RMweb Premium Hilux5972 Posted October 8, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 8, 2016 (edited) Fantastic to see that these CADs are out before the OO Gauge 47xx, announced way before these! Heljan really know how to push people's buttons! Edited October 8, 2016 by Hilux5972 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Prism Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 Heljan has chosen the most common type, which is sensible. Looking good (apart from the copper cap on the tapered chimney!). Please don't copy 5322's firebox washout plug placement. (It was non-standard.) The porthole-cab, high safety-valve, version would probably be better with the earlier parallel chimney (which did have a copper cap!). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Hal Nail Posted May 3, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 3, 2017 (edited) Tower have got test sample photos up now. http://www.tower-models.com/ Edited May 3, 2017 by Hal Nail Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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84B Oxley Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 Looks very good but I'm not sure about the wheels, the rims look too thick to me. Maybe it's the angle of the photograph. We'll have a better idea when the Big Prairie emerges. Jeff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve fay Posted May 4, 2017 Author Share Posted May 4, 2017 I've been thinking the same Jeff! The wheels rims do look a bit thick! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltic17 Posted May 6, 2017 Share Posted May 6, 2017 I'm no steam expert at all but even I thought the wheels looked too thick when I saw the photos Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEDDYBEAR D9521 Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 Tower have updated their site on the liveries that will be available Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Prism Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 Cab portholes plus short safety valve puts it into the unlikely category. Shame about the non-standard firebox. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian daniels Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 Don't worry Miss Prism the Chinese were playing a joke on us and put some wrong bits on the wrong model so it's ended up a bitsa model. Bitsa GW and bitsa BR. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Prism Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 Thankyou, Brian. Having been absent from RMweb for a while, I had forgotten how often RTR manufacturers like to offer us jokes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold MarshLane Posted September 2, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 2, 2018 One of the pre-production test models for the Churchward Mogul was on show at Telford this weekend. More pictures on my Telford report page if anyone wants to take a look.. http://railblogs.co.uk/telford18/ Rich 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GNR Dave Posted November 24, 2018 Share Posted November 24, 2018 4 models in various liveries on the Heljan stand at Warley this weekend. I'm no expert on the GWR but they did look stunning. Hopefully someone will post some pics as I forgot to charge my phone and the battery crapped out on the train from Euston to NEC. Expected January 2019 according to the chap on the stand. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 DSC_8156.jpg One of the pre-production test models for the Churchward Mogul was on show at Telford this weekend. More pictures on my Telford report page if anyone wants to take a look.. http://railblogs.co.uk/telford18/ Rich Rich, apologies for veering off the topic of the (fabulous looking) 43xx, but do my eyes deceive me or have Heljan modified the tooling of the 7mm Western slightly? Reason I ask is in your blog photos the headcode panel on the blue / syp version looks like it's been raised to the correct height. It's a difference of only 2mm or so but it makes quite a bit of difference, either that or my eyes need checking! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Hal Nail Posted November 25, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 25, 2018 (edited) do my eyes deceive me or have Heljan modified the tooling of the 7mm Western slightly? Already confirmed elsewhere it hasn’t changed although admittedly I can't find where I saw that now. Edited November 25, 2018 by Hal Nail Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium rprodgers Posted November 30, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 30, 2018 A rather poor photo taken on my mobile at Warley 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Adrian Stevenson Posted December 19, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 19, 2018 Just adjusted the length of the head shunt on my proposed new layout to take one of these.... Cheers, Ade. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 Just adjusted the length of the head shunt on my proposed new layout to take one of these.... Cheers, Ade. You naughty boy , I must check the length of my head shunt now, haha. Hope they ran to Bala. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craigw Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 A rather poor photo taken on my mobile at Warley To continue on from the remarks by Miss Prism about unlikely, the porthole windows are unlikely with a tender that has the straight topped springs and the transverse vacuum cylinder. The springs and vacuum cylinder arrangement became common place in the very late 1920s by which time the porthole windows were mostly removed. Craig W Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdvle Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 Per Facebook these are expected in Denmark next week with shipping to the UK to follow soon after 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Adrian Stevenson Posted January 12, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 12, 2019 Reviewed here and in Hornby magazine this month: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Adrian Stevenson Posted January 13, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 13, 2019 Just picked up my copy of Hornby magazine from Sainsbury's and read the review. They like it. But I was a bit disappointed to read it has electrical pick up from the tender only. One would have thought it would have been all round. Cheers, Ade. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Hilux5972 Posted January 14, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 14, 2019 That’s a bit odd to only have tender pickups. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Huxley Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 Just picked up my copy of Hornby magazine from Sainsbury's and read the review. They like it. But I was a bit disappointed to read it has electrical pick up from the tender only. One would have thought it would have been all round. Cheers, Ade. I'm not sure if I will go ahead with my pre-order now, having read what Hornby have reported. Pick up from only tender seems to spell bad slow running. Mike Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piemanlarger Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 Not that i was in the market for one, but tender only pick ups would be a no sale for me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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