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    In beautiful Herefordshire, near the meandering Wye.
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    P4. Railways large and small but inparticular those of South Wales and the Welsh Marches. Music of all types but especially those that involve guitars. Playing guitar. The beautiful British countryside. Hill walking, pubs, good food, tea, proper beer, single malt whiskey, running and sleep!

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  1. Each to their own. It sticks out like a sore thumb to me and I don't recall having seen joins like that on the prototype (another heretical term no doubt). I have a lot of time for Hornby and their steam locos. In terms of looks I think they generally make the finest models. Their greens can be a bit odd and they don't get everything right and but no one does, despite what Accurascale will try and tell you. I'll pass on this one though. It's a fairly simple arrangement; motor in the tender, gearbox in the firebox and a cardan shaft in between. Not uncommon in the finescale world (yet another heresy) where people make chassis for their locos. The RTR boys have had plenty of experience of this arrangement in their diesels. It strikes me that the 2MTs are the perfect locos to do this with. The enclosed cab will hide pretty much everything. The boiler can be stuffed full of ballast so it'll haul more and there would be no need for the unprototypical join in the boiler. Justin
  2. It's not all an advance though. There's the awful horizontal join in the boiler that's completely put me off buying one. A cutout for a motor block isn't great (especially when it could conceivably go in the tender via a cardan shaft with the enclosed nature of the 2MT cabs) but is less obtrusive than the horizontal join all the way along. It doesn't work for me at all. Justin
  3. The letter box is big enough and our usual posties don't have a problem. This was a different one, presumably due to Christmas. However, if it had been in a board backed envelope with 'Please do not bend' on it there might have been a different outcome. Justin
  4. Mine arrived yesterday. Really good issue. Great to have some Chris Pendlenton content in the Journal again, it's been too long. The only dsiappointing thing for me was that the postie folded it in half to get it through the letterbox and put a great big crease down the middle of it. Why do we have to have such inadequate packaging for these sorts of things? I though packaging was supposed to protect the contents? It might keep the rain off but what's the point if it can be manged? Bring back the board backed envelope and I don't care if it costs more! Justin
  5. I've got a bottle of Revell liquid cement which I use sparingly to tack the parts together intially. When I'm happy that everything is square I then use Butanone over the joints to 'weld' everything in place. If I'm not hapy with how they've gone together you can get everything apart if you use liquid cement and try again which is impossible if the joints have been welded solid using MEK or Butanone. Justin
  6. The Berry Wiggins livery is correctly applied. They had both class A and class B Air Ministry oil tanks as well as the bitumen tanks. There is an image of 106, a welded example, in Petroleum Railtank Wagons of Britain (enlarged edition) by R Tourret. Other oil companies to have used Air Ministry tanks include National Benzole (part of BP from '57), Benzole Producers Limited (formed in '57 out of National Benzole when BP took over) and Major & Co. Ltd of Hull. Edit: Oh, and of course there's the Petroleum Board liveries that they wore when first built, stone with a red band for early builds and grey for later ones. Justin
  7. The twin longitudinal platforms only appeared in the late 1950s. Prior to that they had what they were built with. The SMBP class B wagons are accurate for the late 1940s and 1950s. After that they should have the longitudinal type of walkway. Justin
  8. Latest News September 2023 Just in time, some new items to report ahead of Scalefourm this weekend. Lima Bogie Vee Presflo Detailing A set of etches and 3D prints to update and correct the Lima model brought to you by Mike Whitchurch. The 'full' kit (X.33A) includes correct length etched skirts and 3D printed ends which are missing on the RTR model. The kit assumes that you will lengthen the outer ends of the tanks with plastic strip (not included). The accompanying etched detailing includes new walkways, ladders, end anchors and lifting brackets as well as lamp irons, brake wheels and solebar detailing. 