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1 hour ago, MGR Hooper! said:
Anyone had their order for one of Hornby's forthcoming BR 9F cancelled randomly by Hatton's with absolutely no reason? I placed my pre-order within 15 mins of them being listed for pre-order by Hattons.
The 9F hasn’t been mentioned, but there’s a whole lot of other Hattons/Hornby woe in the other thread:
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23 minutes ago, Robin Brasher said:
The R1 series is for train sets, R3 for locomotives, R4 for coaches, R6 for wagons, R7 for scenery and Harry Potter, R8 and R9 for buildings.
There’s also R2 and R5, in case anyone’s wondering, but I’m not familiar enough with them to generalise.
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34 minutes ago, robmcg said:
A work in progress no doubt.
You never know, they might even fix the internal redirects when you type Hornby.com into your browser:
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36 minutes ago, Hilux5972 said:
Just received an email from Hattons saying they are unable to fulfill my preorder of Hornbys Grey Streamlined W1 and one of the Clans. Anyone else had a similar email?
35 minutes ago, JackB95 said:A few others have had similar by the sounds about other ranges they've preordered...
Have Hornby and Hattons fallen out?..
There has been speculation here on RMWeb that Hattons might oversell their preorders, or otherwise not get the allocation that they were expecting.
I second the suggestion of Derails, and would also add KMRC to that.
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3 hours ago, robmcg said:
presumably because a '4' at the head of four digits won't work. Or a computer says 'no'.
Already in use. I have a stack of R4*** carriages.
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1 hour ago, slg said:
Just look at those RRP, the class 24/1 has had a £10.57 per year price increase in the 7 years it took to arrive!
1 hour ago, Butler Henderson said:Given the increased costs of production in China over those 7 years not that surprising; their was a period when costs were almost doubling annually
33 minutes ago, davidw said:I suspect that Bachmann are competing for production slots.
The point here is that the end customer is the victim of (a) B announcing a product early at a given price-point, (b) timelines that cannot be met due to internal (and other?) constraints, and (c) spiralling costs in the intervening period, even irrespective of inflation.
It's up to the end customer as to whether or not that's acceptable and they suck it up. Personally, the only thing that B have of interest for me is the Bulleid carriages, and I have a sneaking suspicion that the cost is likely to put them into the 'no thanks, I can do without' category. Hey, and indeed, ho.
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35 minutes ago, Nearholmer said:
Getting back to Mr Gould's book for a moment: does he mention the set(s) for the 'Continental', i.e. Birkenhead (or short thereof) to Margate (and a lot of other places)?
I ask, because I'm almost wondering if he has got mixed-up between destinations and railways with that list of coaches "to alternate with LMS stock", or whether perhaps the SR built for one service, and then used them on the other.
In preface to what I quoted earlier, Gould notes:
QuoteThe 9ft stock for through services was unusual in that nose of the brake coaches had standard gangways (adaptor-fitted) at the outer ends, although gangways within the sets were the Pullman type. They were so fitted to allow them to run with LMS or GW stock. The intended formations are quoted, but whether all of the coaches worked in these services is not known. In particular, the SR never supplied coaches for the 'Sunny South Express' as far as is known; it was always LMS stock.
Beyond that, I'm beginning to think that, while the tabulated, diagrammatic, and photographic data are solid enough, the discourse is a little....'loose'. As I mentioned earlier, it's open to interpretation as to whether some of this stock was built by the SR for ownership/operation by other companies.
35 minutes ago, Nearholmer said:And, here is a lovely picture of one of the "conti" trains in pre-Maunsell-coaches days. People really would raise their eyebrows at that combo on a GWR layout!
Quote...a rake of ex-SECR stock in 1933. This is probably the 9:10 Deal to Birkenhead cross country service which ran via Ashford, Redhill, Reading, Oxford, Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Shrewsbury and Chester, arriving at Birkenhead at 18:15. This express normally comprised eight coaches including a restaurant car.
Birdcage non-corridor stock. Which suggests that passengers could only join/leave the dining facilities at station stops. Perhaps the timetable also allowed them opportunity to avail themselves of other 'facilities'.
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4 minutes ago, Bearwood West Yard said:
no different to Cambrian in that respect.
Cambrian supply the correct bogies. So, different.
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2 hours ago, Wickham Green too said:
Don't forget the carriage type designations - BTK, TK, CK etc. - that we take for granted only date from British Railways Days and only the L.N.E.R. used a similar shorthand in earlier days ........... so Goulds use of "BT" for Brake Third etc.etc. means exactly what HE meant by it and it shouldn't specifically be taken as an implication of the lack of corridors !
