Detailing / Modifying Railroad D49 Locomotive

Wizard models sell the Comet chassis kit.

https://www.wizardmodels.ltd/shop/locomotive/lner-gresley-d491-shire-4-4-0-chassis-pack-walschaerts-valvegear-lcp35/

If you want a full loco kit DJH make one.

https://www.djhmodelloco.co.uk/prodpage.asp?productid=3779

What are you after doing? Has LC&DR pointed out there's  the full body and chassis kits availabl.

 or are you after things like buffers couplings chimneys  domes  smoke box handles, whistles safety valves  steam heating &vac pipes or wheels. In which case you need to look at Alan Gibbon, markit, Brassmasters, wizards models, maybe southeasten models,

eileens emporium. is good for tools glues solders paints fixings jigs etc.

all are on the net most have down loadable pages wizard and eileens have on the site shops othersyou need to either email or phone. 

has for lamp brackets don't but them buy some staples the smaller ones from WH Smith's or the like, and cut to size

Alan Gibson might be better. 

So far as I know no-one makes a bespoke detailing pack, like the old Crownline ones now long discontinued, so you will need to trawl through the component manufacturers that Fazy and WTD have descrtibed. 

I have not checked out the Railroad D49 model for accuracy of dimensions, BUT the RailRoad Schools is not 100% accurate so that a common number of parts could be used.

One major fact about the LNER D49 class, is that there are different types...

[URL]http://www.brdatabase.info/locoqry.php?action=class&type=S&id=600449[/URL]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/LNER_Class_D49

https://www.lner.info/locos/D/d49.php 

The original Hornby models from 1981 were of the 'Shire' sub class, namely "Cheshire" in LNER green, and "Yorkshire" in BR lined Black, early crest.

These were the only two models made before the body tooling was modified to represent the 'Hunt' sub class.

The real Hunt type locos had a type of rotary cam valve gear. Lentz type, similar to the Caparotti valve gear.

The Hornby Hunt locos retained the Walschaerts valve gear chassis from the Shire locos.

The Railroad D49 is a Hunt type, but still has the Shire type chassis!

The most accurate model, would be an old Tender Drive Shire body, on the Railroad chassis...

The tender is possibly also not correct for both Hunt and Shire, as it is the tender from the B17 'Footballer' 4-6-0.

I think that the Shires at least had a GCR type tender...

My Railroad chassis fitted to a Shire body...

Shire and Hunt bodies...