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Visited a mate who has a 45mm line with some nice long straights so finally managed to give her a test run. Would go round the curves at either end though so did a bit of end to end chasing which was entertaining! Tender bearings could do with a drop of oil as you can hear…

She's a beauty!

Love the contrast between the matt smokebox and the shine on the rest of the loco.

I'm glad she runs as well as she looks - it would be lovely to see her at the head of a really long train sometime...

Cheers,

Andrew.

What a lovely model! I love everything about it- a masterpiece!

You must make a longer video for us to watch, please. I find this engine very appealing indeed. It looks right in every respect. I love the little puffs of steam from the drain cocks under the front buffer. Really looks the part with those goods wagons.

Bravo, sir.

Absolute perfection!

Cheers for the positive comments, it was a bit stressful running end to end on track with gradients as it kept trying to escape which is why there’s not masses of video! A few minor tweaks to make before next run but happy overall.The wagons are northern finescale kits I’ve been working my way through, eventually I’ll hopefully have a full train!

Garethh wrote: ↑Fri Dec 24, 2021 9:29 am The wagons are northern finescale kits I’ve been working my way through, eventually I’ll hopefully have a full train!

They look great - I love the weathering...

What an absolutely superb model! Beautiful.

What a great thread! Very inspirational

Out of interest how easy are these to take apart in the future?

Top stuff Gareth

Its Matt by the way

Great looking loco. Good to see some G1 on the forum.

Rik

bessytractor wrote: ↑Sat Jan 01, 2022 9:49 am Top stuff Gareth

Its Matt by the way

Hi Matt, should have guessed you’d be on here somewhere!

finally got to give her a proper test run at gmes, few minor tweaks needed but pretty happy overall! Bonus footage of a couple of matts locos at the end.

MikeC wrote: ↑Fri Dec 31, 2021 11:01 pm Out of interest how easy are these to take apart in the future?

I can't speak for Garethh's engine, but they're generally quite easy to work on. Every loco is a bit different, some bits more fiddly than others. A well-lit table or bench is a must! Also a jar or some small container to put the screws in, so they don't get lost. Don't ask how I know.


Garethh, it looks perfect with that weathered stock.

MikeC wrote: ↑Fri Dec 31, 2021 11:01 pm Out of interest how easy are these to take apart in the future?

Apologies, missed this question. It depends how you build it really, I tried to make mine easy to work on so the bodywork bolts on in sections, and the wheels are Walsall ones one square axles so can be easily removed without disturbing the quartering.

Took her for another run at guildford last night, did a bit of load testing with a borrowed rake of wagons as my 7 weren’t really troubling it! Pretty surprised it managed to shift them. Some bonus footage of some lovely locos down there.

That's VERY impressive - you must have felt like a proud parent!

I do like mixed goods trains ......!

Rik

Nice...It looked like it could do more.