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  1. Just whilst I happen to be here with the green book open checking notes on 7027 to see if it's suitable for a friend, going by Locomotives of the LNER Part 8A the grease lubrication to the rods and big end occurred in September 1931, as to removal the book only states "Later all 5* engines reverted to normal." The vacuum ejector and associated piping was what was fitted in 1936, noted as being done so 7/36. Hopefully some help for those looking to date the model a little better, and in no way trying to be accusatory of forgetting info. *7044/7045/7046/7049 noted as being so fitted in 1934.
  2. 69843

    EBay madness

    Anyone want a miscoded, misidentified, different era A4? At least the colour is right! https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/394555126934
  3. The one that has me most curious is the Cadbury liveried pair (nice to see subtle differences between the pair as well!). Roughly which period does this variation of Cadbury's livery cover, and what traffic were they found in?
  4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-disclosure_agreement
  5. It more comes down to the old adage of waiting for a bus then two coming along at once. The Accurascale one was not a duplication as it was a complete, brand new tooling compared to the now quite dated Hornby tooling. Retooling an existing but quite dated model and offering combinations/details never before done is no bad thing. The reason it is seen as an issue now is that we have models competing where they don't need to be at all. The Accurascale Class 31 was announced two years ago, to the month, at Model Rail Scotland 2022. These are now only months away from hitting the shelves. Suddenly, Bachmann pops up with their model after two years. The frustration stems from the fact that this is two years where Bachmann could have chosen to come out, reveal their hand, even go "We're choosing to walk away from this due to the duplication in the market"-which, yes, would see money lost. But that's also business. Meanwhile, several Bachmann diesels that are not duplications and are very tired old models get at best patchwork updates, despite known flawed areas. I'm not saying Bachmann shouldn't go ahead with these. But it is not the first recent duplication in their diesels either.
  6. I agree with you that they should be authentic where possible, and also accept that this is not always possible. I also say this without having the research work to hand that would have been available to both Heljan and Rails whilst doing the project, but I believe amongst other things the engines differed in RPMs which would be noticeable at full power, and be remappable in theory with modern sound editing.
  7. It would be interesting to hear the difference between the sound projects, as to my ears the one being offered directly by Rails of Sheffield sounds like a remapped 18000 file in that video, not much different in startup and main turbine sound. In fact after having just typed that, I went and pulled up a startup video I had taken of 18000, synced the start times of the compressor, and they are the exact same startup and turbine sounds as each other. I know it's being a little picky, but some variance between the pair would've been nice.
  8. A belated note on the green on 3801. This is the same shade as worn in the mid-1940s after the period in Nurse Grey, and was mixed from samples found during the restoration along with archival paint chips and samples. A LOT of work was put into getting the green right to once and for all end the endless array of greens it has worn since the early 1960s. A good note on all the differences it has had between 1986 and 2006 can be found at the included link: https://eastcoastheritagerail.com.au/past-fleet/ It is "Special Green", although a little fun fact it is now in the Dulux system, and could be ordered in Two-Pack as 3801 Green by anyone wishing to do so.
  9. Brings a new meaning to the name of 67002... And coming slightly back to topic, I do find it interesting the notes about the packs selling out in order. I went Pack C for myself for number reasons of 28, and purchased two more for a friend. When we went selecting originally, pack A was sold out so it was to be B/D, B/E, or D/E for them. However, as pack A was in stock, this led to A/B along with my C. So we unwillingly fell into the trap!
  10. Just to show that there's still some fun to be had. I purchased a second hand Katie a little while back which needed some minor work, and intended to keep it just as a nice little thing to have (the works number is my old suburb). However, plans changed and I sold it to a very good friend of mine who used to work at the Port Kembla steelworks, where there was 3 around. One with the Public Works Department, one over the line with John Lysaghts, and Australian Iron and Steel's own Alison. He chose to recreate Alison due to his memories of the real thing, and has just pretty much finished up the works to the locomotive bar some minor paint adjustments, and some new nameplates being etched up in the correct style. The biggest job to do was to rebuild the cab to a completely different style, as per what the locomotive was modified to in service. The real locomotive survives at the Richmond Vale Railway museum, having not long been cosmetically tidied up. Alison will soon be joined by a Dapol Hawthorn Leslie "Wallaby", and possibly some other steam locomotives to join his steelworks fleet. The English Electric diesel fleet he has WELL covered. He has also built the coal hoppers that ran in the work from scratch, seen here with Katie before kitbashing.
