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  1. Hope this helps, have attached photo of the underside of the early pan, have taken it off as have ordered a high speed spare, thanks for the heads up. The 4 corner prongs all have locating points that slot into holes in the tops of the insulators. The measurements between the corner locating points are: Front to back 14.5 mm Side to side 16.5 mm
  2. If you go back to the first post, there is a link to the Dapol original announcement, it is still live and is best to look there as they are producing 6 liveries and these were due to be manufactured in two batches, 3 months apart, so you need to check for your particular version. Mine, the BR crimson is in batch 1, which was estimated to be in production now.
  3. rembrow

    Dapol 'Western'

    No payment taken, you are placing an interest in one of the 3 versions, your personal details are taken but no deposit or card details are requested. I have received an e-mail confirmation.
  4. 'Wise men say Only fools would buy But I can't help Felling in love with you'
  5. Sung with a deep female German voice: 'Never vonted tooo Vot am I tooo doo Can't helllp eet' I am of German descent, so hope I got away with it, danke shoen'..
  6. We forget just how much processing of coal went on in towns and cities. My dad worked for the Wandsworth Gas Co, in SW London, post war. It produced town gas by burning coal in retorts, to produce gas and coke. Its plant was alongside the River Wandle, so that coal could be delivered to site by barge, as well as rail.
  7. Rails have just posted on their website that they are expecting their stock of Fells, in early October.
  8. Strangely, the additional versions, which I think were listed in the 2020 catalogue, are currently listed as coming out in early 2023 with the 2019 versions currently listed as autumn 2023. The original versions have a lower price than the later versions, but many a price change can be made, so question is do I change my order for a 2020 version. I think I'll wait till they arrive.
  9. Thank you Chris for the information about 31246, it's a minefield, but great that they have done thorough research.
  10. Is there an error with the late BR livery as the wheel held by the lion is facing forward on both sides. Dapol made a mistake on the D with the early BR in not having the lion facing forward on both sides, this is correct on the samples for the early D1 but the late crests are now incorrectly forward facing on both sides. The earlier livery samples of the late crest version was ok. I will e-mail Rails as when the D error was identified they and Dapol were unwilling to replace the tender top unless 31246 was one of the few BR late crest with forward facing on both sides.
  11. Meanwhile, back to the Fell, KR have posted on their Facebook site, that the container with the Fells, has arrived in the UK and now waiting Customs clearance.
  12. Were the standard 5s that operated the Waterloo to west of England services, with large capacity tenders, only the King Arthur named locos, after receiving names from the withdrawn King Arthurs.
  13. Have received 73049, my ebay purchase, ex Pat Hammond reference collection. It is in pristine condition, very happy with the purchase.
  14. Kernow Models latest newsletter advises that all 3 9fs have arrived, and Bure Valley Models also show all 3 versions as in stock.
  15. rembrow

    Dapol 'Western'

    It may reflect it's initial livery on release from build in Jan 1963. According to the Diesel Traction Group the 'A' end had an experimental yellow panel, which it wore for 4 days, before repainting into oblong. I assume the preservation ochre livery with the 'T' shaped panel recreates this.
  16. Similarly charged for 4 six wheel coaches, full brakes and brake thirds, in BR liveries.
  17. rembrow

    Dapol 'Western'

    Dapol have announced a further run of 'oo' Westerns, four liveries green syp, maroon syp, blue fye and Western Champion in golden ochre, with the unique syp
  18. That was the seller. I bought the loco as it seems to be in pristine condition and represents a loco that worked on the S&D and Bristol.
  19. I've opened a new thread as I was unable to find an existing thread for the Standard Class 5. I was interested in getting a BR green liveried version, however the recent release from Bachmann, is factory weathered. I did an ebay search and found one from the 2012 release, described by a reputable trader, as unused. What was interesting, it is described as from the Pat Hammond reference collection, with a box sticker to confirm. I hadn't realised that items from the collection of this well respected toy collector and author (Ramsey's guide etc) had been sold on.
  20. I've received an e-mail advice from KR alerting us to a potential e-mail phishing scam using their name. Some KR customers alerted them to an e-mail requesting additional payment for delivery of one of their products. These are not from KR Models. They advise they only use Royal Mail or Canada Post for deliveries and do not ever request additional delivery charges. They do not use DPD, UPS, FedEx etc. They advise to ignore any such e-mail and delete it.
  21. Hornby mag uses a cut off date of a current edition, so models reviewed in the Oct 2022 edition are in the vote. The same applies to the Bachmann dance hall brake van, reviewed in the Oct edition, but not yet on sale. Doubtful that these models will get many votes as they may not be with potential voters before the cut off.
  22. The last day of the strike was 29th Aug, so not surprising that container vessels arrived on 30th, the port operator will want to get shipping into port immediately and will have scheduled arrivals. The biggest issue is creating container space for arrivals, which relies on existing stacked containers being released to road and rail haulage. RoRo vessels are not the same as feeder vessels, which are smaller container ships. It's not easy to get enough skeletal trailers to move hundreds of diverted containers by RoRo. As far as notification of product shipping, I can only give experience as a GT3 second run customer. KR sent me an e-mail that the GT3 was shipped and another when it arrived at the UK warehouse. I've not received shipping advice about my Fell order shipment, only the obscure reference in the June and July newsletters, with a photo of a Maersk container ship at sea.
  23. It could well be. The first 7 day strike is over, but any container ships from the far east, due to dock during that period, won't have waited, but gone on to Europe, so likely to have discharged containers for the UK at Rotterdam or Hamburg, where they will have to be booked on already busy feeder vessels.
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