Bachmann Jumbo

[WRENNEIRE]

Could this be Irishified?

 London & North Western Railway 'Improved Precedent' Class 2-4-0 locomotive.

[Galteemore]

Possibly…..would need to check wheel dia and spacing etc….

 

[Mike 84C]

Shame to attack such a lovely model. Maybe just use the chassis and keep the body safe? just in case!

[Westcorkrailway]

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 

[minister_for_hardship]

Looks a bit on the big side.

[WRENNEIRE]

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!

[Northroader]

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

[Mike 84C]

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.

[Mayner]

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