stewartingram Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 I've had my email from Kernow, but unfortuanately as my card failed (it was changed last week) it wouldn't process. They suggest a reorder, which is no problem, but I can't find my subscription number for the discount. Anyone know how to find this? Stewart Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
scots region Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 17 minutes ago, stewartingram said: I've had my email from Kernow, but unfortuanately as my card failed (it was changed last week) it wouldn't process. They suggest a reorder, which is no problem, but I can't find my subscription number for the discount. Anyone know how to find this? Stewart My advice would be to search your inbox for the subscription receipt. Or if you don’t have an email, perhaps try calling Model Rail. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewartingram Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 I tried that - that's how I found out I'd forgotten to include iy the 1st time! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dibber25 Posted February 10, 2019 Author Share Posted February 10, 2019 3 hours ago, stewartingram said: I've had my email from Kernow, but unfortuanately as my card failed (it was changed last week) it wouldn't process. They suggest a reorder, which is no problem, but I can't find my subscription number for the discount. Anyone know how to find this? Stewart Kernow will be able to find it. (CJL) 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkSG Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 3 hours ago, coline33 said: Yes, John, you would have expected regulations to have been amended by the time the Drewrys were introduced but basically they were not and rules became interpreted locally and dare I say 'risk assessment' became the order of the day! Amendment to tramway legislation, including the Highway Code, etc., did not come about until the 1980's in connection with the still required independent Acts of Parliament for light rail/ tram development. Even the Transport & Works Act of the 1990s continues to incorporate features of the 1870 Tramways Act. In discussion in 1998 with the original instructors of Croydon Tramlink there was the reminder that "no carriage on a tramway must move before a bell is rung"!!! Fortunately, our drivers do use their discretion and are very safety conscience. Kind regards, Colin Withey. The Tramways Act 1870 is still in force. Some parts of it have been amended or repealed, but by no means all of it. https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/33-34/78/contents That's partly what prompted my original question, because there's nothing in the Tramways Act which requires double-ended locos, not even at the time when the W&U was constructed. So it isn't, and never has been, a matter of legislation. A bit more digging, though, suggests that it was the Board of Trade which imposed the requirement on the W&U. Since the BoT regulations don't have statutory force, they can be altered at will, and presumably already had been by the time the Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore line was built ten years after the W&U. I suspect the Wantage Tramway avoided the regulations, as they applied at the time, by being initially horse-drawn, and only later adding steam traction. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Nile Posted February 10, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 10, 2019 According to a friend of mine Tramway locos must be driven from the leading end, so the driver has a clear view. A single cabbed loco would have to be turned at the end of the line. A double ended loco gets around this. Perhaps the driver's view from the Drewry's cab was considered good enough in both directions? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Corbs Posted February 10, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 10, 2019 Glyn Valley Tranway locos always drove cab first and were turned at each end of the line. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir TophamHatt Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 Kernow told me they might be able to ship Monday (today!) or Tuesday. Happy to confirm my card has been charged, so I guess it's safe to say by the end of next week it should be here at the latest. 2 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garethp8873 Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 Order has shipped and ready for delivery. Can't wait!! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dibber25 Posted February 11, 2019 Author Share Posted February 11, 2019 At present - and despite what the ad in the March Model Rail says - ONLY MR202, MR203, MR206 and MR207 are currently in stock at Kernow. Please do not contact them to check on your order as this is delaying the models being sent to you. You will be contacted when your order is ready to be dispatched. Kernow are currently saying that more time is being spent answering enquiiries than actually sending out orders! (CJL) 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NXEA! Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 13 minutes ago, Garethp8873 said: Order has shipped and ready for delivery. Can't wait!! Just checked my emails, and mine has been dispatched too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold tetsudofan Posted February 12, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 12, 2019 Email received this morning, MR-202 on its way...…. Keith Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir TophamHatt Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 20 hours ago, dibber25 said: At present - and despite what the ad in the March Model Rail says - ONLY MR202, MR203, MR206 and MR207 are currently in stock at Kernow. Please do not contact them to check on your order as this is delaying the models being sent to you. You will be contacted when your order is ready to be dispatched. Kernow are currently saying that more time is being spent answering enquiiries than actually sending out orders! (CJL) Thought I'd quote this as my post was perhaps a little mis-leading. I had to call to update my card details so was told then. I didn't call especially But good advice (Y) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkSG Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 54 minutes ago, tetsudofan said: Email received this morning, MR-202 on its way...…. Ditto! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dibber25 Posted February 12, 2019 Author Share Posted February 12, 2019 9 minutes ago, Sir TophamHatt said: Thought I'd quote this as my post was perhaps a little mis-leading. I had to call to update my card details so was told then. I didn't call especially But good advice (Y) Sorry, my post wasn't intended for you - it was merely co-incidence that Kernow asked us to post a message at that time. (CJL) 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin S-C Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 (edited) My LNER 7128 version arrived this morning. I'll just let these images speak for themselves with the single comment that I think this is a product worth buying! Edited February 12, 2019 by Martin S-C 11 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkSG Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 That's a lot of additional detailing parts! Am I right to assume that the shed plates are a set of alternatives, so you can choose which ones to fit? