Crepello
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I filled in one of Bachmann’s suggestion forms at Ally Pally. My choices were the pallet van and pre-TOPS blue diesels in N gauge.
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If only that pallet van was N gauge!
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Really? That’s a shame.
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Presumably these will have the same non-standard NEM pocket as the 5 and 7 plank opens.
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The blue suburban come with the old spring pocket. You can fit American Bachmann couplings which match Dapol Easi-shunts.
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I’ll have to join the Collectors’ Club to get that 47!
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If the wire isn’t correct and the moulded is, it’s got to be the moulded.
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I’m familiar from observation of the prototype that shunting signals are situated by the points leading off the main line into a siding. However, these wouldn’t be seen by a driver reversing his train into the siding until he reached the points. Would there be a duplicate shunting signal at the ‘limit of shunt’ where the loco stops before reversing?
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I am enjoying the March 2024 issue and found the Traction content interesting and relevant to my modelling. The article on steel terminals has prompted me to ask if an article could be prepared on steel loads, with appropriate measurements of such items as slab and billet, as this subject is a complete void in my railway knowledge.
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17 minutes ago, Boleyn Road said:
Stormy winds have blown in a Flying Pig!
Ivatt Class 4 43047 has been prepared for the St Pancras - Tilbury Riverside boat train
I used to see that train on Saturday mornings at Barking, going through what is now Platform 1. Once, I recognised the passengers as the England cricket team on their way to Australia . I particularly remember Peter May, who I think was the captain.
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Maybe (hopefully!) Bachmann are putting their efforts into doing N-gauge versions too.
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ARC & Yeoman PGAs are a big gap in N gauge too!
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10 hours ago, rob D2 said:
Aren’t you N gaugers about 10% of the market ? Therefore if you get 10% you should be more than happy
I think it’s a bit more than that. 17% springs to mind.
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in Heljan
On 23/03/2023 at 21:07, deltic17 said:Just saw the latest images - the newly plated headcode boxes are done very badly - do they not look at the prototype?
BR arrows too big on the white window ones
Cab windows the wrong colour on 55002
I assume you mean the cab window area should be a greenish shade (which I always questioned when the prototype appeared in its ‘preservation’ livery.)
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Thanks to Paul’s photos we can see they had Oleo buffers. Silver shanks may need to be applied.
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Good to see a number of coaches with commonwealth bogies. I remain hopeful that these will be available as accessories in the near future.
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Yes. I find it handy for topping up with real coal. You can do the job away from the loco and fit it back in when it’s dry.
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16 hours ago, Right Away said:
Always worth a quick peep over the fence on the way home from school; this afternoon there’s an “Arthur” brewing up in readiness to work a Ramsgate “rounder”, whilst a “Midland” eases past on the back road, no doubt for a run back with an early evening business working over the Oxted.
Some great weathering there.
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On 17/09/2023 at 21:15, fulton said:
I meant to say 5 pin DIN plug and socket.
DIN plugs are not exactly easy to wire up are they?
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I have to say, my 68043 is a fine model and runs well.
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On 02/09/2023 at 18:39, 64F said:
For N-gauge cars I doubt if there if much scope for making any of the parts optional, at least not on the type of relatively simple and affordable ones that Oxford make, and the first shot of the Cortina mk.V shows them cast in:
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1038435887401132&set=pcb.1038436897401031
Obviously many people will buy them anyway. A lot of people won't realise they are wrong, and in the near-absence of any other 1980s cars in N-gauge there is nothing better available to those who do know. However, I've no doubt that they will sell fewer of them because of the un-prototypical add-ons, because some people who do know will buy fewer while it is difficult to think of anyone who is likely to be buying more of them because of the spoiler.
Whilst some people don't mind about the accuracy of background vehicles, cars are really easy for a lot of people to recognise and to date, even in N-gauge. When operating my club's N-gauge layouts at exhibitions I've often overheard people commenting on the background cars, typically pointing out to their children or grandchildren a type they or a relative used to own. There are also plenty of people who can spot things "wrong" with a car model far more readily than an issue with a piece of rolling stock. I therefore find it galling that a manufacturer seems to have chosen to model what was once a very common car with various inaccurate add-ons that detract from its appearance and make it less recognisable, for absolutely no benefit whatsoever. There are enough compromises in capturing the look of a car at such a small scale without deliberately adding prominent inaccuracies.
I had planned to fill a rake of Cartics with Fords and had pre-ordered ten of the red Cortinas to start with, but these I will now be cancelling as if the first shot is what gets produced they will probably be useless to me - the splitter, fog lamps and sunroof I could reluctantly live with or modify, but the prominent spoiler is likely to be very difficult to hide or to remove easily. My N-gauge is circa 1977-79 so any mk.V Cortinas would be brand new and unmodified. I'll probably buy one and have a got at it with a file and some red paint before deciding if it is worth the effort of doing more, but I'm not optimistic.
Looking on the bright side the Cartics I have pre-ordered are MAT whereas Ford tended to use Toleman, so maybe Oxford are saving me from an inaccuracy of my own!
I hope you’ve read my warning about loaded Cartics. Test your loco with them before glueing the cars on. One set should be ok though.
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On 27/08/2023 at 13:09, Roy L S said:
Are you sure? According to Rails' website all 6 J94s are still showing as "pre-order" items and I don't think they are showing as available anywhere else, certainly nowhere I can find anyway🤔.
You’re quite right Roy! I must have taken a very optimistic view of Rails’ e-mail. Just the lovely Farish Thompsons in the parcel.
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I assume the maroon Thompsons would have been used on secondary services on the ECML and the GEML, as I haven’t located any photos suggesting otherwise.
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I think I’ve been lucky in getting a good one. It sits level and runs well. The wheels are an improvement over the previous solid type. I have had to revise my plans for a Waterloo e.c.s. service in favour of a branch journey with just 2 coaches, as the haulage power is limited.
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The trouble with the old N gauge Peco chassis is that its width differs from the Farish one and the bodies are consequently wider, so probably not to scale. We also could do with a fitted open (wooden body on 10 ft chassis) as per the Highfit in David Larkin’s Working Wagons 1968-1973.