Hi Sebastian,

The information given is a little sketchy to be able to determine make, model, and date of manufacture.

The real (and any model of) Flying Scotsman was always green. This was the case throughout its life. It was built in 1926, and still runs today. It was a 4-6-2 type (or 231 in Europe), and introduced by the London And North Eastern Railway.

Of course your friend may have had another train set with black engine, from a manufacturer who also made the Flying Scotsman. The tin plate carriages would tend to make it a Hornby Dublo or Trix model pre-1960, but in that era neither manufacturer made a Flying Scotsman.

regards
Kimball

Edited by user 28 January 2010 22:00:22(UTC)  | Reason: changed name from Hornby to Hornby Dublo, and added Trix

I might be able to shed a little light on this .................The Flying Scotsman was originally only a name plate applied to a train which would transverse the route from London to Scotland. The train as in the service existed before the locomotive and was pulled by many different types of loco. Therefore , it is possible that this model was a locomotive bearing the route plate " The Flying Scotsman"

There are other ideas Wren made HO locomotives and were notorious for producing locomotives in fictitious livery maybe this is the answer.

During its life 4472 ( Which is its LNER number) was taken into general stock by British rail and repainted in Dark Green livery .

Last possible idea..............BR did experiment with different liveries. I have no evidence that "The Flying Scotsman" was repainted even for a short time but maybe its was painted in black livery for a short time...............this seems odd because balck was usually only used for freight locos

The latest hornby model is even more detailed than Alberto's.



It is modelled as running in 2004

I think this was it.It had a oval crank with sandpaper which 'chuffed'.

http://archive.liveaucti...art/16615/0001C_1_lg.jpg

I know that the Flying Scotsman loco, while it was BR 60103, was painted a very dark green, BR locomotive green, from the early 1950s until it was retired in 1963. It's not black but definitely dark, so it could be mistaken for black. I believe that the original Hornby model from the early 1970s was painted this way, before it came out as a LNER model. From what I have read they were not popular and are rare now. Maybe it's that one?

I didn't know anyone else other than Lionel used smoke pellets, you learn something new every day....

-James