If you look at my post at the top of this page, you will see that Gould does not use BT for Brake Third, he refers to "Third Bke".
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12 hours ago, Nearholmer said:
BTW, where does the suggestion that the LMS used Maunsell coaches come from? Good photos of the SSE in SR, as opposed to LBSCR, days seem hard to find, but all that ive seen seem to show ex-LNWR coaches, including a colour film from 1938 that I've seen which showed rake including an ex-LNWR 12W dining car being shunted at Brighton.
This was Gould's book on SR Maunsell carriages. After listing the SSE's train formations, he then goes on to cover their build:
This is what confused me.
9 hours ago, melmerby said:It strikes me it is an awfully long journey from the South Coast to Birmingham in possibly non corridor trains and just a 4-4-0 in charge.
That's what I was thinking when the only Hornby LMS stock I could find was non-corridor. But Gould gives the Bournemouth/Manchester train formation as BT/T/C/Dining/C/T/BT/BT/C/BT. No mention of corridors, but how would the dining car work otherwise?
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11 hours ago, Les1952 said:
I've never eaten one.....
Reminds me of the story of the soccer player who, when asked if he preferred grass or AstroTurf, replied that he didn’t know because he’d never smoked AstroTurf.
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On 15/04/2016 at 23:23, Nearholmer said:
For SR modellers, these trains,together with The Sunny South Express, which ran from the LMS via Addison Road, give good reason for stock of three of the big four to appear on a Brighton Line layout; the Birkenhead-Hastings portion split off at Redhill and ran via Lewes. I don't think there was a regular LNER through train, but there were excursions, and horse-box trains, via the ELL, so permitting the fourth of the four.
Dragging up an old thread, but I was thinking of the Sunny South Express, and that it might allow me to introduce a little LMS colour to my late '30s Maunsell green collection. According to Gould's Maunsell's SR Steam Carriage Stock:
QuoteIn particular, the SR never supplied coaches for the 'Sunny South Express' as far as is known; it was always LMS stock. [Although, reading further, it's unclear as to whether these were original LMS stock, or Maunsell stock owned and operated by the LMS.]
Even though the SR didn't supply the coaching stock, would it have supplied the locomotive for the SR metals? This cigarette card suggests that it might, but you know...cigarette cards!
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29 minutes ago, Compound2632 said:
The supermarkets sell CR3032s in packets of two: they know perfectly well that you'll never find the safe place where you put the second one from last time the scales gave up.
IIRC, IKEA do them in packets of 8 or 10
18 minutes ago, Oldddudders said:I use these things all over the place, it seems. Bathroom scales, DCC command station, clinical thermometer, bank card-reader......
And my bank card-reader uses CR2025...which are like hens' teeth in comparison.
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2 hours ago, The Johnster said:
A company like Bachmann, with an American parent,
14 minutes ago, Blue Max said:Think you will find that Bachmann’s parent company Is in China
Bachmann USA was bought out by Kader, which then spawned Bachman Europe. So there was no point in time when they had an American parent. Heritage, possibly, parent no.
Kader is HQ'd in HK, which is currently part of PRC. But, come the glorious day of true democracy...
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15 hours ago, Jack P said:
The end of the buffer shank is actually threaded, so part AB is more like a nut, that keeps the internal spring captive.
Aha! Important information. I assumed that it was a really tight push-fit. Doh!
15 hours ago, Jack P said:For what it's worth, I certainly think this is a worthwhile endeavor, I fitted screw links and sprung buffers to mine, and they can finally go around corners!
Yep, that's exactly my plan too.
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1 hour ago, AY Mod said:
33-085B 5 Plank China Clay Wagon BR Bauxite (TOPS) With Hood [W] £22.95
It's not often that you see fabric hoods on RTR. And now I see why.
Presumably the prototype was stitched with cargo rope and a bargepole.
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21 hours ago, CUCKOO LINE said:
Our new website is expected to go live in the coming weeks and we anticipate a much improved interaction with our much loved customers as the platform allows us to continually develop the communities we serve.
FACEPALM!
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18 hours ago, Venator said:
After the dissapointment, at least for me, of Hornby's latest catalogue I'm hoping Bachmann might be a little more adventurous.
16 hours ago, D9020 Nimbus said:Frankly, given that in the four quarterly announcements last year, not one item from new tooling of their own was introduced, I am not expecting things to change.
