Really love the way you sculpted her face!

Not sure if you've done it before but would love to see a D199 done in a similar way

As a heritage volunteer, I'm immensely uncomfortable with Hosking interwining his heritage interests to promote his shitty right wing politics - especially with such hateful figures as Yaxley and Fox.

It's easy to boycott his trust or LSL railtours. It's less easy to avoid organisations like-

71000's second railtour was to haul around Hosking's "Chairman's Train" in Oct 2025. Invited onto this were, among others, Stephen Christopher Yaxley-Lennon and Laurence Fox and other similar right-wing grifters. If you are remotely familiar with UK politics, you would be familar with them

Hosking has invested millions into the heritage industry. He has also invested millions into far right politic parties, bankrolling Farage and the Brexit party, among others.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_...

Most of these have been repainted since but holy cow did 4144 take the cake with at least 3 different shades!

Thank you! It's the chassis of an early slip eccentric Lady Anne, with the boiler of a 89-95 one and custom bodywork.

There's a plate on the back that says "Fareham Loco Works" but it's a complete mystery who that is or who 'built' it

If you look under the footplate, near the cab you might find a serial code - if so, Roundhouse would be able to tell you when it was built and by who! But i suspect they weren't doing this when yours was built

My Jupiter is a bit of a mongrel but I suspect it has the same boiler as yours

Not precisely but i'd place it between 1989 and 1995.

Yours has the simpler cab with the straight sides, the older smokebox without rivets and older style cylinders as on the red example below (and from these instructions)

www.roundhouse-eng.com/pdf/locoinst...

Love an old school Lady Anne!

Mallard Acquired 😺

Thank you, I am very proud that almost every single one is rare or unusual in some way!

And yes, the SL1 (not mine btw) actually scales really well, It looked a treat with TR coaches unsurprisingly!

There have been various battery locos at different points but Bernard is the first 'permanent' fleet member.

Very old, chunky, heavy, noisy & historically significant, he is practically an honorary steam engine. His main job is to rescue them when they run out of fuel or simply don't want to behave

The Lawley is the latest steamer to join the fleet

A bespoke model built in South Africa, she has an interesting history but I think she's all too aware! Very stubborn to light up unless she wants to, also HATES points, curves and leaks like a sieve

But she will shape up into a hardworking engine

Jupiter's a loco of contradictions. They're based on an 80s Lady Anne but their true origins and builder remain a complete mystery

Stubborn to get going, their growl being akin to a Class 37 - but once in steam, are impeccably smooth, trundling away calmy with any load effortlessly (but noisily!)

The other unnamed green thing (noticing a trend?) is a Roundhouse Carrie who has been modified in respect to her colonial origins.

Despite arriving in the collection under unusual circumstances, she has proven to be an impeccable calm and well-behaved, if plain engine.

The unnamed Liberty Belle lives up to her name as being something of a southern Belle (despite being built in Doncaster!).

She is very polite, quite and well-mannered like any Roundhouse loco. If you want a pleasant day out with no fuss, she's your engine!

The unnamed void defies their origins; for an Accucraft model of a WD Baldwin, they are rather sure-footed, docile, calm and yet have a surprising level of stamina

They stand out a little as a prototypical model but their reliability ensures their place (for now!)