LMR Austerity 2-8-0 WIP - a photo on Flickriver

            Work in progress. A Lego War Department austerity 2-8-0 loco, in Longmoor Military Railway (LMR) livery. These were designed by Robert Riddles during WW2, and based heavily off the Stanier 8F.

I started designing this well over a year ago. Progress has always been very slow. This is due to a number of factors; lack of motivation, other projects taking priority, general life stuff, etc. I still hope to finish it over this coming winter.

This loco presents a lot of new things for me, hence why it was an attractive project. Firstly, it's Power Functions driven; something I wanted to have for running on exhibition layouts with plastic only track. Unlike my previous Metropolitan A class, this ones will use a custom drive train, using a PF large motor in the boiler.

The loco is also my first 2-8-0, and the livery is very different to anything I've made before. I was particularly inspired to build this loco after seeing Bachmann's 00 gauge model of the same prototype.

Still plenty of work to do before I can build this. I have prototyped the main engine chassis however, so I can get that to work properly.

Any thoughts welcome.

Taken on: August 28, 2020

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