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41 minutes ago, TrainsRule88 said:
Today I visited the South Devon Railway as I had a day off work. So I thought I would pay them a visit to get some inspiration for my planned layout. Whilst there, I saw a 2251 class locomotive in the sidings waiting for an overhaul. This is number 3205 which is the sole survivor of the GWR 2251 class.
I think that this would be an excellent candidate for Accurascale’s next O gauge locomotive (as well as an O gauge Manor of course). Most RTR O gauge steam locomotives are small tank engines for obvious reasons including space and cost.
But the 2251 class is a small GWR tender locomotive that I think would be ideal in RTR O gauge and I would really like to see a model of this in O gauge and think it would be popular as it is a small tender locomotive. I believe it shares the same boiler as a pannier tank.
You could even produce it in both O and 00 gauge.
Would definitely snap up a couple of OO Collett Goods from Accurascale. And this loco would be ripe for working inside valve gear…-
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I popped into the show late on Saturday afternoon. I have to say that this was the friendliest show I’ve ever been to; almost all exhibitors were very generous with their time and advice!
Outwell Village was probably my favourite. A real treat to see a sleepy East Anglian backwater on the eve of the Second World War. The track work was particularly well done in code 75, so much so that I struggled to believe it wasn’t EM! The scratch built buildings and the weathering of the stock was also very inspirational.
I also thought Chester Road was a fine example of what you can do with a small baseboard, and the operator gave me some excellent advice on my own layout project.
I enjoyed Settrington, as funnily enough I had passed the extant station site when driving up to Pickering that day! The attention to prototype detail was very well done, especially given it’s N scale.
I appreciated Holly Bank Road and Lomond Street too. Many pictures were taken.
Finally, a very reasonably priced refreshment kiosk made a nice change from some of the more expensive catering seen at ‘bigger’ shows.
I’ll be sure to attend the summer show in August. Keep up the good work!
CoY
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I see Kernow have listed the fishbelly and 9ft American railmotor bogies as spares on their website. I think they include wheels and at £8 each seem like a bit of a bargain?
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50 minutes ago, Neal Ball said:
They have both been sprayed with my Iwata airbrush.
That’s helpful to know, thanks. Is it Railmatch or Phoenix Precision colours you’ve used there?
My airbrush has been sat in its box since I bought it in the Modelzone closing down sale a decade ago! I’ve not mustered the courage to give it a go yet…
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Hi Neal,
I love the 70 footers! Sorry for missing this, but how did you paint them? Was it an airbrush or rattle can?
Cheers,
CoY
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6 hours ago, Covkid said:
Some interesting youtube videos have been posted about the return to steam of 60532 "Blue Peter" and bubble car "Flora". 60532 has been under heavy overhaul and
"straightening out" after a horrendous wheelslip at Durham over twenty years ago.
The Durham wheel slip was in October 1994 and it was repaired within 18 months, back in service 1996. She worked mainline again until 2001 and on the NYMR until 2002.Its also a Peppercorn designed Pacific, not a Thompson.
Definitely good to see her back, though.
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I would prefer opening doors and working brake gear and dynamos before detailed interiors.
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52 minutes ago, LNER4479 said:
Greetings to all in Glorious Devon, where the sun always shines (even at night time).
With the blessing of the genial host of this thread, I am posting a series of pictures which may be of interest. As one or two may be aware, with the assistance of the good Mr (Tony) Wright, I am undertaking the not inconsiderable task of finding new homes for the sizeable collection of my Dad's modelling friend, Peter Lawson. It's largely a LMS / GWR collection, with a bit of ex-GCR LNER thrown in (all in the BR era). Much of it is kit built.
Tony and I can deal with the ex-LMS and LNER stuff; however, we're beyond the limit of our competence when it comes to the former GWR stock(!) Accordingly, I'm posting the following here, in the hope that you knowledgeable types can identify the vehicles concerned and (possibly) the origin of the models, ie which kit they might have been built from. They're all for sale, at the best reasonable price, with the usual 10% to CRUK. They will have been built at some point over the previous 40 years, so some may be quite old by now. But I have no information on that aspect.
If nothing else, I hope they are of interest as models in their own right.
