Hornby Railways/Scratchbuilt K3

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Hornby/Scratchbuilt K3 No 61950 in BR Mixed Traffic Lined Black with a late crest. This loco came about because I wanted a mogul to run in my Eastern Region sequence both at home and at exhibitions. By chance I found a cast white metal boiler from a K3 kit in a trade stand’s bits and pieces box at an exhibition (the 6 foot diameter boiler is quite distinctive). I subsequently fitted this to a revised Hornby B17 Footballer chassis and motorised tender using body parts from that loco and some other bits of the K3 kit I obtained with the boiler. Separate wire handrails, some pipework and buffer beam detail and lamp irons were added and, although, the coupled wheelbase is slightly incorrect, the result, once sprayed and lined, turned out to be a reasonable representation of this marque of loco. She is fitted with the unobtrusive Bachmann mini couplings front and rear as she was intended to be run on exhibition layouts. On a note of caution I would recommend that care be exercised when handling her as the lamp irons on the front of the loco and rear of the tender are quite sharp. On the upside they allow an extra touch of realism as you can display the correct head code for any type of train by using scale lamps with a suitable hole drilled in the base. With Hornby running gear she is a reliable runner with plenty of pulling power and read more

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