PRMRP O gauge Class 37

I have only recently got back into railway modelling so don't have a huge amount to show. Here is one of my (very few). Its a Nigel Stanley (now PRMRP) 37/4. I must have built this at least 15 years ago. Must get some new couplings for it. Does it count as a Shelf Queen?... well it does live on a shelf....

 

haha yes indeed. I was just being cheeky

 

Thanks for the comments. These kits are quite basic but buildable. Definitly not something for a 1st time builder. The roof and body sides tend to be formed from a single etched sheet with seperate cab fronts and bonnett tops. They come pre formed and I am not totally convinced by the body profile. It looks ok unless you look head on. Its slightly narrow and tall. If i where to make one again I would request for the body to be left as a flat piece and make my own internal bulkheads to the correct body radius, bending the body round them. Its the usuall thing of price versus quality. A just like the real thing kits will be far easier to build but you can have a complete loco with wheel, motors etc for less if you go for a PRMRP kit. They also do several locos that no body else produces.

The kits where originally designed by David Parkin of Flightpath and Modern Motive power fame. From what i can gather he designed them as scratch aids and they where never intended to be sold as full kits. The price he sold them for reflected this. The subsequent owners (i know of at least 3) have sold them as full kits with a price to match.[/QUOTE]

 

i do like green despite being too young to have seen one in that livery outside of preservation. I always had a soft spot for the Scotty dog and when this loco was allocated to Immingham (far away from Scotland) it was a regular sight for me as a teenager