A Corridor third. Sides look fairly crude (thick window bars). BSL? It may have Comet bogies. As with all Peter's coaches, it's fitted with homemade hook and bar couplings, designed to run as part of a rake.
A brake third. Looks to be similar origin.
No idea(!), other than to say it appears to be a corridor third of an older style. Are those what you folks call 'American' bogies?
Nice. Another corridor third? Love those curved door handles!
Brake third. Is this one of those long 'dreadnought' coaches?
Another brake third.
AND another(!)
A composite. Looks to be the same style as 4556 above.
A brake composite, no doubt handy as a through coach?
A more modern style Composite. Collett?
Ditto?
Some more to follow.
Nice coaches! From top to bottom I think what you’ve got there is:- Collett C77 corridor third
- Collett D127 brake third
- Churchward (toplight) C30 corridor third
- Collett C54 corridor third
- Collett D84 brake third
- Collett D94 brake third
- Collett D95 brake third
- Collett E127 corridor composite
- Collett E128 brake composite
- Collett E162 corridor composite
- Hawksworth E165 corridor composite
Suspect most will be either BSL or Comet metal kits. The toplight may well be a Slaters plastic kit.
Cheers
CoY
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20 hours ago, gwrrob said:
Not the ones I ordered.😟
Which ones have you gone for Robin? I can’t decide between shirtbutton or overall brown. Need to actually see the livery samples first!-
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Picked up the Coral, Aero & Hydra wagon kits in 4mm from Brian at the Donny Exo.
First thoughts are that the Coral & Aero kits are amongst the best 3d prints of railway rolling stock I’ve yet seen; I don’t think they’ll take much fettling. The crated propellers for the aero kit are particularly fine.
I look forward to making them up.
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33 minutes ago, gwrrob said:
If you lot can keep it to yourselves Accurascale have a little announcement tomorrow.😉
Well it’s not Collett Sunshine coaches, as apparently they’re identical to Collett bow-ended coaches.
That’s why Accurascale never produced the Manor, and why Hornby never produced the Grange, as they were identical to the Bachmann Hall and wouldn’t have sold.
Oh, hang on… 😉
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2 hours ago, MrWolf said:
Pity that we don't have any Dreadnoughts left, that would be even more appropriate.
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A re-run of the Manors?
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6 hours ago, phil-b259 said:
But Collett Sundhine stock is still Collett rolling stock!
Yes you might y the difference but to a lot of people they are not sufficiently different to what Hornby already make and as such their sales potential is not as good as something ‘completely different’
Consider Manusell vs Bulleid, Greasley vs Thompson or even early LMS versus period 3 stuff, each family is radically different from each other - which from a manufactures point of vireo helps drive sales.
Tbats why I said it’s a shame Hornby did the Hawksworth stock - stock which is very different from Collett designs in the way that the ‘Sunshine’ vs Hornbys current Collett offering isn’t.
What a load of tut.
Compare a Collett C77 ‘Sunshine’ corridor third with a Collett C54 ‘bow ended’ corridor third. They’re chalk and cheese, and would contrast well in model form; especially if the former had proper flush glazing.
I think late-period Collett coaches are a massive gap in OO GWR RTR. An essential coach from the late 30s to the mid 60s, as well as the preservation scene.
I’d buy at least a dozen.
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Not a model railway bargain as such, but my local Lidl has these storage containers in stock. £1.99 (were £2.99) for a pack of four.
They’re a perfect size to store kitbuilt wagons and the like - as modelled by my kitbuilt GWR Mink C! Works out at 50p each; I might go and get a few more.
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1 hour ago, gwrrob said:
County train pack anyone.
Absolutely not; bargain bin fodder.
As I’ve said in the announcements thread, imagine if this had’ve been a new-tool County with the newer Collett coaches in the 1945-1947 Hawksworth livery (which H have never done). I’d have bought at least a couple!
I’m struggling to understand who this train pack is aimed at? Enthusiasts and time-served modellers are all hanging in for a new-tool County, whilst newer modellers and those who aren’t fussed about the fidelity of their models aren’t going to fork out £180 on a 40 year old loco tooling and a couple of (50?) year old coaches. You could probably buy the constituent parts of this train pack at a swap meet for about £75 or so.
