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ryan-rts · 1 year

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Hi all! I'm here to show off another model!

This one was a little passion project that didn't really start until I realised I needed to complete a group of locomotives.

The London & North Eastern Railway's class A4s were the East Coasts most premier express locomotives. There are many models of this locomotive available across many gauges. In N gauge there is the old Minitrix model and the newer Dapol ones. In O gauge there are kits or the new ready to run Hattons model, in partnership with Heljan. And in OO gauge there is the older Bachmann model, the constant re-releasing Hornby Super Detail models and the Hornby Railroad model.

For what it is, the Hornby Railroad model is very good in quality. While the plastic moulding and the finish of the model makes it look very matt and bland, with the cheaper printed details not helping its case, the model is very well detailed, even with its moulded handrails and lack of features like lamp irons. Surprisingly, the model has brass fittings. Both the chime whistle in front the chimney and the safety valves embedded in the cab roof are turned brass, and stand out against the matt finish.

The reasoning behind wanted an A4 is because, within being on an Eastern Region kick, I have a Peppercorn A1 and A2, an A3 and to complete the group I wanted an A4. Luckily a mate of mine was selling a job lot to Rails of Sheffield with a Railroad Mallard and spare A4 body included. I offered a better price for it all, and that same day I got the models. My mate had previously modified the locomotive to have the Super Detail A4 valve gear, which did make the model look better. However, the A4 wasn't going to stay in "as purchased" condition for much longer.

Not long after I got home, after buying the models, I grabbed the spare body and attempted my plan of action. I cut the valances off of the spare body, using the inside of the bodyshell as a guide of where to cut, I scored a couple times down the valances before bending them out, making it easier to remove as the plastic on the Railroad models is softer than most models.

Because the cutting of the spare body worked out so well, I decided that I'd swap the bodies over and use the spare one on the final model. However one issue I faced with the spare body was the lack of chimney. Now that the original body was now spare, I removed the chimney off that body to put onto the spare one.

Other things that were changed to the body was the removal of the moulded handrails, addition of new ones using short handrail knobs and 0.45mm brass wire, and fixing any small mistakes on the valances with a file.

While I was detailing up the body the thought of "which A4 do I model" was crossing my mind. A lot of my Eastern Fleet worked all over the LNER. My A2, No.60538 'Velocity' has many pictures and videos of it working around York and Newcastle. The A3 I own is of No.60103 'Flying Scotsman' which worked all over the network in its lifetime. A lot of the smaller Eastern engines I own worked around Scotland or the South East. So when picking an A4 to model, it would be a preference to a name and which one was in similar condition to Mallard. In the end this was thrown out of the window.

Time for a little bit of Fake History!

The London and North Eastern Railway A4 locomotives are one of the most famous British Pacifics built. Its distinctive Streamlined casing of the 1930s giving a look of style and speed.

The original four A4s were nicknamed the silver batch because the names contained the word silver. Later batches would be named after birds but would later be renamed after famous and distinctive people. Originally the A4s were only going to have 35 members, however upon request from Kings Cross, a 36th member of the class was built on the 5th August 1938 and went around nameless until a name was decided.

4904 (the J39 doesn't exist) was sent to King's Cross as the last member of the A4s, fitted with a double chimney, as standard of the later batches, painted in LNER Garter Blue. The men at Kings Cross were allowed to choose the name, and after a number of months at Top Shed, it was requested for its name to be Thunder, a striking name for the last member of the class.

However the nameplates would never be fitted. In 1939, a year after the locomotive's construction, the Second World War broke out, and like other members of the class, 4904 was painted in a plain matt black, but didn't receive the NE lettering showing its home routes and allocations. Because of this, the locomotive was nicknamed "the Black Shadow" or "Eastern Ghost". 4904 roamed the network and managed to go to places such as Crewe, Birmingham and even Exeter during the war, making the engine become some sort of urban legend. The legend was enhanced when LNER 4469 'Sir Ralph Wedgewood', previously known as 'Gadwall', was blown up at York Sheds on the 28th April 1942. What started out as a nickname, 'Eastern Ghost' became a myth. Many workers mistook 4904 as 4469's ghost, while it went about its work at night.

