JamieR4489

This is a non streamlined corridor with a flat back and beading (the ridge going along the top of the tender side where the blue stops and black starts on the particular tender in the photo) This is the streamlined corridor tender with bowed end and no beading (smooth sided and the one you need for 4496) Dominion Of Canada towed a non streamlined corridor from new until June 1953 and from August 1958 onwards, making Kingfisher the best donor, or, of course, the great gathering or great goodbye Dominion Of Canada models (although these are quite rare and very expensive). Dominion Of Canada's tender is therefore incorrect for 4496. For the 6 A4s in 2013 condition the best course of action (in my opinion) is as follows: Mallard - Hornby R2339 with top lamp iron moved down, handrails painted silver wheel tyres painted and speed plaque fitted Bittern - Hornby R3771 or R2888m renamed and renumbered, double chimney fitted, electric warning flashes added and tender above beading painted black Union Of South Africa - R2535 renamed and renumbered, springbok plaque, cab crests, electric warning flashes added and tender painted black above beading Dominion Of Canada - R2888m renamed and renumbered, Canadian bell and whistle, steel lettering, numbering and trim, cab crests, tender painted black above beading Dwight D. Eisenhower - R2494, R2615 or R3522 renamed and renumbered, early emblem replaced with late crest on tender, double chimney fitted (I can't seem to find a modern A4 with double chimney or late crest and a streamlined non corridor tender but there maybe one that I've missed) Sir Nigel Gresley - R3737 renamed and renumbered, speed plaque replaced All of these models could be made from the great gathering and great goodbye sets but as I said earlier they are very rare and very expensive.

R3095 Commonwealth of Australia would be a good donor for 4496; only a change of name and number would be required as well as removing the crest on the cab and putting a builder's plate on instead. Kingfisher has a non streamlined corridor tender (identified by the beading at the top of the tank) so this would be wrong for 4496. As far as i'm aware, Hornby haven't done any other garter blue A4s with streamlined corridor tenders. Interestingly, Hornby have done a model of Golden Shuttle but this was in the railroad range and so it tows a non streamlined tender, making it inaccurate. Hope this helps, Jamie

Has 73158's front end been involved in a collision? Lovely photos by the way

Thanks, I had no idea those existed! I've been using masking tape but it tends to bleed a little bit so I'll look into those.

Hi Atso I’m currently working on some MSE signals for the Ely club’s new layout Wickham Market. They are all operational (something I’m sure Tony will be glad to hear) and will be controlled with viessmann motors. Jamie

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Here's the video Jamie

Thank you, Tony, for your hospitality today. We all had a great day and it is certainly one I'll remember well. Thanks also for the advice, compliments, answering my questions and of course the kits - I'll try not to make a mess of them! It was really inspirational to see the amazing layout that Little Bytham is and there are a few features I might steal for future layouts of mine. I managed a few snaps in between running trains There are also some videos but I'll put them here later. Thanks again, Jamie

Go To The Mirror! - The Who

What about semprini?

Carrying on with the theme of 4Fs, here's 44422 at Bishop's Lydeard on 04/08/2017

Thank you very much Graham and the other operators who were on Grantham today for running my K2 and letting me have a go at operating. It's been very inspirational seeing how the layout works! I managed to get a quick (and dodgy) snap of my K2 on a southbound fish train Regards, Jamie

There's a hole underneath the front pony truck that has a screw in it. Undo this and then follow the instruction sheet on which way to pull the body off. To access the screw you can either take the pony truck off by undoing the screws that hold the keeper plate on or there is a hole in the pony truck that is directly in line with the screw. Jamie

LMS crab 13000 at York NRM 8/4/17

7828 Odney Manor's back in service and operating the Santa specials

60009 Union of South Africa (I promise this will be the last A4!) at York 20/12/2018

Sir Nigel Gresley 60007 at York NRM 20/12/2018

I'm currently watching Only Fools And Horses so I've become very familiar with phrases such as 'Lovely jubbly' and 'This time next year we'll be millionaires' . I assume that's what you're quoting.

There isn't any more, unless it fell out when the lid fell off.

There's a bit of space but I doubt my name will go on it as the last time a name was put on was 1997.

The K2 obviously didn't turn out too bad as I entered it into the Ely MRC's annual modelling competition - and won! Then it got a run on Wickham Market Yesterday I got some lead so that will be added to the loco today to improve traction. Also, for anyone planning to go to the Stevenage show next year, the K2 will probably be running on Grantham The Streamliner Years for part of the day on the Saturday. Jamie

Well I can highly recommend the Graeme King kit - postage costs to Aussie would probably take the cost of the resin alone over £100 but it's definitely worth it. Jamie

Unless I find any bits I've missed off, I think the K2 is done! The loco has been weathered to look worked but clean. It was in Doncaster Works in February 1938 so as I'm trying to model May-July 1938, the K2 is fairly clean. I posed the loco next to the other locos I've built; A sctratchbuilt O1 and a scratchbuilt J3 (both running on rtr chassis) Sorry for the bad quality photos, I'll try and take some in daylight soon. In two weeks I've gone from this: To this: Many thanks to Graeme King for supplying the parts, giving advice and answering my almost endless questions. Thanks also to all of you who have given feedback and rated my posts. I don't have any other projects planned at the moment so this thread will go quiet for a while until I find something to fix or build. Jamie

I'll just leave this here....

After putting on 3 coats of clear last night, I put the lettering and numbering on this morning. Then I started on the lining on the loco. The left hand side is done and the cab has been lined on both sides so I just need to do the running plate and the buffer beam lining and then I can move onto the tender. It's a bit wobbly in places but pressfix aren't the easiest transfers to use for lining. Hopefully weathering will hide some of the mistakes. Jamie Edit: I realised as I was posting the photos that I’d missed a few bits of lining but these have now been added so I can finish off the right hand side.