Name: Hornby R3854X LMS, Princess Royal Class, 4-6-2, 6212 'Duchess of Kent' - Era 3
Brand: Hornby
SKU: R3854X
Price: 178.14 GBP

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Prototype Era
Era 3 (1923 to 1947) The Big Four (LNER, LMS, GWR and SR)

Manufacturer description

6212 Duchess of Kent entered traffic on 21 October 1935, allocated to Camden shed and fitted with a riveted 9-ton LMS tender. Oddly, out of all the Princess Royals built at Crewe, 6212 was the only one to be fitted with a Derby style smokebox door, but by 1939 this had been removed.

Spread across three different allocation periods, 6212 Duchess of Kent spent the majority of its service life running out of Crewe North and was finally withdrawn from service while at this shed at the beginning of October 1961.

Catalogue listing

Brand

Hornby

Product Code

R3854X

GTIN

5055286671838

RRP

£178.14

Release date

August 2020

Model details

Colour

Maroon

DCC status

8 Pin socket (NEM 652)

Finish

Painted

Gauge

Minimum radius curve

2nd Radius (438mm)

Motor

5 pole skew wound

Power pickup

Driving wheels and tender wheels

Coupling

NEM / Tension lock

Tooling date

2019

Passenger figures

Pickup in tender

Interior lighting

Directional lighting

Based on preserved

Coupling type

Tension lock

Minimum radius

Radius 2

Scale

OO Gauge (1:76 Scale)

Coupling mount

NEM pockets

Chassis construction

Heavy diecast

Livery

Maroon

Prototype information

Locomotive type

Steam

Build date

1933 & 1935

Builder

LMS Crewe Works

Total built

Tractive effort

40,286 lbf

Wheel configuration

4-6-2

Operated by

LMS
British Railways

Main duties

Express Passenger

In service until

1962

Surviving locos

Locomotive class^*

Princess Royal

Operator

LMS

Motive power

Steam

Wheel arrangement

4-6-2

Designer

Sir William Stanier

Built by

LMS Crewe Works

^* Class names often change over the lifespan of a locomotive, so this is not necessarily the class name used by the operator in the period modelled.

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The Hornby LMS Princess Royal Class model, reference R3854X, represents locomotive 6212 “Duchess of Kent”. It is an OO gauge, 300 mm long, painted in a maroon livery with a maroon chassis. The model features a 5‑pole skew‑wound motor and runs on power picked up from both the driving wheels and the tender wheels. Coupling is via a NEM socket with tension‑lock, and the DCC socket is an 8‑pin NEM 652. It is designed to operate on a minimum radius curve of the second radius (438 mm). The locomotive is fitted with a riveted 9‑ton LMS tender and carries the running number 6212.

The prototype was built by LMS Crewe Works between 1933 and 1935, one of thirteen Princess Royal Class locomotives designed by Sir William Stanier. 6212 entered traffic on 21 October 1935, initially allocated to Camden shed, and was the only Crewe‑built Princess Royal to have a Derby‑style smokebox door, which was removed by 1939. After serving mainly from Crewe North, the locomotive was withdrawn in early October 1961. The model represents the “Big Four” era of British railways (LNER, LMS, GWR and SR).