Crouchja32

Yes hello. The photo's come specifically from British Railway Journal No.54. The second half of the line's focus is in the 55th Journal, but only features one photograph of No.89 from behind

Came across a couple more images of WD J67/69's from a 2 part magazine covering the Cairnryan railway Loco's present appear to be WD 81,82 & 88 (Ex- LNER No's.7197, 7168 & 7344) They are pictured in 1942.

Came across some more WD Pictures of Ex-LNER J69 No.7088, though with far smaller WD lettering and only a 2 digit number rather than the full 5 digit number. Probably a bit niche but I feel they look interesting.

I recall one of the recent Model Rail magazines including a revised list of Class 12's. They removed the BR Green Weathered livery and altered the numbers. I'm not 100% on it but I believe the Class 12's numbers and liveries are now as such: BR Black Early Crest No.15220 (15223 on website) BR Green Early Crest No.15224 (Formerly BR Black No.15235) BR Green Late Crest Wasp Stripes No.15221 (15224 on website) BR Blue Wasp Stripes No.15212 & Tilston Light Blue Wasp Stripes No.15231 Photo for reference:

I don't think I've seen anyone ask about this yet. The Destination Boards shown on the 3D sample and the Illustrations. Are they permanently fitted or can you swap them out for different destinations? I didn't see anything mentioned about it in the listed features of the model on the website.

That and the Bufferbeam still retains the LNER Font No. and Number. It's a bit hard to spot due to how dirty it is.

L&NER Lined Black one is listed on BR Database as having been shedded at Norwich. And possibly Melton Constable.

Never seen that Picture of BIS No.1 before. I know that a lot of the WD ones went to Industry, two going to BIS, but the only ones I've been able to find images on have been the Metal Industries Ltd ones. Being 7054(1), 7056(2), 7058(4) and 7274 (1st No.3), 7167(2nd No.3 originally no.5)

4th Image as mentioned above:

I've got some more I can suggest for sure. Some more unique than others. First two are Wartime liveries, though the 2nd one is a bit more unique as the Bufferbeam (presumably both sides) has been painted white, for purposes listed alongside the image. The other 3 (There was a 4th one, Will follow it up in another post) are in hybrid LNER/BR Liveries with the BR Number either in BR Font or in LNER Font. Again some unique liveries that would be fun to see replicated on the models if they end up being done. All images are from Yeadon's Guide.

One Livery that would be fun to see in one of the later batches is the BR Departmental Livery. It's a bit more obscure but multiple J69's were in Departmental service. No.43 seems to have retained it's Early Crest but No.44 and 45 are pictured without. I'm sure concessions can be made about the placement of the number plate since it differs between 44 and 45. I can't quite tell where it's placed on No.43. All 3 Photographs are from the Yeadon's Guide.

Photographs of 68646 seem to show the crest facing the right way. Perhaps it was fixed at some point? Yeadon's did note however that some J69 or J67's that got the Late Crest didn't have them fixed and were withdrawn with the wrong crest. 68619 was given the wrong facing late Crest when repainted into Lined BR Black, but it was fixed when painted into the Blue livery we are getting.

Yeadon's also lists No.358 in L&NER Black with an E Prefix.

Happy to see this announcement. Already went for the L&NER Lined Black livery. Going to be fun seeing what future liveries are done. WD Would be a nice one to see. 13 loaned to the WD in '39 and then they bought some the next year. Another benefit is that the Wisbech Bogie coaches Rapido are doing can be paired with these as well as the J70's.

My NCB 1607 arrived this morning. Lovely little model.