Airfix also manufactured built locos under the name GMR for Great Model Railways
GRW Castle class loco by Airfix
GWR Prairie in GWR colors
and in BR black lined for mixed traffic
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Saturday, 21 April 2012
City of Truro Evening Star and the L&Y Pug
With me as I am sure with many for you my interest was furthered by model railways. Engines were expensive items, so the Airfix static model were a modest way of increasing the layout
The boxes always had superb pictures of the locomotive doubtless to aid painting
Monday, 9 April 2012
Yorkshire and Lancashire Railways 'Crab'
A Hughes 'Crab' So called because from the front with such wide cylinders they seems to waddle forwards crab like
LMS Black Five
Black because they were painted black and lined out for mixed traffic
Five since there were Class 5
Monday, 2 April 2012
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Ivatt 4MT
Another one of those superb model pictures.
They are very realistic and indeed possibly better than the real thing
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