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7 minutes ago, divibandit said:
Evening all,
I ordered a kit from them in February and it was here in about 2 weeks.
Steve
I suspect that it depends upon whether the item in question is available ex-stock, or if the transfer livery has to be custom-applied to a kit which is / is not to hand.
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33 minutes ago, IOW O2 said:
And if I read "reach out" again, aimed at the under 30's, well..... .
Here, here !!!
I reach out when I need to touch something nearby; when I need help I 'make contact with / speak to' the appropriate person / organisation.
Where do these 'trendy' phrases come from? 😡
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Not Keyser - but I am currently building an Anbrico ex-GWR streamlined railcar, to be W14W.
It is fitted with a 7' WB Black Beetle motor bogie, and will be portrayed in 1950s condition with the side panels over the bogies removed.
The kit was not provided with bogie sideframes, as it was intended to run with a full set of side valance panels.
Some years ago, I was fortunate enough to get hold of a set of exquisite whitemetal bogie frame castings. These had been produced with the intention of reintroducing the Anbrico kit - but I don't think that this ever happened.
Photos later.
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10 minutes ago, Michael Hodgson said:
Not that rapidly - they've been doing it for decades!
Copied directly from the US of A - as were most / all of their 'action' stock!
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1 minute ago, phil-b259 said:
Given how popular Sams trains website is and the sort of feedback which get posted in the comments section is I fear there is a large segment of 'don't care about prototypical nonsense' train set types out there who will hoover them up regardless. The only thing which might stop them is the high price....
Sadly, you have confirmed what I feared!
It is my belief that, within a generation, the core of the model railway hobby will look very different from what we see today.
Prototype historical research is, I think, now at a zenith - the market will quite quickly become centred on technical gizmos and 'features'; accurately reproducing the prototype - either historical or current - will become a niche occupation. 🥺
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14 minutes ago, phil-b259 said:
Thats rubbish! Come on Hornby even you can't be as thick as to think lamps were left on between locos and their trains....
If Hornby can go to the trouble of having a plug in lamp for the smokebox door then there is no reason whey the same cannot be done for the tender...
Quite! I'm afraid that Hornby are rapidly building themselves a reputation for half-baked gimmicks.
Either don't bother with gimmicks - my much preferred option - or DO IT PROPERLY!
It would seem that Hornby are convinced that there are masses of potential customers who will buy anything with a new 'feature' - prototypical or not. I do hope not!
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3 hours ago, kelsh003 said:
My Black 5 No.5200 has just turned up in the post.
Very weighty, and a smooth runner although not yet fully run in.
Lamps are indeed replaceable via lamp irons in the accessory bag that also includes additional lamps and the usual recent accessories such as crew etc.
Initial impressions so far are this is excellent. The lamps might be a bit gimmicky for some, but it's fun to have them, they work well and you can replace them. Pictures attached.
What about the tender lamp?
Is this removable / relocatable?
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47 minutes ago, rob D2 said:
Maybe if the NHS is funding them but you can’t impose that if they are paying their own way through training
Such is the shortage of dentists that we need a government-funded, priority training campaign.
If potential dentists want to go straight into private practice - they self-fund their training.
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40 minutes ago, Coldgunner said:
Tooth pain, is there any worse pain? Been having a niggling issue that came to a head today when chewing food and somehow that caused the most physical pain I think I've ever had. Emergency appointment booked (£99!) for this afternoon, plus whatever the final 'fix' costs. Its been maybe 10 years since I've been to a dentist, as I only go when there's a problem. Private dentistry is far too expensive and the lack of NHS dentists I think is causing a problem with oral hygiene. I brush twice a day, but I guess sometimes things just go bad regardless.
£99? Think yourself lucky!!
NHS dentistry is extinct in Cornwall, so we'd not seen a dentist for years.
When my wife wife had a receding gum / pain issue six months ago, we were forced to sign up with a private practice - I thought I'd better have a check-up too.
We both had an initial inspection - compulsory if you wanted to be seen; a hygienist appointment - again, compulsory prior to any treatment; my wife had a desensitising coating to her teeth, and I had a minor cavity filled.
Total cost - over £2,000 !!!
Six months later, they were insisting that we needed to go through the hygienist / inspection regime again - no way !!!
It is high time that the government dictated that all newly trained dentists fulfil several years of NHS-only practice before being allowed to undertake private practice - and that the government pay realistic remuneration during that period.
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12 hours ago, Jeremy Cumberland said:
Usually a gauging wagon has one or more transverse plates or frames that more or less match the structure gauge profile (but are smaller all round), with projecting rods that can either measure the distance to a structure or else be set at the minimum clearance to see if anything hits them. Here is an example from Japan.
The wagon in the Paul Bartlett photographs is clearly meant to be ridden in, but has no gauging frame. I wonder if it is already out of use in the 1979 photograph (it has COND painted on it in the 1983 one), and the gauging frame has been removed. Alternatively, perhaps it is for some other purpose.
