As most model railways have totally out of true scale gradients - I think The Lickey could look good. So I would like an 0-10-0 "Big Bertha", with "proper" scale gearing to give the effect of 15 mph maximum at maximum controller setting.

No doubt somenone here will tell me that the Lickey has already been moddled may times.

Not sure precisely what is or has been available but what about gas turbines 18000 and GT3 or even 'Duke of Gloucester' -has anyone made a ready-to-run Caprotti-geared loco of any description? And DP2 had a reutation for being an ultra-reliable loco until it met a sticky end - it ran on both the east and west coast main lines so could fit into many layouts.

I have just found that Hornby made a LMS 4-4-0 Compound in 1981. Anybody got or had one?

MODELNO.LIVERYCATEGORYClass 4P 4-4-0 Compound Locomotive Released: 1981 1982 1983 - SS: 2
1000L.M.S. CrimsonSteam LocomotivesClass 4P 4-4-0 Compound Locomotive Released: 1983 1984 1985 - SS: 2
1000M.R. CrimsonSteam LocomotivesClass 4P 4-4-0 Compound Locomotive Released: 1986 1987 - SS: 0
41043B.R. BlackSteam Locomotives

Way beyond my skills John! I'd end up with hunks of white metal, brass and would probably have burnt the house down with the soldering iron! :D

Was it the original design of the Hush Hush......

http://www.lner.info/locos/W/w1.jpg

or the rebuilt one?

http://www.lner.info/locos/W/w1rebuilt.jpg


I was going to say I'd like to see a model of the LNER's number 13....

http://www.lner.info/locos/Electric/ee1_2.jpg

....that ran on the Newport to Shildon Electric Railway, but I found one (at http://www.ukmodelshops.co.uk/catalo...dithedge.shtml ) with a quick search on Google. :)

I'm considering buying one. There's a lovely model of the loco already in the NRM.

That's true but I think it will be Mr and Mrs Wong who ultimately decide if we can have affordable ready to run models of "one off" locos.:D

Yes I think you may be right about that.
It would not surprise me if someone out there starts making ready to run locos and stock without even involving Bachmann and Hornby. Dafter things have happened.
Paul.

The original Hush-Hush Dynamo.

Best wishes,

John H-T.

Couple of good choices there Adey. How about the Fell diesel mechanical as well? I'd certainly buy one of those!

Yeah I figured it would be, but I thought I'd ask anyway.

The first pictures of the Hush Hush that I saw were the A4 type version and it wasn't until a few years later that I saw a pic of the original one. To my mind, both designs are a bloody good looking locomotive.