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46202 Princess Anne

Princess Royal Pacific 8P. Custom built locomotive.

45212 Black Five 4-6-0

K’s kit built 1980

45573 Newfoundland

Jubilee 6P. Wills Kit built in 1985 using Romford wheels and an airfix five pole motor

46106 Gordon Highlander

Rebuilt Royal Scot 7P. Originally an Airfix 1978 Royal Scot with scratch built parallel smoke deflectors added in 2015 along with careful detailing according to research.

49508 Fowler 0-8-0 7F

K's kit built in 1992

60007 Sir Nigel Gresley

A4 Pacific 8P. Repainted and renamed Hornby 2007 model, originally ‘Woodcock’ with detailing and varnish added.

70002 Geoffrey Chaucer

BR Britannia Pacific 7P/7F. An original Tri-ang 1961 model (with smoke) named Britannia. This model has undergone heavy detailing, weighted, scaled wheeled and renamed.

75027

BR Standard 4-6-0 4MT. A Bachmann 2013 model.

41241

Ivatt 2-6-2t 2P. Scratchbuilt in 1970

42508

Stanier 2-6-4t 4P. Wills kit on a converted 3 rail Hornby Dublo Chassis built 1980.

43258

Fowler 0-6-0 3F. Jamieson Brass kit given to us half made by a friend. Romford wheels and detail was added.

48431

Stanier 2-8-0 8F. Originally a 3 rail Hornby Dublo with the famous Ringfield motor, converted to 2 rail and carefully detailed.

69574

N2 0-6-2t 3P/2F. Originally a Mainline 1978 model, repainted, remodelled, rewired and detailed in 2004.

90423

War Department 2-8-0 8F. Bachmann repainted and brush weathered circa 1995.

Derby Lightweight DMU

Bachmann 2014 model filled with passengers

72008 Clan Macleod

British Railways Standard Class 6 pacific. Hornby Model, bought used as Clan Buchanan, replaced valve gear, weathered, footplate crew and real coal added in 2017.

1000 East Midlander

Johnson Midland 7ft Compound 4P. A Hornby Railways model dated 1981. Romford scaled wheels were added, repainted, new transfers, real coal and footplate crew were added along with heavy detailing.

45503 Royal Leicestershire Regiment

Bachmann 2009 model, hand weathered and detailed.

45736 Pheonix

Originally an Airfix 1978 Royal Scot. Rebuilt in 2015 with a scratch built cab, the locomotive/tender gap was reduced and detail was added.

46148 The Manchester Regiment

Un-rebuilt Royal Scot 7P. Wills kit built in 1978.

46234 Duchess of Abercorn

Coronation Pacific 8P. Originally a 1953, 3 rail Hornby Dublo model, rewired to 2 rail in 1970 with scale wheels and heavy detailing added. Change of identity to fit in with 1952 era in 2017

60873 Coldstreamer

V2 2-6-2 6MT. A Bachmann 2009 model. This locomotive was extensively rebuilt due to its poor running and wrong proportioning, we then renamed and renumbered it, adding detail according to research

71000 Duke of Gloucester

BR Britannia Pacific 8P. Originally a Hornby Super Detailed 2010 model named Britannia. The footplate was extended, the front end rebuilt and the valve gear custom built.

108 Two Coach DMU

Bachmann 2009 model filled with passengers.

41708

Johnson 1F. Scratchbuilt in 1969

42700

‘Crab’ Mogul 2-6-0 5MT. Wills kit built with Romford wheels in 1975.

43924

Fowler 0-6-0 4F. Wills kit with Romford wheels built in 1973.

51241

Pug. Airfix carefully detailed circa 1982.

76093

BR Standard Mogul 2-6-0 4MT. Made in 1979 from a 1963 Airfix plastic body kit and the chassis of a 1962 Tri-ang Princess model named ‘The Princess Royal’. Due to sun damage it was re-bodied in 2005.

92192

BR Standard 2-10-0 9F. Bachmann repainted and brush weathered circa 2008.

M79971 Park Royal Rail Bus.

An Airfix plastic kit bought for £9.99 in 2011 is built on its own plastic chassis. A small Japanese motor with an extended dual drive-shaft powers all four wheels.

46133 The Green Howards

An original Hornby LMS model, bought used. Repainted, relined into British railways 1952 era, repaired, weighted, new chimney, footplate crew and real coal added.

46251 City of Nottingham

Coronation Pacific 8P. A Hornby Super detailed (Weathered) model made in 2004.

45520 Llandudno

Un-rebuilt Patriot 6P Scratchbuilt model built in 1975.

46100 Royal Scot

Rebuilt Royal Scot 7P. An Airfix 1978 Royal Scot model.

46203 Princess Margaret Rose

Princess Royal Pacific 8P. Hornby Super detailed 2001 model with hand painted weathering.

46224 Princess Alexandra

Coronation Pacific 8P. Originally a Wrenn 1968 model, rebuilt in 2011 from searched parts, the motor was rewound, the engine renamed, repainted, and heavily detailed in 2011.

61008 Kudu

B1 4-6-0 5MT. A Bachmann model rewired in 2008 due to bad running and it’s split chassis construction.

73050

BR Standard 4-6-0 5MT. A DJH model built with a Hornby tender drive unit. We bought it at a fair in 1998 and spent hundreds of hours getting it to run.