16 hours ago, Legend said:2 hours 30 mins hardly going to make a difference .
15 hours ago, Pete the Elaner said:There are loads of good models out there for every region & era. Anything new is a bonus.
15 hours ago, Roy Langridge said:I think we all build up hopes for announcements and when nothing matches ones wishes it is only natural to express a little disappointment, especially when some of the items wished for are "simple" or have been missing for ages.
Best to temper expectations with Blue, methinks. No new tooling until they’ve caught up with their still massive backlog. So, unlike Red, I don’t expect any ‘WOW!’ moments. Regurgitating the same-old with new buttons and bells...and price tag in all reality.
Nowt wrong in that, as it still fills gaps in the inventory that will appeal to many.
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12 hours ago, Jack P said:
The nut on the end of the buffer shank (labelled 'A' 'B', is removable, a markits screwdriver is usually required to get them off though - having said that, you don't need to take them off to get the buffers in place. However, if you do there's less risk of gluing everything solid when you attach the buffers.
Let me know if you have any other questions or anything, I can take some extra photos too if you need
Thank you Jack, much appreciated!
I think that I will try taking the A/B 'keeper' off. Have you tried anything other than a Markits screwdriver? I don't have one, although they're not exorbitantly expensive...probably less than the cost of shipping!
How did you get the keeper back on? Just pliers and brute strength?
Thanks once again.
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Hi all
I'm replacing the rigid buffers on my Bachmann birdcage stock with Markits SECR sprung buffers, and I'd appreciate any tips on fitting them.
The standard buffers can simply be pulled out (thanks @The Bigbee Line!)
So that just leaves me to 'simply' install the new buffers. And therein lies the rub. The first part of the 'keeper', for want of a better word, (A) passes through the hole in the buffer beam, and feels like the back post of the buffer (C) will be a snug fit like the original. The problem is that the end of the 'keeper' (B) will not go through.
The 'keeper' might be removable from the shaft, but if it is it's damned tight. I could widen the hole to allow (B) through, but that leaves me with a messy fix for (C).
Has anyone tried this in similar circumstances? And what would you recommend?
Tx.
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58 minutes ago, Wickham Green too said:
you could hardly confuse a T1 0-4-4T with a diesel electric shunter !
Not by looking at them IRL, I would hope. But it depends on who's looking at the numbers on the page. Never underestimate the potential for human error.
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2 hours ago, Dungrange said:
I therefore think that if I was the owner of Flangeway, I'd be waiting a few weeks or even months and then issuing a statement to confirm that due to [unspecified] 'production issues' with the first batch of Salmon the next batch of models has been cancelled and that they [Flangeway] will be making [unspecified] amendments to the tooling before a new batch is produced. I'd then highlight that these new tooled models probably wont be available until 2023/24 and that more details will appear on the website nearer the time. Why point out the issues to those who are happy with their models and maybe prompt them to return their models? That would only be more likely to create a cash flow issue. If there are a lot of returns, then the answer would be to reduce the price and see what people are willing to pay. If there aren't too many returned, then just have a 'sale' in a few months to dispose of the models that didn't sell at £50, or as has been mentioned earlier, dump some of them with one of the 'box shifters'.
IIRC there were concerns over some incorrect details in the KMRC gated stock. At least some of those problems seem to have been addressed in the EFE Rail re-release. I haven't followed the issue closely, but no admittance that there was a problem in the first place.
In software parlance, this is what's known as a 'silent upgrade'.
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2 hours ago, The Johnster said:
The real 94xx were a bit of an oddity, a lumpen sort of shape than not many railwaymen liked very much, the general feeling being that the 57xx and 8750 were just as good
Strokes and folks.
As a non-GWR man with a penchant for panniers, I have both a BlueBox 5700 and 8750. But the 94xx leaves me cold.
Actually, it's the tapered boiler. Go figure.
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On 27/01/2021 at 18:45, Craig1989 said:
Will you be putting the rr logo on 37425 as I’ve seen a picture on Facebook with it on now
5 hours ago, JackB95 said:Are you aware they've finally put branding on 37425?
Ahhh, all a bit too modern for me. So I'd assumed that RR meant Road Runner.
Regional Railways makes a lot more sense, albeit less exciting. The lack of Wile E. Coyote on the side is a distinct disappointment.
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Class 66 in OO Gauge - New Announcement
in Hattons
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If you’re referring to this one, then I beg to differ.