I'm by no way a train enthusiastic, but I do love the old steam engines because I'm of an age that I remember the Southern Region before it was electrified, I have had the pleasure of building this kit before, when a friend of mine asked if I would build a fully detail version using metal wheels and replacement handrails and PE smoke deflectors, this did involve doing a lot of research at the time.
I recall having to scrape off all the bands around the boiler and the handrails as Airfix went a bit heavy handed.
The plan with this restoration is to convert it to either a train being restored or being scrapped.
