Mr_Tilt Posted November 18, 2017 Share Posted November 18, 2017 Ooooooooooh, that's WONDERFUL! Super work. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butler Henderson Posted November 18, 2017 Share Posted November 18, 2017 the Caprotti gear is probably beyond me. You might be able to adopt that from Hornbys Crosti 8(9)F X6712 Cylinder Block X6713 Valve gear {EDIT - Late night error, ignore!} Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Tilt Posted November 19, 2017 Share Posted November 19, 2017 But the Hornby 9F doesn't have Caprotti valve gear, it has standard Walschaerts gear. After some investigation it would seem the Horny 'Duke of Gloucester' model valve gear and cylinder block may well do the job, that's X6599 for the cylinders and X6600 for the valve gear itself. I didn't realise that anyone did a 'Duke of Gloucester' but it does look pretty good. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coppercap Posted November 19, 2017 Share Posted November 19, 2017 But the Hornby 9F doesn't have Caprotti valve gear, it has standard Walschaerts gear. After some investigation it would seem the Horny 'Duke of Gloucester' model valve gear and cylinder block may well do the job, that's X6599 for the cylinders and X6600 for the valve gear itself. I didn't realise that anyone did a 'Duke of Gloucester' but it does look pretty good. While the Duke of Gloucester may have had a reputation for his performance due to him being horny, the locomotive named after him originally had a reputation for being a bit emasculated, and a bit of an underperformer... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold RedgateModels Posted November 19, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 19, 2017 Long story, but there was a model rail article. I'll find out which issue tomorrow Dug out my portfolio, it was MR169, May 2012. If you are at Warley I'll bring R. A. Riddles for you to see Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Tilt Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 Dug out my portfolio, it was MR169, May 2012. If you are at Warley I'll bring R. A. Riddles for you to see I'll try and get to Warley this year, if only to see your 8F, Arriva and Corss Country allowing of course. While mentioning my outrageous plans at my club last night (Gloucester Model Railway Club) i found to my amazement that one of my fellow club members had also built an 8F, complete with fully compensated chassis! He's going to bring it along next week and I'll take some pics with luck. The trailing truck for mine arrived this morning so i really ought to start cutting metal and plastic. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold john new Posted January 10, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 10, 2019 This an old thread but a query - does anyone today do the sort of conversion offerings Crownline did and if yes an M7 to G5 option? If I can find an old Hornby M7 2nd hand I'm looking to possibly bodge it into something vaguely NER G5 shaped. I know one is due out RTR next year but mid-2020 is a long wait and this would fill the gap. It won't be right but square windows to the cab back and a truncated, railed, pyramid bunker top are the key visual differences unless you get into rivet counting accuracy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denbridge Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 I collected some of the conversion kits because I thought they had potential to build as full or near-full kits by buying-in suitable extra parts, so I ended up eventually with 1 Peppercorn A1 2 x Ivatt "2" 2-6-2Ts 2 x Ivatt "2" 2-6-0s (one to be built as a BR Std.2) 1 "City of Truro" (which only needs the smokebox saddle position moved back by 2mm to turn into a proper scale "City") 2 Thompson B1s (Bill Bedford produced a full Diag. 100A boiler and cab etch, which teams up well with the Crownline etchings) Nowadays you need to approach kit manufacturers direct to see if they will provide castings, etc. separately. SEF's spare parts service is well-known, but separate parts are also available from: David Geen (Malcolm Mitchell range) - for GW Dave Bradwell - for selected NE/LNE Mike Russell / DMR - various 247 Developments has a range of mainly whitemetal castings, which is fairly well-known Craftsman Models are still around, and their detail parts are still available Also don't forget the Albert Goodall range still exists for Bulleid Pacific detailing parts, but only available if you go to certain shows like Woking. However, the spray-painted and riveted(!) paper overlays which Albert used to offer to cover the Airfix / Dapol bodysides were withdrawn after his death. David Geen has retired. The Mitchell range has returned to its owner. Pete Waterman. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denbridge Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 The Crownline moulds are (were) with Langley Models who were the casters for Crownline. Though as they are not the owners, they can't use them. It's fairly safe to say the range is dead. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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