RMweb Gold Barry Ten Posted January 26, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 26, 2017 not sure if this helps much http://www.irishships.com/bell_lines.html It certainly does, especially the 1977 shot which shows Bell and CTI containers on the same ship. Very handy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Downendian Posted January 30, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 30, 2017 Many thanks Gordon It's most probable that these ships transported the containers to South Wales ports, and thereby formed the Danygraig flows. Bell containers duly ordered from C-rail. Neil Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BR Blue Posted January 31, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 31, 2017 Bell containers would have come in to South Wales alright from Wexford or Waterford. I already have some for the FFA/FGAs when they arrive. They would have come into North Wales via Holyhead. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted January 31, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 31, 2017 A good model of the older 'smooth' 8ft tall boxes would be nice. But there's so many build variations of those I imagine it'd be tough to settle on just 1 to cover multiple operators. http://www.knightwing.co.uk/cgi-bin/commerce.cgi?cart_id=1485888342.129&product=OO-HO_Road_Transport_Kits&pid=139 Mike. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted February 1, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 1, 2017 Photos on Bacchy web site today http://Bachmann.co.uk/details.php?id=362 Phil 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBAGE Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 Photos on Bacchy web site today http://Bachmann.co.uk/details.php?id=362 Phil COR! I appologise for shouting Mr. York. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southernman46 Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 Yes they're making it very difficult to feel p*ssed off at the increased RRP ........................ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted February 2, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 2, 2017 Indeed - but need to save.....rake of 8 (a 5 and 3 set) is going to cost more than I paid for the Blue Pullman.... Phil Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ess1uk Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 I think i might save up for the FGA twin pack but stick with modified Hornby FFA inners. hide the inners with containers and run the FGAs without! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glorious NSE Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 http://www.knightwing.co.uk/cgi-bin/commerce.cgi?cart_id=1485888342.129&product=OO-HO_Road_Transport_Kits&pid=139 Mike. Think he said 'a good model'.... But those early containers in the Bachmann photo's look superb. I can see a lot of folk exchanging 'old' and 'new' style boxes to fit their era's though. Or just selling boxes so they can have empty flats given the detail. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted February 2, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 2, 2017 Think he said 'a good model'.... But those early containers in the Bachmann photo's look superb. I can see a lot of folk exchanging 'old' and 'new' style boxes to fit their era's though. Or just selling boxes so they can have empty flats given the detail. Pardon me, so sorry. He can scratchbuild the bl%%dy things then. Mike. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glorious NSE Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 Pardon me, so sorry. He can scratchbuild the bl%%dy things then. Mike. He can do (or not do) whatever he likes. My point was simply that the container model you linked to is not 'a good model' by any recent standard. It might well have been the only commercial one available, it might have some kind of a place as a basis for kitbashing, but in it's own right as a scale model it's pretty awful... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBAGE Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 So, I might as well be the one to ask the usual question that gets raised at every stage of a model development. "Are we there yet Dad?". How long do you reckon from engineering samples presented by the manufacturer and the model being in the shops? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Y Posted February 2, 2017 Author Share Posted February 2, 2017 Give it 12 months. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBAGE Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 Give it 12 months.Christmas present then? If I'm a good boy all year. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRDBLUE17 Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 Those photos on Bachmanns site look superb. All that detail is great. I would like a short set of 5 for Newlands with an 85 on the front will look superb. Thanks Mark Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southernman46 Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 I think i might save up for the FGA twin pack but stick with modified Hornby FFA inners. hide the inners with containers and run the FGAs without! ISTR in the early 80's that there were situations where pairs of FGA's ran together without inners - in the 6014xx series - may have been vac piped too .................. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted February 3, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 3, 2017 Give it 12 months. Hmmm, probably still not enough time for me to finish my CC ones though. Mike. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
royaloak Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 ISTR in the early 80's that there were situations where pairs of FGA's ran together without inners - in the 6014xx series - may have been vac piped too .................. If you are thinking of the ones used in Scotland on passenger trains I think they were air braked but had a vacuum through pipe added and so always ran between the loco and coaches, it might have been a different wagon type though, I wasnt all that into wagons at the time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southernman46 Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 If you are thinking of the ones used in Scotland on passenger trains I think they were air braked but had a vacuum through pipe added and so always ran between the loco and coaches, it might have been a different wagon type though, I wasnt all that into wagons at the time. No those were the single FBB wagons - mine were definitely classic FGA(B)'s See post #79 - backed up by EWD ............... definitely at Stratford and/or Barking Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 No those were the single FBB wagons - mine were definitely classic FGA(B)'s See post #79 - backed up by EWD ............... definitely at Stratford and/or Barking The single unit wagons were FJB. There had been a very few of these, which saw general service; then a second batch was built to work in mixed trains from Inverness to Thurso. Not only did these latter have a vac-pipe, but they also had a through steam pipe. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheesysmith Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 Please MR Bachmann, can we have these as a regular release every year, so we can at least spread the cost of these out? I keep looking at the cost, and think no, but then keep looking at the sample and think yes. If they do a batch every 6 months or so it would at least let us spread the costs out and would give Bachmann a better idea of the ratio of inners to outers to make, as I'm sure not everybody will be using 5 wagon rakes. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBAGE Posted July 7, 2017 Share Posted July 7, 2017 Well, it's 5 months since the last comment on this lovely subject and 3 years to the day since Mr. York first whetted our appetite. The advice in February was "give it 12 months" but I have to ask, has there been any further sniff about progress? Bob Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
No Decorum Posted July 7, 2017 Share Posted July 7, 2017 Well, it's 5 months since the last comment on this lovely subject and 3 years to the day since Mr. York first whetted our appetite. The advice in February was "give it 12 months" but I have to ask, has there been any further sniff about progress? Bob Take a look at page 1 under “Bachmann Press Day - July 2017”. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBAGE Posted July 7, 2017 Share Posted July 7, 2017 Thanks. Christmas it is then. Dear Santa ....... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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