rob D2 Posted July 26, 2016 Author Share Posted July 26, 2016 Just checked and, yes they do..... http://www.shawplan.com/depplaq.html Be careful though. They do two different sizes... Ahhh, they do indeed, but so do Foxy. Problem is I bet they are in the sector colours of black / silver, I need battersea power station in blue/ silver. Foxy have offered me an unpainted plaque to try and paint in the correct colours,,, if not I can use the decals from the mainline class 73 sheet as they have some for the one named ' Stewart's lane ' Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted July 26, 2016 Author Share Posted July 26, 2016 Oh, and a stranger arrived tonight..... Can you guess what number this one will become ?? 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulcan product fan Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 672 looks like one of the EPS ones the bottom grey looks very light but what do i know ? is that sister dora behind Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus 37 Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 Ahhh, they do indeed, but so do Foxy. Problem is I bet they are in the sector colours of black / silver, I need battersea power station in blue/ silver. Foxy have offered me an unpainted plaque to try and paint in the correct colours,,, if not I can use the decals from the mainline class 73 sheet as they have some for the one named ' Stewart's lane ' I would ask Shawplan. They're normally very obliging. They did some bespoke plates for me once. I'm trying to remember what they were now. It was either a 37 or a 50. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus 37 Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 Oh, and a stranger arrived tonight..... image.jpeg image.jpeg Can you guess what number this one will become ?? First of all. Is it staying as a 37/5? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted July 26, 2016 Author Share Posted July 26, 2016 Yes indeed ! That is the sister behind Vulcan ... Maybe I'll see if shawplan can do it ? Although tempted to try and paint the fox ones as I'll have to get mainline blue paint anyway Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted July 26, 2016 Author Share Posted July 26, 2016 I think the bottom grey looks light as the top is quite dark - I think the real things dark grey weathered quickly to lighter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus 37 Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 Yes indeed ! That is the sister behind Vulcan ... Maybe I'll see if shawplan can do it ? Although tempted to try and paint the fox ones as I'll have to get mainline blue paint anyway You've mystified me now. 37905 Vulcan Enterprise is all I can think of off the top of my head but that's not a 5 obviously. It was Transrail though. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pitbull1845 Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 I think "Vulcan" is a red herring Marcus, Rob was replying to Vulcan Product Fan.. Or was he..... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus 37 Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 I think "Vulcan" is a red herring Marcus, Rob was replying to Vulcan Product Fan.. Or was he..... Why? Has VPF got a sister called Dora....HaHaHa!! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ess1uk Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 Why? Has VPF got a sister called Dora....HaHaHa!! Where is the groan button? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted July 27, 2016 Author Share Posted July 27, 2016 Ha ha, you guys..... I was replying to Vulcan , no plans to make 37558 ! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
class"66" Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 Im thinking about doing 37558 (424) 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted July 31, 2016 Author Share Posted July 31, 2016 Well , model time between the now and the end of August will be in short supply. My recently acquired 37672 had a strange wobble upon close observation . It appears that one bogie was gently oscillating up and down. I removed said bogie and put it on a glass shelf and it appears one wheel set is out of true. I removed it and swapped it out with another bogies from 694, unfortunately this was when I realised my soldering iron had stopped working............and I'd mislaid one of the two bogie holding screws.....£&&@@@! This both 672 and 694 stay disassembled. I took the chance to take the numbers off the 672 body so that is now in unnumbered transrail. At least that went smoothly. Having a bit more time I turned back to 274, and painted the Tcut whited out grills in rail match roof dirt. That seems to have done the job ! Just the other sides worth to go then. I think 274 will look nice when finished, hopefully nicer on the side with fox stuff than the original Bachmann side ! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
class"66" Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 Hope you get spares for your 37s Rob.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