  11. That email quite honestly reads like a late night TV sales ad. Full marks for the money towards the Railway Benefit Fund-I don't think anyone can knock them for that-but this literally reads like a desperate attempt to shift a fictional batch of an obscure prototype that is not selling that well.
  12. I cannot vouch for from new, but I can definitely vouch for second hand. Any time I have purchased from Clark Railworks, the VAT has been deducted. I can also say they have excellent customer service via email as I had a small issue with post once and they were straight on it and very open and communitive about it all.
  13. There's a small irony in grabbing a 66779 to upgrade from my Bachmann model, as it might be the first time I've upgraded without ever physically having the prior model-my other one is still in the UK with a mate! And just when I was thinking the other week "I'm glad they didn't announce 779"...
  14. I believe that the specification includes doubling as a personal nuclear bunker.
  15. Actually, the 1994 Precision Scale Models A3 model pipped even the TT-120 A3 to that post by a good 29 years. Fully detailed and RTR, to HO scale, RP25-88 profile wheels, even a working centre crank axle and connecting rod. Available in Australian tour condition (limited edition of 150), as 60103 in pretty much this condition (25) or the following (only 5 of each): 60044 Melton BR lined green, ex-GNR tender, double chimney, deflectors 60049 Galtee More BR lined green, ex-GNR tender, double chimney, deflectors 60065 Knight of Thistle BR lined green, ex-GNR tender, single chimney 60096 Papyrus BR lined green, ex-GNR tender, double chimney 60110 Robert the Devil BR lined green, ex-GNR tender, single chimney I have attached a couple of photos of my personal Australian condition one (build 007/150) next to a Hornby R2687 which is modelled in the same condition. The eagle-eyed will even note the deflector under the cab for the extra chime whistle it carried whilst out here. And yes-I'd love to see the Märklin model done in both USA and Australian tour conditions in future releases.
  16. If I'm not mistaken mate, the blade was lowerable with a series of bolts or similar that lowered the lower section closer to the rail head when ploughing, and then could be retracted for running. It seems that the U19 has been modelled in the raised position here by that last photo.
  17. For those that might have missed it in between other announcements there is now a re-run of the Diesel Brake Tenders, however this time only in green or green with SYP (optional weathered later variant). https://www.keymodelworld.com/article/Hornby-magazine-diesel-brake-tender-models-oo-gauge The three models are: HM-DBT-017: B964040E in plain BR Green https://shop.keypublishing.com/collections/models-automated-collection/products/br-diesel-brake-tender HM-DBT-018: B964066E in BR Green (Small Yellow panels) https://shop.keypublishing.com/collections/models-automated-collection/products/br-diesel-brake-tender-1 HM-DBT-019: B964113 in BR Green (Small Yellow panels, weathered) https://shop.keypublishing.com/collections/models-automated-collection/products/br-diesel-brake-tender-2
  18. Whilst I understand the CFPS are involved and being consulted about this, they also don't hold a monopoly on saying if it is ok or not just because they have ex-railwaymen within the group and are the Class 40 experts. I think Mike put it best with the below. At the end of the day, it's a Class 40 in BR Green with Small Yellow Panel like many others, and is essentially just another loco. But it is the use of the Great Train Robbery as a promotional 'gimmick' that sits uneasily with a lot of people, not the specific choice of the locomotive number. The example of NSWGR 4620 I have given upthread has caused comments from people before on similar lines, but it's never been advertised as the "Granville Disaster/Day of the Roses" locomotive. It was just a choice of locomotive number, which had some other notable events in its lifetime.
  19. That's the crux of it to me. Auscision models out here did a model of a Class 46 electric locomotive that was involved in a terrible accident in 1977. Attention was never drawn to the incident, as the locomotive existed for a number of years in the condition modelled before the accident, and it would be a similar case here if KR Models just decided to do D326 without calling attention to it. To however make a song and dance about it being THE Great Train Robbery loco is a low blow to try and shift units by associating it with that infamous event. Edit: And it turns out you can't defend people openly slandering RMweb members on KR Models' Facebook page or they just block you forever.
  20. Even though these only saw limited service, I can see these being extremely popular. Especially as you can make the train ready-to-run now with a set of Mk1s and the TCVs behind a suitable Pacific or diesel.
  21. 4702, 4473 and 4464 in that order I believe.
  22. This photo from Flickr also seems to confirm that ‘74 had a raves tender to withdrawal and scrapping, so if the above photo is 34074 I would suspect it was a short term job.
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