ALTERING HORNBY’S A2/2 AND A2/3 PACIFICS
Who would have thought that RTR models of Edward Thompson’s LNER Pacifics would have been made available? They are now and very nice they are, too. I must express an interest at this point because I assisted Hornby’s design team with the development of these models. That the variations have turned out so well is because of that team’s diligence.
Anyway, despite the perceived ‘failures’ of Thompson’s big engines, it’s good now that so many people can own models of them. They were an everyday scene on the ECML towards steam’s end, though were rarely, if ever, in the limelight, as were their illustrious Gresley predecessors. To some, it was a wanton act of embittered ‘vandalism’ when Gresley’s magnificent