3D printed manholes are also included. We appreciate that not everyone wants to go to the trouble of lengthening the tanks and replacing the skirts so the detailing etch from the 'full' is available separately (X.33B). This includes the 3D printed manholes. X.33A - £24 Lima bogie vee Presflo skirts and detailing X.33B - £8 Lima bogie vee Presflo detailing only Ivatt Class 2 Tank Ladder X.22 - £1.50 An etched replacement bunker ladder designed by Pete Tarver for the Bachmann loco. LMS 6’6” Trailing bogie X.29 - £6 A sprung bogie originally intended for a model of the LMS 2P but with applications for other LMS locos such as the 2-6-4Ts. P4 only. Reinstated Items - Wagon Detailing Etches The steel ended wooden open and shock open detailing etches (B.102, B.103 & B.104) are available again from stock as is the Ratio LMS van strapping etch (B.105). Stocks are low for the BR Shocopen detailing (B.104) but I have good stocks of all the others. Coming Soon There was supposed to be another major release this month but a problem with the etches meant that it needed to be put back. A full kit for 1930s 10’ wheelbase class A tank wagons, with ether saddles or a cradle will be appearing soon, most probably in early January. Hope to see some of you on the weekend, Justin
  9. Hi Tim, It should be a new (done in 2017) design, similar to that included with the reissued 1600. Justin
  10. The Accurascale model doesn't look enough like the prototype in the windscreen area. It somehow doesn't have the right "expression" on it's face. Soemthing about their cab isn't right and it puts me off completely, especially with all the endless look how great we are crap that goes with the company. All RTR glazing looks toy like by the way, including Accurascale's! It the one area with these models that still stuck in the 80s. The Bachmann model has it's faults (I'm not keen on the separate noses, just as I'm not keen on Accurascale's removable roof) but to me it looks more like a real 37. Justin
  11. Or to put it another way: It's a shame Accurascale couldn't get their cab windscreens right from the get go. Then they could have a "tractor off" with Bachmann. I'm very happy with my new D6829 and not for the first time Accurascale have failed to persuade me to part with any of my money. It's not all about the price tag. Justin
  12. New Items June 2023 Thanks to some non-Rumney Models work commitments and the general craziness of school half term this is a slightly belated announcement of some new items that will be available at Scalefour Crewe this coming weekend. No danger of an imminent update to the Rumney Models website but they will all go up in due course. Bachmann Grain Hopper Underframes (for codes see below - £20 each) 3 kits to upgrade the Bachmann BR welded grain hopper. As with recent output these are a mixed media affair and cover all the variations in the diagram 1/271 hoppers. Each consist of a sprung etched subframe and details along with 3D printed solebars, brake shoes, springs and axleboxes along with hollow buffer housings. There is a choice of oil axleboxes, roller bearings or Hyboxes. All of the unfitted wagons were built with oil boxes but many were replaced by roller bearings or Hyboxes in the early 60s. Through piped wagons were built with roller bearings but some gained Hyboxes over time. The through piped wagons included a different pattern ladder as per the prototype. PB.36A Unfitted wagons with early type hopper release mechanism (lot 2183 wagons only) PB.36B Unfitted wagons with later type hopper release mechanism PB.36C Through piped wagons The underframes can be built in EM or P4. Further information can be found in the instructions which are up on the Rumney Models website. 3D Printed Springs and Axleboxes for Ferry Vans, Ferry Opens and MOT Hoppers (various codes - £4 for a set of 4) PFE(cov).08UICFO 1/055 Ferry Open with covered roller bearings PFE.08UICFV 1/227 Ferry Van PFZ.09MOTHOP MOT/LNE 167 21T Hopper. These include the distinctive coupling pockets found on the wagons. Hope to see some of you on the weekend, Justin
  13. That looks excellent Will. I shall have to try and get some laserglaze off Brian for my D6829 when it arrives. Bachmann have done a really good job capturing the face of the 37s. They just look right (to me at least), they've got the right 'expression'; unlike the other new 37 which somehow doesn't. Justin
  14. Found all this out long ago. See: https://website.rumneymodels.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Downloads-Milk-Tank-Diagrams.pdf The difference between the O.57 and O.60 milk tanks was 5/8" in overall height. The O.57s were 11' 11 5/8" and the O.60 11'11". These dimensions have come from the official diagrams. This difference in height would have required a different diagram. Given the manholes, tanks and underframes were the same the difference must have lay in the saddles. All milk tanks were fitted with oil axlboxes when new, including the O.60s. They didn't start getting roller bearings until the 60s. Justin
  15. Hi Ian, looks good. I wonder if the Rumney Models product thread the right place for it though? Justin
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