Popular Post Pierview Posted May 18, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted May 18, 2022 I have just completed my PDK ex LSWR G16 class loco kit which I started to build a few weeks before the first lockdown in 2020. I had the body and frames completed when the project had to be sidelined whilst I awaited the arrival of wheels and then the gearbox. However, a month or so ago it came to the top of the queue and the result is shown here. I won't bother with details of the actual construction as this was covered very comprehensively by Ray Norwood in his 2018 thread. It was in fact Ray's superb effort that persuaded me to have a go as I am not that experienced with etched metal kits. I have to say though that I found the PDK kits to be very user friendly, and I was sufficiently encouraged to start with the H16 4-6-2T kit before moving on to its close relative, the G16. I enjoyed the construction of both kits and would certainly consider others, despite the fact that these days the cost of kit plus wheels, motor and gearbox makes it something of an expensive exercise. My model is OO and has Markits wheels throughout. The gearbox is a HL Road Runner + with 60:1 reduction and the motor is a Mashima 1426. I chose 30494 as the subject of my model as it was the only one of the class that I saw. I must have 'copped' it on a trip to London with my parents about 1960 I think. My final photo is is a re-creation of the one taken by A.B. MacLeod at Eastleigh in the 1930's and which appears in "LSWR Locomotives" It shows G16 494 back to back with diminutive C14 3744. My models are of the same two locomotives, albeit in BR livery. Barry 17 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hodgson Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 I assume with that wheel arrangement it wasn't allowed to go over the hump. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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