When the war ended on the 2nd September 1945, 4904 was in a sorry condition. Two months previous the locomotive's axle boxes ran hot and were in desperate need of replacement, alongside this, the conjugated valve gear, which was built to be regularly maintained, was becoming worn due to a lack of maintenance. 4904 was the first A4 to be overhauled post war because of these factors. The axle boxes were striped and scrapped, new ones were casted and refitted. Parts of the valve gear that were salvageable from 4469 were used, but most of the rods were recast from new.

Finally on the 24th December 1945, 4904 emerged from Doncaster works. It was renumbered to No.35 and Finally received its nameplates, painted in a striking red. There were debates for the engine to take 4469's name of 'Sir Ralph Wedgewood' but another A4 was given the name (No.4466, later No.6, and later again to No.60006).

The locomotive throughout the rest of its life was Numbered 60035 and bounced about the East Coast performing duties on many of the named trains around the areas he was based at.

Having a majority of the locomitive's fake history written up, and out of boredom at the time, Thunder was painted I'm Wartime Black with the numbers painted on by hand with a toothpick in white. After this I realised I kinda copied the Sir Nigel Gresley 60007 trusts idea due to SNG currently wearing Wartime Black.

Thunder stayed in this condition for some time, I didn't have the nameplates or paint, so he sat in Black until they were ordered and arrived. Not long after arrival of the paints and plates, the locomotive was painted, lined, numbered and crested and was finally bestowed its name. Very fitting as it loosely followed his fake history.

Thunder, like Ryan, is a jewel in my fleet, sleek, shiny and unique. This project took me just over a month to do, and proves that, with minor modifications, that the Railroad Models can be bought cheap and made to look as good as the Super Detail Models available for double to price.

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refohopose · 2 years

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trainmaniac · 6 years

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On Street Train Running. by ManOfYorkshire Via Flickr: Dockyard Road is also the railway line to the Docks. Here ( Later Class 05 ) British Railways shunter D2581 brings 2 oil tank wagons up from the docks along Dockside Road - carefully! 1:76 Scale, OO gauge micro layout / Diorama. Shunter is by Heljan and is in British Railways green with wasp stripes. Lorry is by BT Models. Buildings are various plastic, card and resin kits modified to fit this scene.

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mrtrainporn · 6 years

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Nottingham Walk, the Model Railway my son and I are building together.

Nottingham Walk is a OO Gauge Model Railway, my son and I have built together over the last 10 months. In July last year I saw an advert for a very run down Model Railway. Having picked it up in a hire van and brought it home we set to work restoring it and improving it. Basing it on the Network Southeast era of the late 80’s early 90’s and using much of the unit’s and locos that my Father drove (an ex BrickLayers Arms, Hither Green, Charing Cross and Slade Green Driver). Nottingham Walk has over the following 6 months been restored to glory with a new station, new buildings for the town centre, a Depot with fueling point. Farm with a campsite and a fire station.

Over the winter, where running was limited, thoughts turned to what can we do to improve the layout. Before we lived in our house my family and I lived in a flat where the only model railway layout I could use was a small shelf layout. Taking this out of storage a plan was devised to link the two layouts together. Changing the shelf layout (previously named Loxley House TMD) from a Depot to a terminus station. Linking the layouts together using a metcalfe bridge and the space between the layouts a canal basin giving the improved Nottingham Walk a water feature that it currently lacks.

The station was built on the shelf layout in April and then while other commitments occurred we were unable to finish it then, having time off over the last week meant I was able to build the stand that the shelf layout was to be positioned on, source the materials to scratch build the bridge/canal basin. Over the last 24 hours the build really came together. Having cut and rubbed the wood down and built the basic structure on Saturday I was able to sit down last night and build the bridge round the structure. After a good nights sleep I woke up today and cracked on scratch building the canal basin, using metcalfe card kits and some left over old platform kits to make the tow path for the canal basin. Connecting the two layouts for the first time this afternoon and giving the new formation a good test.

While there is still work to do, especially painting and modelling the water for the Lock is going to be a new process for me, also electrifying the line between the main layout and the station itself on the former shelf layout, now known as Loxley Lock. Signalling needs to be installed too.

The photos attached show the shelf layout in original form as Loxley House TMD, the transition from Depot to Station. Then the build to the bridge/canal linking the two layouts.

Now the original layout will have a branch line to Loxley Lock.

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