/555145551 I've got two, a Bachmann one and the remains of an old Hornby version. Both are BR lined black. Just a coincidence that was the livery I got. One was the old Hornby Lady Godiva and the Bachmann one was the Collectors Club edition. I reckon they suit black. https://www.kernowmodelrailcentre.com/p/64876/31-210K-WSL-Bachmann-Patriot-4-6-0-Steam-Locomotive-number-45506 Jason 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteskitchen Posted August 11, 2021 Author Share Posted August 11, 2021 (edited) On 09/08/2021 at 11:14, Steamport Southport said: 5551 here. https://www.lms-patriot.org.uk/galleries/555145551 I've got two, a Bachmann one and the remains of an old Hornby version. Both are BR lined black. Just a coincidence that was the livery I got. One was the old Hornby Lady Godiva and the Bachmann one was the Collectors Club edition. I reckon they suit black. https://www.kernowmodelrailcentre.com/p/64876/31-210K-WSL-Bachmann-Patriot-4-6-0-Steam-Locomotive-number-45506 Jason Unlike other older Hornby models, when the Patriot model went though the changes of moving production to China and fitting better scale wheels, and then conversion to loco drive the bodyshell has never been altered so you can fit the body of an early parallel patriot to the latest Railroad loco drive chassis. I don't think it will fit the super detail rebuilt Patriot chassis though. The B17 for example you couldn't do that. Edited August 11, 2021 by peteskitchen 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteskitchen Posted August 11, 2021 Author Share Posted August 11, 2021 On 09/08/2021 at 00:10, Pete the Elaner said: I rather like 1946 black. I also like wartime plain black, but I can understand why both are less popular than red or green & therefore less likely to appear in RTR form. Hornby, Bachmann, Mainline and Airfix have done livery that version their LMS 4-6-0s that were in LMS straw lined black with the exception of the parallel boiled Patriot. Odd that really. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete the Elaner Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 56 minutes ago, peteskitchen said: Hornby, Bachmann, Mainline and Airfix have done livery that version their LMS 4-6-0s that were in LMS straw lined black with the exception of the parallel boiled Patriot. Odd that really. I agree that it is strange. My Jubilee was a Bachmann early BR version, so it had the LMS lining & BR number/tender markings. It was easy to backdate it. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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