WRENNEIRE Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 Could this be Irishified? London & North Western Railway 'Improved Precedent' Class 2-4-0 locomotive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galteemore Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 Possibly…..would need to check wheel dia and spacing etc…. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike 84C Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 Shame to attack such a lovely model. Maybe just use the chassis and keep the body safe? just in case! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westcorkrailway Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 Just now, Mike 84C said: Shame to attack such a lovely model. Maybe just use the chassis and keep the body safe? just in case! I think the price will keep people from coming at this model with the soldering iron and paint 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minister_for_hardship Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 Looks a bit on the big side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRENNEIRE Posted January 24, 2022 Author Share Posted January 24, 2022 1 hour ago, Westcorkrailway said: I think the price will keep people from coming at this model with the soldering iron and paint Jasus, €260 before being Brexited! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northroader Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 (edited) Interesting question, with those old Victorian 2-4-0s I’d never be to a tater about slight differences in wheelbase and so on. However, the LNWR Precursors were built as express passenger engines with 6’6” diameter drivers, and these are very noticeable in size. Now if they’d have done a Precedent with 5’6” drivers, the field would have been wide open. The only Irish ones near this were the GSWR 56-59 class, and the 64-65 class, both with 6’6” drivers, McConnell coming from Crewe, and his locos looking quite close in details, the main problem being the raised fireboxes. Then there’s the MGWR Mail engines 7-12 class with 6’3” drivers and flyaway cabs. As a pregroup Modeller I would enjoy titivating either job up, but the Inchicore engines went in the 1890s, and the Broadstone jobs around 1910. Now if they were in the 6’0” - 5’6” blockhole, you’d find some interesting ones lasting right up to the 1950s, which I fancy would have a much wider appeal for a lot of modellers. The other thing is how much notice you take of the tenders, things like narrow bodies and springs above the frames. Edited January 24, 2022 by Northroader 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike 84C Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 Golden Arrow Models in Hastings will sell you a nice resin tender which he uses on the Stirling O1 kit he does. Would fit the bill a treat, mine cost about £13 but quite a few years ago. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayner Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 The BNCR Compounds Jubilee and Parkmount looked similar to the LNWR locos before rebuilding as 4-4-0s. The two Irish locos had 7' diameter driving wheels the largest used in Ireland Apart from the Midland Railway smokebox the rebuilt version looks a bit like an LNWR Precursor Class which is supposed to be a development of the Jumbo or Precedent Class 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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