While the small headlamp is indicative of an early model, the yellow box was used up up until circa-1978 and the gold plated smokebox and boiler mouldings were not released until around the mid-1970s. The early models also had a black moulded whistle and the round rooftop vent as your model has.
The small headlamp and lack of through power fitting in the rear cab wall are a little perplexing but I believe it to be an early 1970s loco with some glitzy alterations.
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