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    Bachmann announce Mk2f's

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    38 minutes ago, WCML100 said:


    From what I have found in my research, they look pretty identical. Maybe some minor differences that I am not aware of however. I am sure someone can confirm either way…

     

    Did the RLOs not have loose seating rather than a normal 2+1 interior?

    Christleton Junction - 1986 - Gateway to North Wales

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    13 hours ago, 61656 said:

    I’ve been trying to find out more about trip workings, specifically how the ‘target’ numbers were allocated and what they meant. Target 92 seems to be the code for the trip freight from Llandudno Junction to Holyhead. The Junction was the end of the Speedlink service from Warrington and linked it in with the rest of the Network. 
     

    I think by 86 most of the smaller freight destinations in the Chester area had gone, so I may need to add a couple of local workings to justify an additional couple of trip workings each day. It would be nice to justify a couple of wagons that aren’t tanks, opens and vans. Suggestions?
     

     

     

    How about diversions that way from WCML engineering works? ... you could get all kinds of things passing by in that case

    Sutton's Locomotive Works *NEW* Class 25

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    18 hours ago, The Ghost of IKB said:

    What's the point in Phil Sutton turning up at the york show taking even more orders when they can't cope with dispatching even the first two locos from the first batch. He'd do better spending the easter weekend packing up locos for mailing on Tuesday.

    It's simply not acceptable to wait four months for a loco that's in stock! Don't tell me I need to learn to be patient in condescending replies either.

    I was told at the Bentley "launch" event they'd be despatched before Xmas. Foolishly I didn't realise they meant Xmas 2025!!

    And what kind of business would keep all that stock sitting around for so long, reserved but unpaid for?  Couldn't they offer the option of collection from slw's base. Couldn't they get friends, family, or take on temps to get the orders out, generating revenue?

    Shambolic in my opinion. With so many locos still to come, not to mention further 24's, this saga will drag on all year unless they pull their fingers out.

     

    To be fair, I do think you've got a point here - to have 2 locos in stock for 3 months and not gotten through pre-orders for those in that time it does seem very odd. There must be a fair amount of money paid out to the factory for production that will need collecting in on dispatch.

     

    If it's taking this long I do wonder if they've taken on more than they can manage as a small team and potentially part time (I don't know if it's a full time job for them or not). Maybe distribution could do with being outsourced.

     

    There's no doubting the product quality is outstanding and will be worth waiting for, but it's frustrating when I'm waiting for more than these first two and looking forward to several pre-orders

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    Bachmann announce NEW Class 47

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    13 hours ago, brushman47544 said:

     


    I agree it will come out eventually, but we have already had two plain BR blue versions with dominoes - 47012 and 47435 - so I would expect Bachmann to prioritise other liveries we haven’t already seen on the new tooling. Also, a plated with headlight BR blue version was one of the last from the previous tooling - a weathered 47625 as a Kernow MRC limited edition - which is pretty good if you can’t wait. I expect you could find one second hand. Or the body only is available from Bachmann spares if you have a chassis to fit it to.

     

    I hope it wont be eventually, thats one thing that frustrates me with the models picked for production - the everyday that there was hundreds of getting overlooked for random niche or celebrity liveries.

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    Bachmann announce NEW Class 47

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    50 minutes ago, SouthernBlue80s said:

    Does anyone know if Bachmann will bring out a plated headcode version in rail blue, the everyday loco of the early to mid 80s. Are there any anouncements due?

     

    Or if there is a kit, shawplan or similar, to change the domino headcodes 47012?

     

    Thanks

     

     

    Class 47 in the snow at Doncaster

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    Its bound to come out at some point, they will certainly have the tooling for it, but you could never be sure when. Keep an eye on the quarterly updates

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    Cavalex - all new Class 56 in OO

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    16 hours ago, Moley48 said:

    I tried asking AI to add some scenery to this picture I took on my embankment as I'm lacking in scenics at the moment. 

     

     

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    What the hell is that!!

     

    Serves me right for trying to be clever. 

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    a Gridski?????? were plans stolen from those build in Romania and thats the result?

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    Hornby Class 87 - Confirmed Newly Tooled Version for 2017 !

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    7 minutes ago, ThaneofFife said:

    Yeah,few in their right mind would have paid almost £200 with that red stripe mistake apart from those weathering them up maybe which would lessen the effect of the different reds......it was poor on Hornbys part to sign that off in the first place......almost like lets just nobody will spot the difference.

    If we are to pay top dollar these things have to be right.

     

     

    I did buy one initally purely because its my favourite livery combination on the 87s, but I did think the red stripe mistake was shockingly poor and while Hornby offered to 'correct' it, I expect they would have gone darker where I think the bright red looked better and intended fixing it myself at a later date.

    Hornby Class 87 - Confirmed Newly Tooled Version for 2017 !

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    20 hours ago, wombatofludham said:

    It's Hornby so unless it boils water I suspect it'll be next century before they do any more livery variants.

    Personally I would like to see some more blue but without names as first built, there's also IC executive without the jumper boxes which a couple of locos still carried in the early 1990s.  There's also the early IC Swallow with full yellow ends, with and without jumper boxes.  For a class of 36 there are more varieties than Heinz.

