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  1. Try Bachmann spares website, and if its not on there, send them an email? They normally reply quickly. Jo
  2. In 2019, 60055 was fresh out the box and so were the wagons. DCR did run with silver ones mixed into their bright blue ones, until the rest of their batch was delivered. As Mike says, the DCR blue ones are brighter than the "standard" navy blue VTG general lease boxes. Jo
  3. When I did similar to a 47, I used some scrap brass etch fret, maybe 6 - 8 mm long, drilled one end to take the PCB mounting screw. The wire was soldered to this brass tab. Jo
  4. Good spot! The lift and B.O. is on the wagon, but in a different position. The Balanced Maintenance should be next to the Lift and B.O., as the Balanced Maintenance replaced the annual dates. These wagons have lots of variations in sticker positioning, but the Lift/ B.O. and Balanced Maintenance should be together, so one of the two elements needs moving Jo
  5. Adam, just noticed on the samples the Balanced Maintenance sticker on the Hanson wagons is too wide. It's nearer to square on the real things. Is it too late to adjust that? Pic linked from Flickr. Other than that, those samples look rather tasty! Jo
  6. Absolutely. That's the light orange rust colour after a day or two of inactivity. Brand new cheek plates can be a red oxide or black colour depending on manufacturer, but this coating wears off quickly, much like surface rust, after an application or two. Jo
  7. Well, it gave me something to do while travelling on the 165 getting back from today's job. Jo
  8. And don't forget NR's favourite phrase when something goes wrong... "Lessons will be learned" So superficial, it makes me squirm whenever I hear it. Jo
  9. Should you need to bolster numbers, don't forget pairs of outers in the middle of a set, coupled buffer to buffer are common to see Jo
  10. 66001 and 66002 both have screw couplings and class 59 style buffer beams, including the different position of the front tie downs. Both were delivered with maroon grills. 001 lost then when it went red. 002 retains them to date. The reflective stripe on this pair is also different to the other EWS locos. The only difference between 001 and 002 as delivered was the position of the lamp bracket, which on 001 was in the class 59 position, but moved to match the others. 66001 shows class 59 style dragbox with vertical holes either side of the coupler aperture. This is the same as 002. 001 lost the top two tie downs when it had the tripcock pipework for the Met lines fitted. 66002, still got all its tie downs and maroon grills. Not a particularly recent photo, but they were still maroon a week or two back. The front tie downs on the rest are in two styles, 66003 - 66200 are wide spaced, 66201 - 250 are narrow spaced. The narrow spaced locos had buckeyes fitted at the factory, the wide spaced were modded in the UK. Wide spacing on 154. Left pair cut off to fit the buckeye, and area patch painted. Once the spacing changed to narrow, all other 66s also had the narrow spacing. From memory it's only the early Freightliner locos (501 - 505) that have the narrow spacing. Everyone ordered their locos later so got the narrow spacing. 66533 illustrates the narrow spacing. Hope that's of interest Jo
  11. It's a support wagon for a Volker Rail livery Kirow crane. The container is in matching livery. This picture from flickr shows the sort of thing. You'll have a container flat or two each side of the crane, carrying counterweights, lifting beams etc and the maintenance container. Each crane has its own support wagons, that unless on a worksite are never split from the crane. The whole lot stays together. Jo
  12. Wow that looks fantastic Rob. I'm glad I did the 3 different grills, because on the computer I'd have gone with darkest one, but it shows how there's an element of art and experimentation to see how the colours come out. I'm sure it says in the instructions, but I recommend several light coats of varnish over the transfers. I've been known to rush and be heavy handed, ending up causing them to react slightly. Moral of that story - don't rush things! Jo
  13. Yeah that's 66105. 66086 was down in the depths of the Up Yard yesterday night. It started the day outside the driver's cabin though, next to the station. From memory I think the 70 outside the Elephant House was 803 yesterday. 67027 is the other end of the Elephant House, and 67023 is inside. Jo
  14. I'd love to, I'll have next week's numbers and you can have the week after. I know night shifts make days merge together, but I've got no excuse other than fat fingers in this case sadly! Jo
  15. Just to complete the set, here's 66004 for a third time, here waiting to go to London, as mentioned in my previous post. Not quite live from the scene, but not far off! Loco of the week, 66004 in its green Climate Hero livery sits on Westbury's Up Reception at W207 waiting to go to Acton with 6M47. The traffic comes from Whatley, and serves the Quattro concrete plant at Acton. Jo
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