Mark C

..yes, and there are no holes in the cab front for the later-style/more common ETH jumper... Mark

By contrast, doesn't the face of the 47 on the front cover of the same Hornby Magazine simply look just right (I suspect it is a pre-2021 tooling Bachmann version)...

With or without (you) (apologies to U2): -

Ditto today (152/250) - their light weathering really lifts what is already an impressive model... Mark

Me too...and mine starts with a C!!

There's a fascinating sequence in the East Anglian By-Ways (sic) DVD filmed in the late-60s of a Brush Type 4/Class 47 fly shunting 16 ton mineral wagons in Cromer yard (fortunately it is D1565 - which has saved me having to renumber the Bachmann model). The skill of the shunter uncoupling wagons on the move is readily apparent. Mark

I second that: I had a happy 12 months contracting for Essex County Council in County Hall...just a few minutes' walk from John Dutfield (as long as you remember they're closed on Wednesdays!)...

See "Backscene" (page 130) from the current edition of Model Rail - there is a connection between them! Regards Mark

A bit late perhaps, but try H&A Models' own product - https://www.hamodels.net/4mm-steel-wagon-buffer-heads-pack-12.html ...they are also a good source of so many things and with an excellent mail order service too (and good to chat with too at exhibitions). Regards Mark

There is one doing just that (going round the curves bit, not falling to its' demise...) at Holkham Hall's Christmas by candlelight event, where there is a Christmas tree ringed by four circuits of track - one of which has a 15xx merrily towing three Gresley coaches... Mark

You will not be disappointed... Mark

I've got one of these in long-term storage (pretty much since the 70's, consequent to the arrival of the Mainline model, along with a Class 47!) - but I utilised MTK's own power bogies. They had a novel design utilising a layshaft that enabled 3-axle drive (or, by omitting the layshaft, unpowered) and pickups incorporated with the brass axle bearings. I'm sure that with a bit more work they would have performed well, but they never quite did for me - the frames, layshaft and gears were moulded in a greasy sort of plastic, which was probably not ideal. The Class 47 was powered by twin K's motor bogies which generally spun on the spot without much movement on the track. On Wright Writes there is a photograph of my MTK Class 03, which was much more successful (until the Mainline version, again). Like many others, I learned a lot from building MTK kits... Anyway, back to the original topic... Mark

I went from the panic of: oh no, have I ordered more of the same without realising, through to the hopeful: maybe my two Class 37s are en route and the wrong orders have been quoted, only to be told it's PayPal re-issuing old emails. No associated payment activity on my PayPal account...

...a PayPal problem we think...

Indeed, but a quick call and chat with the very helpful proprietor, and a by-return service will sort you out.

Here's a quick photo...

Try 247 Developments (no connection other than a satisfied customer) - I recently bought 1504 cabside plates and a smokebox numberplate. Very friendly and quick service...

I can't disagree...!! 😆

Thanks for those posts Andy - you are a bad person; from a position of not wanting or needing one, your posts tipped me over and after just a few mousepad clicks 1504 is now on pre-order!!

There's a couple of Airfix Pumas on eBay at the moment but, rarely, neither Hannants nor Kingkit have any... The Revell HAS.6 is also highly regarded as is/are Italeri's Merlin(s) - like you, also in my pile!! We should share stories one day...

As with the large scale version, sadly much of the interior will be hidden once the fuselage is buttoned up which might focus attention on the cockpit through those large - and very clear - windows, and in getting that absolutely right. The 1/48 version incorporates the interior as a sub-assembly, including walls, floor, bulkheads etc which is then incorporated into the fuselage. Although there has been some discussion regarding the resultant thickness of the walls, especially where visible at the doors' edges, I think it will work well in the larger scale. I suspect that Airfix will further develop this new tooling into more variants. A yellow RAF air sea rescue example will certainly stand out amongst the others!! Does your to do pile include an MV-22 Osprey? I've been watching them over the last couple of weeks in Norfolk...most impressive...(I have a 1/72 Hasegawa example in mine)... Mark

Barry The review/builds on Britmodeller certainly suggest it is a fabulous kit. No doubt, over the next few months all sorts of Xtradecals, resin and etched add-ons, and paint masks will be released just to add to the mix. Yes, the current 1/72 Airfix kit is a step above its' predecessor - and other manufacturers' I believe. Here's a few of my work in progress HAR.3 from that latest iteration, together with a few etched add-ons... Mark

Inevitably...the to do pile just got that little bit bigger...

I did the same with Millholme's version of the Ivatt Class 4 and ended up (part) building Crownline's version (with the milky bar boiler and firebox) instead, which was much more successful (there are pictures a few hundred pages back on this thread). Bachmann's later incarnation put paid to its' completion...though maybe one day... Mark

Indeed...I have a photo (via eBay) of D2034 (later Class 03) unskirted hauling two 16 ton minerals on what appears to be the line set into South Denes Road, Great Yarmouth... Mark