Ted writes: Here's a new loco from my workshop. It's 6627 of the 56xx class - an 0-6-2 loco that was shedded at Reading (81D). The kit was from DA Model Engineering, costing at the time £89.70. In addition to this there were Slater's wheels, Mashima motor, gears, and bits and pieces from the spares box etc. All in all a reasonable kit at a very reasonable price that went together fairly well and I think stands up reasonably when compared to that deluxe kit from JLTRT.

The model has been finished in BR(WR) black with the early BR totem on the tank sides. As always it demonstrates my preference for that early BR period.