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Fletcher & Jennings....Skarloey in 009 Scale

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Courtesy of Bachmann USA we now have a 009 version of Skarloey based on character from the Rev.Awdry books for their Thomas range.

 

23755590814_cb22546b9f_h.jpgskarloey by Mark Branson, on Flickr

 

Skarloey is based on the Talyllyn Railway's 'Talyllyn' built by Fletcher Jennings but in this case it will be finished in a fictitious livery.

 

The model itself is excellent and runs superbly. The smokebox, saddle tanks and coal bunkers are cast from metal. The cab is a plastic moulding.

 

The plan is to remove the face and add a scratch built smoke box door from plasticard cut using a compass cutter. I'll remove the lump of metal from the cab area as well and detail the cab too.

 

Some have mentioned the size of the cylinders but In my eyes the cylinders are made worse by close up photos and are hardly noticeable at normal viewing distance.

 

Separate wire handrails will be added along with removing the buffers and more than likely deepening the buffer beams. I'm considering using RT or NP couplings as well.

 

Cheers,

 

Mark

 

I'm sure we'll see a derivative of this as the full blown Talyllyn from Bachmann UK at some point.

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Will J

Excellent, I'm looking forward to seeing one nicely converted to a 'mainland' version, I'm sure you will make a good job of it. I'd been wondering myself how it would look without the buffers and presumably a less shiny coat of paint!

 

Does the face remove easily or is it part of the main cast smokebox, I'd guess this would be a big clue to the likelihood of a standard Bachmann version. I'd love them to do a 'Duke the Lost Engine' but it seems Duke hasn't been translated to the modern CGI series... so I'm going to have to build myself a Prince or Palmerston. As I'd mentioned in the product thread, it would be nice if they would do one of the Corris derived characters.

 

Looking forward to seeing progress!

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Hi Will,

 

Thanks for your reply.

 

There's quiet a bit of excitement about this little loco and what else could appear in the range if it progresses.

 

Some peeps on NGRM have started work on their's stripping off the paint and detailing.  It looks as if the 3D printing folk are going to have a field day here with Skaloey.

 

The face is plastic and from what I've seen easily removable.  CWR are already selling printed smokebox doors:

 

http://www.cwrailways.com/009-ng.html

 

I'm looking forward to getting on with this project and I've another one too.

 

Cheers,

 

Mark

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WD0-6-0

Unfortunately the chances of us seeing a detailed Tallylyn form Bachmann are almost nill, I believe they aren't allowed to sell models derived from the Thomas molds in the UK

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Peep Peep :D

 

Looking forward to see how you transform this Mark.

 

Good to see you posting again :good:

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BR-Green

How do you take face off I'm really really struggling with this almost completely butchered side of the face and I'm worried about damaging it how do you take face off I'm really really struggling with this tried pricing it up to not much of it I have used a Stanley knife to do this can anyone think of anything else that might help wouldn't push out ??

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