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V4 2-6-2 No. 3403

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  1. Foxhunter

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    Although building a V4 is not a new 'new' idea, it looks like the A1SLT is making headway, albeit earlier than might have been planned so I'll open the bidding on a new thread to cover Lot 3 (?) coming out of Darlington Locomotive Works.

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    Starting with some of the stuff accumulating at Hopetown....

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    You can read the whole news piece here.

    Foxy
     
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    I'd rather they built a new cylinder bl0ck for Green Arrow
     
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    That's sort of thing Doulas Adams called an S.E.P (Someone Else's Problem). ;)
     
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    And for the big issues and punch ups. What colour to paint it and what to call it? 'Bantam Chick'?

    Looking at wiki it says this:

    'The Bantam rooster is famous for its aggressive, "puffed-up" disposition that can be comedic in stature.' (I shall make no comments about it sounding a lot like a strand of people involved in preservation.)
     
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    Little Red Rooster. (green)
     
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    "Lightning"

    And tie it into the new F35s being used on the aircraft carrier...Prince of Wales.

    Thus we come full circle back to the aircraft.

    Or, name it Pegasus. Just because.
     
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    'Pegasus'.

    Me like.
     
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    I've said it before, there's only one Lightning when it comes to aircraft and it's this. [P-38 and F-35 don't count. :) ]
    3403 in an interpretation of these colours and named Lightning would get my vote. :)
    [​IMG]XN773 Bruggen 1970 by KING COBRA 92, on Flickr
     
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    A 'Like' is such an understatement when referring to Mr Teddy Petter's finest.
     
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    60163 Tornado- RAF aircraft
    2007 Prince of Wales - Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier

    Could 3403 have a name of something in the British Army, - challenger?
     
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    Mention of Bantam Cock always makes Jasper Carrott's work spring to mind... :Googleit:
     
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    Union Pacific already have that covered. :)
     
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    Gotta say, I like Pegasus...
     
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    Wasn't there a broad gauge loco of that name? I think I've a vague memory of an LNWR one too.
     
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    A V3 sounds just about the right size of loco for the NYMR, if perhaps a little light footed.

    If you want an Army connection, what about "Sergeant Whatisname"?
    (Pharoah and the Sergeant written by Rudyard Kipling)

    Cheers, Neil
     
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    'Pegasus' has army connections with The Parachute Regiment.
     
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    Surely it was Jake Thackary recorded it first, Jasper C did a cover version of it.
    Who ever sang it, it was very funny and an accurate description of a Bantam Cock when full of his ego and hormones!

    Cheers, Neil
     
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    With Mobil too. I've still got the tie to prove it ..... somewhere.
     
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    Rubbing a bit of salt in the wound there as the (now a thing of the past and replaced by the problematic F35) Harrier had a RR Pegasus engine
     
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