[Brian Considine]

Got to agree with everyone about those couplers - they are truely awful !

Thing is, do the manufactures leave the couplings off for the publicity shot or not ? IMHO it would be better to leave them off with maybe a smaller "balloon" pic just showing the front end so modellers can see.

Otherwise it looks a fine model & I look forward to Richard doing a "back to back" with the Brassmasters ones.

The decoder socket in the tender is long overdue & a great improvement.

Although prefering things "Southern" it is a nice change to see a model from "north of Watford".

 

[Brian Considine]

Great photo thanks Doug - full of atmosphere & as Richard says "you can almost smell them".

Yes, that front coupling & mount just has to go !

 

[Brian Considine]

Diffecult to tell for sure with the vapour wafting around but the real thing does look a little "undressed" beneath the footplate - nice photos thanks Doug.