Hornby R845 LNER Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman steam locomotive

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This highly collectable and powerful item is the extremely hard to get hold of Hornby R845 LNER Class A3 steam locomotive ‘Flying Scotsman’.  This is the world famous locomotive that everyone has heard of and everyone would like to own!  This item is in mint, factory fresh condition and is just as good as the day it was first despatched from the factory.  It has never seen, or been on a layout, and has been stored in the box since new.  This rarely available locomotive drive 4-6-2 model is finished in LNER green livery with white boiler bands.  Complete with the single chimney, intricate valve gear and the correct, colour coded green multi spoked wheels, it is absolutely stunning.  Only available for 1 year from 1978 and never re-released in this livery, this item was constructed in the modern manner.  This locomotive, numbered 4472, is just as good as the day it was first made and it would be impossible to obtain a better condition item.  We removed the model from the box for the digital scan and the model has all detailing exactly as it should be.  Factory fitted fine scale wheels, banjo dome and brass whistles are just 3 of the instantly recognizable features of this item and the model is just a beautifully made evocative item.  The 8-wheel corridor tender is in just as mint condition and is clearly marked LNER with the white coach line.  It is fitted at the rear with the correct Hornby tension lock coupling.  The original Hornby box is in a bright, sharp, unfaded and fully intact condition.  The box is correctly labelled for the contents it protects.  Inside the box, the original undamaged and sculptured white polystyrene surround protects the locomotive. The original Hornby instructions numbered R845190179 and the full colour graphics card that sits between the model and the clear acetate front of the box remain with this model.  The whole item is just as good and complete as you could ever hope to obtain and as you would expect as it predates DCC, it is not DCC ready.