Andy Y Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Hi chaps, This is now common knowledge so i have posted it here. cheers Dave MR169_008_News.pdf 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 (edited) Interesting, particularly as they were built on bar frames, just like the S160s. Edited April 16, 2012 by Horsetan 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Godfrey Glyn Posted April 16, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 16, 2012 Great news indeed! Godfrey Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted April 16, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 16, 2012 Hmm - I shall be doing some dimensional comparing with the 15XX running gear Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluex5 Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 As much use to me as a chocolate fireguard, but still brilliant news. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Joseph_Pestell Posted April 16, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 16, 2012 I'm not too sure that it is a "useful" choice in the sense of being appropriate for layouts that are based on a specific location. But I still think that it will be very popular with many railway modellers as "something a bit different". Must be about 50 years ago now that the last r-t-r model of a USA tank was produced - the French version in HO by Hornby. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Yubbah - Dubbah - Doo! - At last! This is really welcome news... Just the ticket... You have my undivided attention... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
neal Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 I'm still waiting for the 7mm one Dapol announced back in 1988! N Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Trainshed Terry Posted April 16, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 16, 2012 And I have just started a white metal kit for a freind Terry Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium gc4946 Posted April 16, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 16, 2012 It's a great choice of prototype, Hornby AcHo produced one in HO scale in the 1960s but is rarely seen on sale and commands high prices when it does on a certain auction site. I may buy one to model as 30072, the last steam loco to visit Portsmouth on 9 July 1967, having arrived down from Guildford (source: Diary of a train-spotter, volume 2: 1960-1968 by Michael G. Harvey (Silver Link, 1996)) which is now preserved on the Worth Valley. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 And I have just started a white metal kit for a freind If it's the SEF one, it'll be every bit as good as any RTR model, so keep building! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Trainshed Terry Posted April 16, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 16, 2012 If it's the SEF one, it'll be every bit as good as any RTR model, so keep building! No its a "Q" Kits Terry Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 No its a "Q" Kits Oh, bad luck. 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Trainshed Terry Posted April 16, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 16, 2012 Oh, bad luck. Why ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Phil Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Great news for Southern modellers, and them as like tankies. Great stuff Model Rail and Dapol. The day draws ever closer when we get an RTR pukka industrial tank engine like a Pecket, Andrew Barclay or RSH. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les1952 Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 N-gauge version for 2013-2014? Ever hopeful , nice NCB loco even if they only lasted to about 1954 in Coal Board service Les 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebell Model Railway Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 pleased with the announcement, sort of knew it was coming due to someone posting a picture of one on their facebook page of model rail back in 2010 from warley saying... this will make a nice rtr model... 2 years later and its been announced, pleased, all be I have also just finished a Q kits one, think it maybe a bit under scale, but still look forward to this and have pre-ordered already. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris89 Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Great to hear this. Has been a most wanted model of mine for a while. Especially after helping on Restoration of the Duro Yankee tank (30075 When it was at the East Somerset Railway) Chris Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozzer models Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Why ! Its a Q kits kit 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Great news, always thought the Southern could do with a good shunter Question is, which to pick! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Ian J. Posted April 16, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 16, 2012 Nice to see this finally, after many years of hearing about modellers wanting it. If finances allow, I'll pick one up when available. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyA Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 How long do I have to wait for a Longmoor version - or could I get an unpainted one? I know WD300 was scrapped in April 1959 and would be too early for my line but I could change my modelling period. Also, it was one of the first locomotives to be painted in Longmoor blue after the end of the war. Tony Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
billbedford Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Interesting, particularly as they were built on bar frames, just like the S160s. Do you really think this will make a difference to the way the model is designed? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cactustrain Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 I've wanted a USA tank for a while. How about an S160 next? 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil gollin Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 . Good luck to Dapol and Model Rail - but I won't be buying one, too many other interesting Southern Region tank engines to come. . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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