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I bit the Bullet so to speak, and Bought myself a GEM 009 Baldwin kit. The chassis is from a Graham Farish Class 08 which I recently bought off of E-Bay for the pricey sum of £35.00.
The Prototype
The Prototype is a 10-12-D class, These locomotives were built for the British war department between 1916 and 1917. They were not built to survive the war but many ended up in; The UK, India and Greece after the conflict.
Two Locomotives ended up at the Snailbeach District Railways. They were numbered 538 & 722. The locos soon lost their WD numbers and became known as "Number 3 and Number 4". The locos were fitted with a Bagnall cab extension.
Number 3
Number 4
The Model
The Locomotive I have decided to model is SDR No. 4.
The Loco has yet to be finished and Is currently (For photographic purposes) held together with elastic bands and Blu-Tac.
- Soon to be SDR No. 4 hauls a train of Dundas SDR Coal wagons
- The rounded cab "Blinkers" were bent (rather painfully) with a pair of Pliers.
- Side Profile, Mind the gap! The whistle that came with the kit was supplied broken
. So "the stump" has been push fitted in for the photo.
- The Bogie wheels are from an out of commission Fleishmann wagon, although to scale they are too large for the model to operate properly.
Dad seemed so negative about it when I wanted to order it. I think I have done well considering it is my first Kitbuilt Loco
Whats next?
- Glueing the superstructure
- Adding the brass Detailing parts
- Fitting Bagnall builders plates (If any can be found, A brass oval suffice.)
- Chasing my tail searching around for Brass wire (1mm, 3mm)
- Brass sheet for A Bagnall cab extension.
- Prime and paint.
- Jeorge

The Prototype
The Prototype is a 10-12-D class, These locomotives were built for the British war department between 1916 and 1917. They were not built to survive the war but many ended up in; The UK, India and Greece after the conflict.
Two Locomotives ended up at the Snailbeach District Railways. They were numbered 538 & 722. The locos soon lost their WD numbers and became known as "Number 3 and Number 4". The locos were fitted with a Bagnall cab extension.

Number 3

Number 4
The Model
The Locomotive I have decided to model is SDR No. 4.
The Loco has yet to be finished and Is currently (For photographic purposes) held together with elastic bands and Blu-Tac.

- Soon to be SDR No. 4 hauls a train of Dundas SDR Coal wagons

- The rounded cab "Blinkers" were bent (rather painfully) with a pair of Pliers.

- Side Profile, Mind the gap! The whistle that came with the kit was supplied broken


- The Bogie wheels are from an out of commission Fleishmann wagon, although to scale they are too large for the model to operate properly.
Dad seemed so negative about it when I wanted to order it. I think I have done well considering it is my first Kitbuilt Loco
Whats next?
- Glueing the superstructure
- Adding the brass Detailing parts
- Fitting Bagnall builders plates (If any can be found, A brass oval suffice.)
- Chasing my tail searching around for Brass wire (1mm, 3mm)
- Brass sheet for A Bagnall cab extension.
- Prime and paint.
- Jeorge