1364
At the weekend’s SWAG members day I couldn’t resist buying a pre production 1361 from Kernow Models. At the time I was rather spoiled for choice, as there were both painted and unpainted options available (all non running). In the end I decided that I have enough painting backlog, and would be best served buying 1364 in post war GW livery.
There are a few areas which will need to be fixed, it is missing coupling hooks, a lamp iron and a hand rail, there are also a couple of areas on the metal chassis which will need the paint touching up. In addition the slide bars need regluing into position, and some slop needs to be taken out of the wheels to improve running.
Then of course eventually it needs to be powered…. After reading about the unpainted versions coming with motors but various wiring faults stopping them running I had hoped I might get lucky, I didn’t. After dismantling the loco retrofitting a motor looks like it will be tricky (and by the time the missing gears have also been added, I suspect expensive. In this case that is completely fine, the loco is intended to be attached to a Newton Abbot – Laira goods as a way of getting 1364 back home after receiving an overhaul and a shiny new coat of GWR green with post war branding. As such the lack of motor actually rather helps in saving me having to correctly consist 1364 with the pannier or 43xx that is hauling the train.
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