I genuinely think the 2024 range announcement is an admission from H that they’re no longer going to pursue the high-spec end of the market with new tooling. As such, there is zero chance we’ll see a new tool County or Saint from Hornby this decade. Thank goodness for our friends at Dapol, Accurascale and Rapido!
CoY
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1 hour ago, rovex said:1 hour ago, rovex said:
Also I had hoped we'd seen the last of the old GWR Collett coaches and that the moulds had been taken out and buried in an unmarked grave
I agree. Imagine if that train pack had’ve been a new-tool Hawksworth County with the more recent Collett coaches in Hawksworth livery - cor! I’d have pre-ordered a couple of those. As it is, that Railroad issue train pack looks ripe for bargain bin fodder.
This isn’t a range announcement that gives any confidence that Hornby will trade out of the red and into the black on the balance sheet. There’s nothing in there that you would buy in volume/multiples of. Personally this makes it about 3 years in a row where I’ve not pre-ordered anything.
CoY
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Did anyone carefully read the Accurascale email on Tuesday regarding 90% of the Manors having sold through?
I noticed this tidbit:
Pick up your Accurascale Manor today, before they sell out, and plan ahead for further releases with Accurascale taking on God's Wonderful Railway. Surely, a match made in heaven!
Hmm! I still think Collett Sunshine coaches are in desperate need of a retool and an expanded range of diagrams. Accurascale would make a magnificent job of these I think.
CoY
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3 hours ago, 57xx said:
Looks like they were popular. Were being the operative word, they're all gone. I didn't want either, but a Toad and SR 8 plank fell in to my basket while I wasn't looking. As FWW said, rude not to at those prices.
As of Friday morning they only had 1x LMS grey (about 10 in stock), 2 x LMS bauxite (each about 4 in stock), and 1 x BR grey (I think about 8 in stock), so yes, they didn’t hang about.
I picked up some of the Southern 8 plankers too; all very much needed for my 1947 GWR layout! I wonder how many modellers realise that these types of wagons were pooled and could be seen all over Britain? I suspect not as many as we RMWebbers seem to think.
I’m surprised that these LMS 5 plankers were so heavily discounted relatively soon after initial release (late September iirc). I do hope that these have sold well enough overall to encourage Rapido to continue expanding its steam-era wagon range. Given the recent announcement of the LNWR box van I suspect that they have.
CoY
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Hattons current have these at just 17 sheets in their Black Friday sale. I’ve picked up a few, and at that price, I’m not afraid to detail & weather them!
Cheers,
CoY
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“Plenty of variants” could infer either a GWR 57/8750 pannier or a Saint. Though probably not a Hawksworth County as they were pretty uniform over their 20 year career.
Panniers:
- with/without topfeed
- flush or riveted tanks
- cab cut-out profiles
- various liveries from all shades of GWR and BR, as well as panniers that were sold on to LT & the NCB
- possibly even the 97xx condensing variant!
Saint:
- high cab & low cab running plate
- various chimneys
- various tenders
- various GWR & BR liveries
- dare I say it, but the Atlantic variant?
Not long to wait now!
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1 hour ago, Harlequin said:
Remember what a hash Heljan made of the 47XX…We should maybe consider ourselves lucky! 😉
I agree, but my comment was in relation to the OO RTR manufacturers per se.
We are seemingly in an era where novelty and esotericism are the order of the day, and not filling the gaps of the essential workaday locos… its irritating in truth.
CoY
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I simply can’t believe Heljan have announced the LNER Garrett in OO - of which there was only ever one built - whilst we’re still waiting for a decent Saint (77 built) and County (30 built)! I just don’t get it. Can anyone tell me?
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GWR Saint or a Hawksworth County? 🙂
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Here we go.
Your opinion that a new tool Collett
Goods would not be worthwhile is no more or less valid than my opinion that it would be.
Did you reiterate this opinion when Hornby announced a new tool Black 5, 9F or Princess class? Or with the Dapol GWR Manor, Mogul or large prairie?
I agree that a GWR Saint and Hawksworth County are more needed to modern standards, but a bang up to date Collett Goods would be lovely bit of kit to see.