These days it's all done by lasers - see this page: http://www.traintesting.com/SGT.htm
I'm pretty certain that I can make out gauging plates at the RH end of the wagon in Paul's photos; the position of the watermark confuses matters.
From its condition, I'd say it is very much still in departmental service.
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11 hours ago, AY Mod said:
All twenty Metrovicks were initially allocated to the Midland Division of BR's London Midland Region, where they were often used in pairs on the overnight London–Glasgow "Condor" express freight service.
..... and, at full chat on the Midland Mainline, south of Leicester (Wigston), they were at least as, if not more, impressive than a Deltic!
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7 minutes ago, Adam1701D said:
We have received the deco sample of 88010 in Cool Freight livery, which looks really good.
....... and ?
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2 hours ago, 97406 said:
The Class 28 is being rereleased and that actually does look like a potato in real life! Gotta love the ‘Object’.
Potatoes shaped like a Metrovick would be dead easy to peel and slice into chips!
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12 hours ago, Hollar said:
Something very odd about the numbering. Definitely should have gone down the pub instead of squeezing in the last little job;
If you're referring to the '2' - a flaw in the film emulsion or a large seagull deposit?
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26 minutes ago, zr2498 said:
Sorry Michael, I should have better explained. This was the amount based on two other cancellations combined.
And I did order from KRM directly, but unfortunately my knowledge re UK Law on this subject was lacking, otherwise I would have not accepted these terms at the time.
The Clayton DHP1 could well be my last order with them as I am unwilling to pay full price up front anymore for models with such large slips to timescales . I also need to get off the lazy RTR bandwagon, when I have a DJH 'Big Bertha' kit on the shelf waiting to be built.
I also have all of the kits and parts to build a GT3, after lots of research and collecting, but then the RTR model was anounced and put the brakes on the kit build.
Thanks for your help and advice.
If pressed, KRM WILL refund IN FULL - I know - I rejected the 'half - half' Fell and got a full refund.
It says a lot about a (non UK) company when they try and blag customers with illegal terms and conditions.
Press for every penny they owe you - and go to Trading Standards if they resist!
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1 hour ago, zr2498 said:
Probably end up 2025 then.
Considering to cancel and get refund. Problem is the 10% admin reduction charge. This caught me out on two other cancellations. Should gave read the small print.
They may say this - but, if they've failed to supply within the period originally stated, you should be entitled to a full refund.
I'm afraid that KRM think that they can make up their own terms and conditions, regardless of UK law.
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3 minutes ago, Flying Pig said:
And if it isn't and it bothers you, you can change it. I assume you can put empty lamp irons in every position if you wish, though that's wrong at the front of a train as well.
So, you can have a stopped clock as supplied, which is occasionally right; you can push the hands into the correct position; or you can have a clock with no hands at all. The choice is yours.
..... which all seems rather a faff when the loco lamps were not lit during daylight hours anyway.
Talk about a gimmick for gimmick's sake - Hornby pandering to the trainset brigade again!
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6 minutes ago, Ray Harper said:
It's now 11 months and I'm still waiting for one of the wagons. I phoned in January and was told it would be soon. No reply to emails or texts since then. Its not a good way to treat your customers. The trouble is, I was hoping to buy more kits, but this has put me off the idea. I am not happy.
Though it pains me to have to say so, I'm afraid that complaints of extended waits / broken promises / non-arrival of orders have been commonplace for many years, when it comes to POWsides.
Trouble is, there are always new modellers coming along who are unaware of this unfortunate fact.
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Not from Flickr - but at Bodmin General this morning.
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2 hours ago, Wheatley said:
I suspect the reason for VANFIT not appearing on wagons at first (or at least not very often) is because they were in the majority so branding was only necessary to identify brown vans which weren't VANFITs.
But there should not have been ANY brown vans that were not fitted or piped.
Non-fitted vans should have been painted grey.
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7 minutes ago, The Fatadder said:
Certainly sounds sensible to keep the webbing in place until I am ready to lay the track (particularly as it may still be a couple of months until the baseboard arrives). I will be modifying the bases anyway to remove the webbing at the parts where provision is made for wiring (so there is extra wide webbing close to the sleeper edge, so I think I will remove the webbing thats next to the tie bar at the same time.
Very odd that on the single slip the webbing is offset at the tie bar as per the plain turnouts, feels like it should be the same here
Could you not simply file clearance slots for the pinheads?
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2 hours ago, rogerzilla said:
Don't they include them in the box? They usually do for their Pacific locos with the same rear truck, although few people can use them except for display purposes
Please read previous posts; they may provide the wheels, but it's not possible to use them on 30" radii without modifying the model - which should not be necessary.
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13 minutes ago, Cwmtwrch said:
.... the "Vanfit" code officially never appeared on the wagon in BR days ....
Really? Can you substantiate your sources for that statement?
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14 minutes ago, cctransuk said:
Duplicate post
Heljan OO Newton Chambers Car Transporter
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Now completed and running on the layout.
John Isherwood.