big T Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 (edited) Well , model time between the now and the end of August will be in short supply. My recently acquired 37672 had a strange wobble upon close observation . It appears that one bogie was gently oscillating up and down. I removed said bogie and put it on a glass shelf and it appears one wheel set is out of true. I removed it and swapped it out with another bogies from 694, unfortunately this was when I realised my soldering iron had stopped working............and I'd mislaid one of the two bogie holding screws.....£&&@@@! This both 672 and 694 stay disassembled. I took the chance to take the numbers off the 672 body so that is now in unnumbered transrail. At least that went smoothly. Having a bit more time I turned back to 274, and painted the Tcut whited out grills in rail match roof dirt. That seems to have done the job ! Just the other sides worth to go then. I think 274 will look nice when finished, hopefully nicer on the side with fox stuff than the original Bachmann side ! Hi Rob, Ive got this problem with a couple of mine. Its very frustrating! I've also got the issue of one of my 37's where the bogie is tilting backwards, causing the front set of wheels to lift up slightly, just enough to stop it running properly. Ive had it apart, loosened the retaining screw at the top of the tower to all sorts of positions, removed it, dis-assembled, re-assembled and I still cant the the thing right! its my Nemesis! (I always think of Bricktop from Snatch when I hear the word Nemesis) Anyhoo i digress - would changing the wheelsets to Ultrascale or similar help? im sure it would definately eradicate the wobble problem. https://www.ultrascale.uk/eshop/products/view/CAT007/306 Cheers Trev Edited August 4, 2016 by big T Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted August 11, 2016 Author Share Posted August 11, 2016 (edited) It's the only one I've had problems with - I should really remember 37672 was released years ago ! Anyway the bogie swap was OK, I painted out all the yellow axle boxes, and it awaits running in and the 683 numbers being put on. Strangely the decoder as supplied is incapable of being changed from 0003. Not sire I want the expense of another 8 pin as they are old hat now. May just have to stay as 3... 37274 was almost ready for more varnish bit I noticed the 4 on one sided didnt look good, maybe had some of the transfer tucked up , so that's waiting a new number. Should have these back in traffic soon - ish ! It all means 37694/516 is now lacking a decent bogie so that gos back timeline to about Xmas. Edited August 11, 2016 by rob D2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
class"66" Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 Any new 37s Rob?? cheers neil. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted August 22, 2016 Author Share Posted August 22, 2016 Good timing Neil ! I've spent 2 days at home in a month so not much toy time. Today I was determined would be about the little chuffers... That's what the TR one became . Chassis now running in on my radius 3 oval on the kitchen floor. 37242 should be reunited with its chassis later as well. That still needs the grille mod - I've given up on the SL plates for now. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
class"66" Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 Looks spot on Rob!! ive made start on my 37796 in coal sector livery... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Revolution Mike B Posted August 23, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 23, 2016 (edited) We need more local (ok, ok, I know, I'm in Portsmouth), modern image layouts like yours and Ian's Rob. I can lend you a nice pair of 'very quiet' DRS 37's if you need some Looking good btw :-) Edited August 23, 2016 by scoobyra 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted August 23, 2016 Author Share Posted August 23, 2016 We need more local (ok, ok, I know, I'm in Portsmouth), modern image layouts like yours and Ian's Rob. I can lend you a nice pair of 'very quiet' DRS 37's if you need some Looking good btw :-) Cheers, I think it's fairly encouraging to see on rmweb how many model the ' contemporary ' railway with its multitude of colours. I model a fairly unpopular time ( 1998 ish ) but I think that's down to demographics. Ian's NSE period seems to be popular for the same reasons I think. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ess1uk Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 (edited) My layout is loosely based in 1987 (an age related thing) when it was just beginning to get a little more colourful, but I couldn't model the present as it changes too often. Edited August 23, 2016 by ess1uk 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted August 23, 2016 Author Share Posted August 23, 2016 Lost interest from 85 to 96 ! Too many competing things.....missed pretty much all sectorisation and NSE. Modern stuff looks colourful but I'd wager I'd have to spend hours lineside toget motivated by it 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted September 7, 2016 Author Share Posted September 7, 2016 37274 waits patiently to take flyash empties back to Newport, from whence they will head to Scotland... Retooled the fiddle yard - got an actual run round now and the restoration of the DCC programming length in the foreground. I'm thinking about turning one of the two short sidings into a fuelling point as its a bit too short for much practical wagon use. Class 56 is almost together now too 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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