    You are probably right about GBRf and DRS as they seem to sell well whatever the subject, plus they worked alongside Pendolini and Voyagers for a while which would appeal to some.

     

    There's an absolute ton of livery variations that could be possible even just within intercity livery

    • the early IC Executive variation with yellow cabsides to the cab windows and nameplates centrally on the bodyside on the stripes (e.g. 87012/87018)
    • The Later IC Executive with the cabsides split between dark grey and yellow but yellow front up to the bottom of the cab windscreens
    • Intercity Mainline with the livery coming right to the cab front and full yellow front

    But I suspect Hornby would be wanting to sell them for a higher price than the market will allow. I'd really have thought the 87009 would fly off the shelves even at full price, but a dodgy livery application and possibly jumper/MW box configuration may have limited that.

    Glasgow Queen Street

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    3 hours ago, Legend said:

     You probably need a steam generator belching out smoke from the tunnel mouths ,not forgetting smoke rising up from the low level pre 1961 .  It is looking good . I don’t remember the signal box it must be before my time . I think Queen St had been remodelled by the time I took an interest . It was certainly dieselised 

     

    where would smoke from the low level have been visible at the high level?

    Bachmann announce Class 90 (OO)

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    42 minutes ago, No Decorum said:

    Hornby knocked the SNCF one out as R2358 as I’m sure you’re aware but I’m not keen enough to assemble the collection to get one, even to lurk at the back of a depot. If Kernow is selling the German example at 30% off, I suspect that we shan’t see either of the other two liveries produced by Bachmann. A bit of a shame because the Bachmann 90 is a stonking model. If ever you do tweak the livery to produce 90022, I’d love to see a picture.

     

    The SNCF one is definitely my favourite of those liveries and I'd much rather have seen that than the DB and Belgian ones

     

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    Bachmann announce all new Class 37

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    1 hour ago, Matt said:

    From what I’ve seen RR reliveries / renumbers are top notch - it’s often difficult to see the difference vs factory finished models.  I’m pretty sure that either Bachmann or Accurascale will announce more Scottish 37s in due course - both have invested heavily in moulds for 37/4 and 37/0 with headlights and, whilst some of the Bachmann releases seemed slow to shift (though to be fair we don’t know batch size), I’m sure they didn’t fail to notice 37260 shifted quick to the extent I’ve never seen a heavily discounted one…. 
    Me, I have too many 37s already but I’ll struggle not to buy anything that emerged with a Westie or Stag or even better a Salmon on the side!

     

    I'm struggling to think of any RTR locos that have had salmons on the side since Lima days .... Very much overlooked!! 😔

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    HS2

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    9 hours ago, phil-b259 said:


    Absolute rubbish!

     

    People north of Brum would still gain extra services between the likes of Brum and Manchester etc while the released capacity on the existing network would have allowed extra passenger services between Manchester and Crewe or Manchester and Stoke. Theirs would also have been more paths for freight. Thats in addition to the extra services to / from the South East (which given the proportion of rail journeys which start / finish in the Capital, even from North West England, on a statistical basis is not something to turn your nose up at) plus some journey time savings. 

     

    Far too many posters living in ‘the north’ have this attitude that if it’s not happening at the end of their street so to speak then it’s not going to benefit anyone outside of London / the South East and it follows it must be opposed at all costs - which is a pretty selfish and narrow minded thought process. I don’t have (and am never likely to) have kids - if I adopted the same mindset I would be going round whinging like mad about my taxes being wasted in schools because there are ‘loads of childless people who get zero benefit from them'…

     

    In something called a ‘society’ it is necessary to accept that what is needed in the wider scheme of things rarely aligns with things which you personally want or which only benefit your local area…..

     

    Note:- For what it’s worth HS2 will be of very little use to me personally even though I live in that ‘greedy’ part of the country as I rarely have cause to venture to the Midlands / North of England. Yet in spite of that I am able to set aside emotion or regional bias and look at the project on a factual, long term basis….

     

    But the thing is, if faster services are not possible, then what exactly are we getting for the vast cost of HS2.

     

    We're told its for capacity more than speed, but its being built for 225mph services and thats increased the cost of needing tunnels everywhere to keep it out of sight of local residents ... but why engineer it for that and all the tunnels if the trains aren't actually going to get there significantly faster than the existing 125mph tilting ones do? 15-20 mins quicker to Manchester or Liverpool isn't going to blow many folks socks off if it takes longer to get to the more limited stations that they stop at and you can guarantee tickets are going to cost extra ... for a 'premium' service that saves a handful of minutes.

     

    Alternatively, if it had been built as a 125mph or even 140mph railway, would it still have needed so many tunnels and cost so much? While physically building for 225mph and 125mph might not cost much difference, but if 225mph means more needs to be done to approve the planning then thats greatly increasing the cost.

     

    If we need capacity for freight then would a 75mph railway have been fast enough and either the new line used for expresses or leave them where they are on the WCML.

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    HS2

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    13 hours ago, Compound2632 said:

     

    You overlook the benefit that would accrue to the northern cities from being more readily accessible to Londoners...

     

    Speeding up commuting in the past has increased the range at which commuters travel from London, so its probably going to increase the numbers working in London but living in the north and thus, increase housing costs? So who does it benefit more?

     

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