I'd been bidding one Ebay over the summer on various ones as they came up whilst I got a feel for what would pass as the current 'market rate',with neither of the red engines of which I was aware being currently in production.
Thus informed I placed a reasonable bid on the Corpet Louvet loco on ebay. (LGB 20790). Unchipped and no sound but nice and red and shiny... Which I won.... The marks are where I've removed the nameplates originally affixed: I'm working(waiting on proofs) on some new ones.
Well, Murphy's law comes into affect at this point as a Cambrai (photo below) appears second hand (at a reasonable price) with one of the dealers. The Cambrai comes ready chipped and with factory fitted LGB (generic) sound... This was a big plus if I was looking at the secret re-naming projekt (as the disassembly of the Stainz for Projekt X had taught me much about renaming and respraying and source material) and deadlines and Christmas.
The running gear is the same at the earlier Corpet Louvet (albiet coloured red) since it is another Corpet Louvet but this has the red coloured domes but plainer (black rather than gold) fittings. From a dealer this was a fixed price and I must have dropped on it within a couple of hours of it being posted as being available. One of the principles of bargains has got to be "buy it whilst you see it, as it won't be there when you go back", so Iscatalbahn became the owner of a second red loco and took a decided French lurch in its running stock.
The original Cambrai can be found here - Cambrai in museum.
The CdeN 36 is outside Paris here - CdN 36 in museum
Whilst here is a video (not mine) of CdN36 in action:
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