A4s valences

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sirbrian
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As far as I know, and according to all the published data including the photograph taken by my grandfather, the A4 locomotive originally numbered 2512 was named 'Silver Fox'. I have an OO model version of it as built that is just like the photograph taken by my grandfather.

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Ay up!

I got the numbers mixed up - sorry.

Anyway, 2512 was the first built without the recessed coupling.
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blackout60800 wrote:
Blink Bonny wrote:2512 Quicksilver, 2510 Silver Fox

:shock: Oh dear..... pull yourself together BB :wink:
I shall stand in the corner.... :oops:

Even worse - I too have a model of Silver Fox! In silver....

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'Tis alright BB, I often get Quicksilver and Silver king mixed up when it comes to the BR numbers :oops:
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sirbrian wrote:As far as I know, and according to all the published data including the photograph taken by my grandfather, the A4 locomotive originally numbered 2512 was named 'Silver Fox'. I have an OO model version of it as built that is just like the photograph taken by my grandfather.

Sir Brian
Hi Brian,

While it is of no great importance now, the debate about recessed couplers is probably problematic. Anyway, I dug up your grandfather's photograph from the 2009 post, what a beauty. What a privilege to have a little bit of your family like that, still in existence.

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About the recessed couplers. One book has it that all 4 Silver engines, which were constructed in 1935, were built with the recessed coupler and shortened buffers, but all were converted sometime in 1936. Which still makes the date (8 July 1936) of your g'fathers photo perfectly sensible.

Quoting: Locomotives in Detail - Gresley A4 Class - David Clarke - Ian Allan 2005

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Ive added some valences to have correct runing and in doing have put it on the outside thus making the front more realistic.HD changed the valve gear from the prewar version to post war version making the valves gear inline with the body so was unable to fix them inbetween the cutouts .
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