Great British Locomotives Magazine

[paulmblythe]

I have been told the k3 is now in the shops although I haven't seen one yet.

[mr B]

Smiff's Redcar High Street had some at 14-00 hrs ....


mr B

[jwealleans]

There are some pictures on RMWeb. I wasn't hugely impressed.

[Atlantic 3279]

Handy "un-cut" buffer beam for 2750's K3. Too late of course, when that loco is already at the lining out stage.

Buffer beam quite possibly wrong in GN style when modelled in combination with the final GS cab....

[ten ten]

My Smiths had five on display-or rather did,down to 3 now. Managed to find two without distorted front running plate,the wheels are awful,but the body is rescuable.But what else can we expect at the price they are ? Lets hope the J39 has a flare top tender.

[James Harrison]

Hmmm, I may be able to make something of it- shall have to sort out my copy of O S Nock's 'Great Northern Railway' and play 'spot the difference' between a photo of a GNR example and the model.

[Saint Johnstoun]

K3 Not one of the best - loco chassis is poor even for display. A major rework might make the basis for that proposed 2-6-4-4!

[2002EarlMarischal]

Collected my K3 this morning picking the best of a bad lot. When I say "lot", I mean 3.

All had a glaring cap between firebox and cab, and 2 had upturned running plate at the smokebox end.

Tinkering this evening, I made an infill for the aforementioned gap, sanded off the front coupling socket, amended the loco drawbar by shortening and drilling a new hole, and added thin washers to increase the amount of tender wheel visible under the frames, thus levelling off loco and tender.

Oh and I also took the corners off the front buffer-beam creating the curve with a needle file.

Of course you can't escape the horrid wheels and valvegear, but the above changes have improved the model which could be hidden away in a siding, shed etc.

[earlswood nob]

Good morning all

The 2-6-4-4 would be an interesting neverwassa, StJ.
The boiler was pitched slightly higher (3" or 1mm in 00).
The coupled wheelbase was equal, but 2mm longer (in 00) than the A3 wheelbase.
The footplate must be slightly higher to allow for the larger wheels.
The tender looks like a GS4200gal upperworks, on a new chassis.
The boiler mountings must be slightly smaller, except for the missing dome, to allow for the higher boiler.

I'm almost tempted to buy one.

The above info taken from FAS Brown's biography.

Earlswood nob

[Saint Johnstoun]

LNER Proposed Designs 4-6-0 & 2-6-4-4.doc

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Drawings of proposed 4-6-0 and 2-6-4-4 attached

[mick b]

Just seen two , one word DIRE.

[D2100]

All had a glaring cap between firebox and cab, .

Those old drivers could be quite scary.

[2002EarlMarischal]

All had a glaring cap between firebox and cab, .

Those old drivers could be quite scary.

Strange how you can read things over and still miss typos!

[Saint Johnstoun]

I wonder how much longer it will last - it would seem that the standard of models has gradually deteriorated from Mallard which was quite acceptable to something the like of you used to buy in those cheapo toy bazaars at the seaside which were poor copies of toys made in the UK! I'll give my order another couple of issues and then seriously review things!

[Mercator II]

LNER Proposed Designs 4-6-0 & 2-6-4-4.doc

Drawings of proposed 4-6-0 and 2-6-4-4 attached

Damn, another loco on the list!! That does look strange but in the correct way

Brian