York Paul's Britannia loco 2020 Shelf Queen competition entry.

Yes I saw that too and at £299 it may well be better to put another £60 to the price and buy a new one from Scorpio which will probably be less frustrating to build.

 

Pat Ennis 01633 279897 give him a ring the Brit is £365 plus £15 P&P and tell him which tender you want.

 

Owen Glendower now has an identity, still all the lining to do and fit a motor gearbox then the valve motion can be fitted.

 

Ah Paul only one loco worse in my opinion... get yourself an ACME Ivatt class 2 tank but make sure it is the prototype version and have a good blue marker ready to chop out all the bits that are wrong.

Seriously I wondered if it was your good self who had done the deal, the tender should be no issue as my Brit tender is marked as Acorn but do watch for that 2mm short fall on the tank side wraps. I think the main issue with the original Brit was in the motion bracket assembly and the Ennis's decided to just redraw the etches for simplicity.

The BR1 tender makes up very well, as you can see that 2mm shortfall does give the effect of the tender parting away from the loco footplate, I've got round this with a folded draft curtain which is detachable.

 

thanks Kim... after I took that tender pic I was able to tease the lining on the top left back into alignment... in the pic it has a slight dip down. Camera shows all as they say.

 

It's poor eyesight with me these day Kim... I was so upset and distraught in making such fundamental lining mistake that in a mad fit of stress anxiety I pulverized the loco with a 15lb lump hammer ... I'm posting the bashed in bits for you to sort out and put right.

 

Not sure about two forward footplates Paul, the Brit has the option to include the platform modification under the smokebox door area. The footplate is generally one complete folding etch with the side valances forming the front angle profile, interesting indeed if you could post up pics of the eches when you have time of course.

Talking of Ivatt 2 locos, the other night I saw a picture of somebodies Ivatt 2MT tender engine and that too had the wrong dimension smokebox door... same issue I had which made it look more like a Riddles Class 3 tank.

 

Yep... sounds bar for the course with certain couriers although in fairness our UPS driver is always very consistent with his round, I've had stuff redirected to our local farm shop for collection and they know me there anyway. The one to watch is Hermes and if I see sellers offering that delivery option I refuse to make purchase unless they change to a better service which I specify, sounds arrogant but not really since I've had way too much arrive either late, damaged or even lost and for a fact this courier have in the past said they attempted delivery when in fact they hadn't. The problem is some of these ebay sellers think they are offering an attractive deal using the cheap delivery option.

 

Just picked up an email sent this evening from ABC Gears apologizing for any delay and stating the gearbox and motor unit will be dispatched later this week... now the thing is I haven't paid for it yet, so I'll respond thanking them in the morning informing them when their money has been transferred. So 70010 will soon have a decent powered motor and we all respect a firm business deal which means business. Good on you ABC and here's to more orders in the future.