From Miniature to BIG

Well folks its that time again, the courier has just been as has the post man before him.  Bringing yet more new goodies with them.  This time (at the risk of ruining Super's keyboard) I have some truly stunning models to share pictures of with you.  First up is the post mans delivery which was simply another private owner coal wagon in O gauge from Dapol, courtesy of FleaBay.  This one is a rather stunningly nice red colour and although a different owner from the Croydon based ones I originally started with is actually from a location near in Sussex (where I currently live), I give you 'T Tullet and Sons' from 'Petworth' in Sussex;









Next up is one of two models from Rails of Sheffield, again O Gauge Dapol models and to be honest unplanned purchases.  But as these were offered at a rather generous 50% off as a special offer this weekend I could just simply not resist them as this sale price puts them at a price around or possibly even lower than the price of Hornby OO equivalent models.

First of the two is a really stunning alternative liveried Terrier, this one is in the rather fetching SE&CR (South East and Coastal Railway) green, this will be pretty familiar to those of you who like Thomas as this is pretty much the pre-Sodor green livery carried by the version of Thomas released some years back as a retro model of Thomas.  In some ways this model could almost be converted to a Thomas by replacing the boiler door with a face, although its not 100% as I think Thomas was modeled on a different class of locomotive.  Anyway here's the pictures, so enjoy this stunner...











The final model for this post is another stunning locomotive, maybe not quite as attractive a livery as the above Terrier, but nonetheless still a beautiful depiction of this very popular class of locomotive.  This model is a class 3F locomotive, quite often referred to as a 'Jinty' by enthusiasts, again a 0-6-0 tank locomotive and in terms of shape/design probably the best candidate if you wanted to make a conversion to a Thomas in O gauge.

This livery is described as NCC and is number 19, an unusual livery as most of these in black as this is would be liveried as British Rail in one era or another, the logo on the side reads 'Ulster Transport' which of course is Northern Ireland.  But I for one think this to be a positive thing rather than a downside.

















The final two photographs below are purely to illustrate the difference in size between the Terrier models and the 3F Jinty, as you can see although both 0-6-0 the Jinty is considerably larger than a Terrier.  Although for one I think the Terrier is the more attractive of the two designs, the Jinty being less decorative and more workmanlike in terms of design.  Regardless both are stunning in my opinion, I have always liked smaller engines, not that I dislike the pacifics, its just the smaller engines seem to have more character to them...