Another pair I did earlier

This one was done at the same time as the J27 2350. This might look the same but it is a J26. How do you tell them apart? This one has circular cab spectacles (front windows). The J27 has shaped spectacles. The bad news is that 22 of the J26 class had their cab spectacles replaced in the twenties after crews complained the view forwards wasn't good enough.


One J26 was transferred with the J27s to East Anglia, so would be a useful Grantham engine in 1939. It was 379, which had shaped cab spectacles. 416 kept round ones, so is right for the loco but wrong for the layout it is to run on. Tough!

Another Union Mills model, this one came with an enormous tender, which has been replaced with a smaller one. Improvements so far are the same as on 2350.

5256 is a J11, a Great Central loco. This particular one was allocated to Retford and could well have been sub-shedded at Newark, so is quite appropriate. This is another Union Mills model. This one has had a rear stanchion added to the cab, with the other modifications done to the others.

All three are yet to be weathered.

Another day gone with the only modelling done being a fresh coat of paint onto the three tender sides I had to strip yesterday.