Hello Phil,

These are the best photos I can come up with, not a lot of room to get a good picture. Try and get a copy of Great western Journal issue 8, it has a general arrangement drawing of the 57xx which you'd find useful.

Regards,

Bob Youldon

hi phil,

as you have probably gathered the 5"g version and fullsize has a raised portion of the frames in the cab. this is actually a throwback to much earlier GWR designs. the cab floor is level with the raised section of the frames either side, then dropped down in the middle. note also in Bob's excellent pics the coiled springs above the frames in the cab which i copied on my 5"g version. many a GWR fireman cursed the drop of cab floor in the middle, and the springs getting in the way of everything else!

cheers,

julian

Edited By julian atkins on 11/10/2014 20:23:12

Phil, I think you will have to decide what year your model is going to be. My stuff says the bunker is black inside in all guises.. However, it says the inside cab roof was loco green between 1929 and 1945, probably the most popular era modelled, and 1945 onwards it is all in the sexy black.

The roof on the pictures above seems to be cream though. These pictures of 5764 show the step and the cab roof in cream also. Beware – preserved locos are not always correct – they have as much trouble as the modellers in getting it right and often have to just "go for it." Their objectives are different though.

Over to you Julian

Edited By Anthony Kendall on 12/10/2014 09:30:21

Edited By Anthony Kendall on 12/10/2014 09:31:52