RMweb Gold big jim Posted July 7, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 7, 2018 Mine arrived first thing Friday from Kernow Model Rail Centre, always a superb service and as I had both the Freightliner and Colas on order, the postage was free. You cannot get better service! Bring on another Colas 70/8 in 2019, with the updated Colas safety helmet. I’ve been asked to renumber and re-helmet one for head office, told em I’d take a spare one as payment (they didn’t go for it!) 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 Mine arrived first thing Friday from Kernow Model Rail Centre, always a superb service and as I had both the Freightliner and Colas on order, the postage was free. You cannot get better service! Bring on another Colas 70/8 in 2019, with the updated Colas safety helmet. 2019?? Ha ha ha . Very good. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWT442 Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 Well, my 3 arrived today at last. Very happy with them indeed! Now to decide on what to renumber them to... Andy. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted July 9, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 9, 2018 If you want to be really picky you can only choose 802 to 810 as 811-817 have a different cab interior with a taller blue panel between the 2 drivers screens to allow fitment of tpws4 802 only has can end numbers at one end too Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWT442 Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 Thanks for the info Jim. Like the sound of 802 as it's a bit different. Not overly fussed by a difference in cab interior detail, so may well do one of the 'higher' numbered ones. Andy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave56 Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 Received 70805 today in the post, i have to say I am delighted . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steadfast Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 803 since it's repairs has gained red buffers, Laira stickers, bolder typeface on one cab side and little patches of paint that don't quite match Jo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfsup Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 I received mine through the post, or should that be chucked in the back garden by Yodel today and what can I say. Thanks Bachmann! It's certainly a brute of a model and a very well captured one at that. I must admit I hadn't actually fully realised how long they were until I placed mine next to a Mk3 with a Heljan Cargowaggon behind it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted July 10, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 10, 2018 Seems the only person yet to get one is me! Hopefully Friday (payday) as Richard at trident trains is shut on a Monday and Tuesday so gets his delivery on a Wednesday, once it arrives though it’s straight into store until I build the new layout in the converted garage Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Scottish-Exile Posted July 10, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 10, 2018 Seems the only person yet to get one is me! Hopefully Friday (payday) as Richard at trident trains is shut on a Monday and Tuesday so gets his delivery on a Wednesday, once it arrives though it’s straight into store until I build the new layout in the converted garage Had mine ordered with Richard since it was announced, so hoping for a phone call off him tomorrow Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithlington smithe Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 I’m guessing everyone else’s says freight liner class 70 on the replacement parts sheet?suppose it doesn’t really matter. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mooresby Posted July 11, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 11, 2018 This is the modelling equivilant of childbirth. I'd completely forgotten what a pain removing the body is, although this was a walk in the park in comparison to trying to get the screws back in after fitting the DCC chip! Great model however and I may buy another in 3-5 years time... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerhaul 70 Pey Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 Hello everyone. Today my Bachmann Colas Rail class 70 arrived from Hattons and 70805 is a fantastic model. Here is a link to some photos of it on my layout running in analogue before I install a decoder hence all the lights lit on the loco! http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/103667-a-fictional-region-in-the-north-west-of-england-a-dad-son-00-gauge-garage-layout-was-attic/page-7&do=findComment&comment=3228380 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthernMafia Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 Chipped mine today, what a these 70s are.The only way to keep the screws in is to work on it upside down, including installing the chip. Otherwise they're very difficult to get back in. Then the lighting bits pop out, also a pain to get back in. I notice there is a full set of LEDs in there for both day and night time running, no switch on the bottom to change them. Will a new Bachmann 36-557 do something snazzy or is some rewiring of the lighting circuitry required? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 Yep, zero xxxxx were given by Bachmann when they thought of access. Class 37 screws under the buffers, Class 47 end screws in the middle under the NEM couplings Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
No Decorum Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 I have one of these as well and I admit to being delighted with it. I didn’t like the Colas livery and never could understand the colour clash evident in many photographs between the yellow and the warning panels. “Why not just match them,” I thought. Now that I see the model itself, it looks quite different. The yellow is almost a lime green and quite different from the yellow of the panels. When I opened my original Freightliner 70 to install sound, I had to buy screwdrivers with long shafts because my usual ones didn’t reach the body fixing screws. It’s a pity Bachmann hasn’t tinkered with the lighting; an economy measure no doubt. Cab lights are still not individually, or even directionally, controlled. Both operate together, which doesn’t look right. Someone on here did a rewiring job but I lost the link when my old PC went down. I’m looking forward to Merl more than ever now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted July 25, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 25, 2018 (edited) I have one of these as well and I admit to being delighted with it. I didn’t like the Colas livery and never could understand the colour clash evident in many photographs between the yellow and the warning panels. “Why not just match them,” I thought. Now that I see the model itself, it looks quite different. The yellow is almost a lime green and quite different from the yellow of the panels. 70801 has the more common "warning panel yellow", (unless it's been repainted). The rest have the lemon yellow. (As do the FL 70s) 70801 and 70802 Reason is that 70801 was painted in the UK at Canton - it was the "demonstrator" 70099 that was built under licence in Turkey...….. It did have lemon yellow ends for a few days in green. That was when it had the cooler mods fitted that were fitted to all the Colas fleet from new and retrofitted to the FL 70s. Cheers, Mick Edited July 25, 2018 by newbryford Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon47603 Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 I'm pretty sure 70801 was repainted by Landore. I remember seeing it at Landore in Green. It arrived on the 1st of November 2013. Having arrived behind 56094. It was their for a few weeks. Simon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Bendall Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 I'm pretty sure 70801 was repainted by Landore. I remember seeing it at Landore in Green. It arrived on the 1st of November 2013. Having arrived behind 56094. It was their for a few weeks. 70801 was painted at Canton in Jan 2014. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
25901 Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 (edited) Container found by locals on the WCML. They were last seen trying to build a Wicker man using class 70s Edited July 28, 2018 by 25901 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markwalker67 Posted July 29, 2018 Share Posted July 29, 2018 I'm pretty sure 70801 was repainted by Landore. I remember seeing it at Landore in Green. It arrived on the 1st of November 2013. Having arrived behind 56094. It was their for a few weeks. Simon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markwalker67 Posted July 29, 2018 Share Posted July 29, 2018 (edited) class 70801 was all ready green before it arrive in england it came from poland Edited July 29, 2018 by Markwalker67 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
daz9284 Posted July 29, 2018 Share Posted July 29, 2018 class 70801 was all ready green before it arrive in england it came from poland from Turkey surely Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon47603 Posted July 29, 2018 Share Posted July 29, 2018 So if 70801 wasn't repainted at Landore. That begs the question why was it taken there. We're modifications carried out at Landore. It seems abit strange to take to a FGW depot when you have your own Heavy Maintenance Depot at Canton. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Bendall Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 So if 70801 wasn't repainted at Landore. That begs the question why was it taken there. We're modifications carried out at Landore. It seems abit strange to take to a FGW depot when you have your own Heavy Maintenance Depot at Canton. 70801 had the bodyside air intake modifications done at Landore. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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