Roy Langridge

The windows don’t look bad compared to the prototype which also had quite chunky frames. Roy

Quite true, and probably shows 47901 would be a better bet than a 48! Roy

Many thanks for that. So on that basis if I look at this photo (not mine) the first wagon is an original body and the next three the revised body? https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/39250965835/in/photolist-22NtsEg-2agtuAj-RXbvd5-22jY4Lv-23n3zVg-FKFj3r-29MjeuX-qKCGb9-rqzqo7-pj9GTV-VgkbjY-BxtWXP-sqExGL-2hKL12r-2hxeFZY-2iu1MX1-2iouJJn-SAA8kV-23r455T-RqUg6t-28e2RKM-dWk3aM-qR9GuY-229y8Dt-2cbBRRA-FkoUB1-25frDhg-9SbAAC-mEGr7j-2hUsJBE-E1KVVx-24quE9u-PLXYeq-23fMuJ1-2h9hcD7-2f2HCk3-GX5vyE-27W3fg5-2aF1Zeu-GrcABT-Cht4xD-GVmDDd-2hNYWxi-Giz2Nq-23o6FRq-q9qVQa-BwUMYW-2hVpPf8-aTZTqc-U5UZoi Roy

I too am trying to understand what is best for my period (1980-85) and what livery / body came when. Were the brown cradle HAAs the original body and the when they had the new hopper they got the Railfreight red cradle ? Looking at Flickr there is, as you say, such a mix of liveries but I am not knowledgeable enough to spot what is what other than colours.. Roy

Not sure why you think the circuitry would need to change, I am sure Heljan will be planning for 47s with a headlight. Sure, the light-guides will need to change, but that would be all. Roy

Didn't notice anything overly wrong with mine - I just wondered if that one had been dropped at some point and the coupling put back on upside down. Roy

Those buffers don't look great either. Roy

Isn’t it just a renumber / rename of 57603 which was generally thought to be ok? Roy

Wasn't aware of 47523's light. It is in teh same place for sure, although a slightly different fitting. The sand boxes on Freightliner 47s and 57s are a different shape to those on 47901. The Freightliner sandboxes had a narrow round neck and cap, 47901 a flat square cap (amongst other differences). Roy

That is my plan, my 58s and pairs of 20s. Might even have to do a slow speed 47. Roy

The new Class 45s are regional as well. Due soon. Roy

To be fair, the world has changed a lot in that time, and not in a way that anybody really foresaw. Roy

Not a bulk offer for a 40+ wagon? Would just have to find the money somehow. Any chance of having some Dalek accessories made as well? Roy

If so, didn't Bachmann do the HHA? Roy

Didcot for me. Roy