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExplosiveCookie Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 Still awaiting my dispatch email but I am REALLY excited!! They look amazing, didn't know they came with etched plates either! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dibber25 Posted February 12, 2019 Author Share Posted February 12, 2019 (edited) 49 minutes ago, MarkSG said: That's a lot of additional detailing parts! Am I right to assume that the shed plates are a set of alternatives, so you can choose which ones to fit? If you want to be accurate to a particular loco at a particular time, you'll need pictures of your chosen prototype. The BR shed code plates could be in several different places or not at all (mostly the latter, it seems). The GER area code plates had often (but not always) gone missing by later LNER/BR times. The builders plates were usually present right to the end but could be on the second or third plank. The seat re-inforcing brackets could be two or three bolts, one or both sides or not at all. You don't need to do anything with the window frames but if you want to fit open windows, the instruction book explains how to do it. You have the choice of open or closed end doors, which you do have to fit yourself. The booklet explains how. The model looks much better with the doors on! You can also change the cowcatchers, depending on whether or not you use tension-lock couplers. It's all explained and illustrated in the instruction book. I fitted the parts and wrote the book, so if anyone has any queries, I'll be happy to try and answer them, either here or on our Facebook page. (CHRIS LEIGH) Edited February 12, 2019 by dibber25 4 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Prism Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 Looking good, but crying out for a weathering sloshing and blending. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garethp8873 Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 LNER 8223 unboxed. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardian Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 Looks superb. Rapido Pulls It Off, again! Great choice of subject by Model Rail and I hope and expect it will do extremely well. I am waiting to see if GE version(s) are announced in due course, which is the only reason I have yet to raid the piggy Bank. Well done to all those concerned. 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkSG Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 31 minutes ago, Garethp8873 said: LNER 8223 unboxed. That actually looks a bit like a startled Toby! 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin S-C Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 Yes, James, it would be lovely to see a GER blue version eventually. Chris Leigh - Yes, the extra bits in the little baggies really surpised me. You get: Two sets of front and rear wooden access doors in the closed and open positions. A pair of cosmetic screw couplings. A pair of front and rear safety grills of prototypical shape to swap out the ones fitted on the model which have the cut-outs necessary for the NEM couplers. Four safety chains and hooks. Eight window frames so you can swap out the glazed ones (all of them if you like!) for slid-open windows. The instructions advise you need to source some 5 thou glazing sheet. None is supplied with the model. Six different GER makers/number plates (in this version of the model they are 7126, 7128, 7129, 7131, 7137, 7139). Four BR 32F shed plates. Six "5" number plates. Five 3-bolt iron straps. Five 2-bolt iron straps (2- and 3-bolt plates are for the different external fixings of the internal cab seats where they were fixed to the body front and rear). The brass etch is a bold move in an RTR model. Pretty sure I've never seen a manufacturer ever make this much effort to cater for the modeller who seeks a greater level of accuracy than the average customer. The out of the box owner can run the model as it is, but the more serious modeller can fit all the extra details in accordance with a photo of their particular prototype. You get a 17-page manual with very clear photos and instructions of how and where to fit all the brass plates and other parts. Rapido even suggest makes of ESU loksound decoders of European tram engines with bells that could be used as a basis of a sound set for the engine (no J70 sound set exists of course). And all this for a price not significantly different to many other RTR loco models from some competitors. We are lucky to enjoy our hobby in such enlightened times! 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardian Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 11 minutes ago, Martin S-C said: Yes, James, it would be lovely to see a GER blue version eventually. Chris Leigh - Yes, the extra bits in the little baggies really surpised me. You get: Two sets of front and rear wooden access doors in the closed and open positions. A pair of cosmetic screw couplings. A pair of front and rear safety grills of prototypical shape to swap out the ones fitted on the model which have the cut-outs necessary for the NEM couplers. Four safety chains and hooks. Eight window frames so you can swap out the glazed ones (all of them if you like!) for slid-open windows. The instructions advise you need to source some 5 thou glazing sheet. None is supplied with the model. Six different GER makers/number plates (in this version of the model they are 7126, 7128, 7129, 7131, 7137, 7139). Four BR 32F shed plates. Six "5" number plates. Five 3-bolt iron straps. Five 2-bolt iron straps (2- and 3-bolt plates are for the different external fixings of the internal cab seats where they were fixed to the body front and rear). The brass etch is a bold move in an RTR model. Pretty sure I've never seen a manufacturer ever make this much effort to cater for the modeller who seeks a greater level of accuracy than the average customer. The out of the box owner can run the model as it is, but the more serious modeller can fit all the extra details in accordance with a photo of their particular prototype. You get a 17-page manual with very clear photos and instructions of how and where to fit all the brass plates and other parts. Rapido even suggest makes of ESU loksound decoders of European tram engines with bells that could be used as a basis of a sound set for the engine (no J70 sound set exists of course). And all this for a price not significantly different to many other RTR loco models from some competitors. We are lucky to enjoy our hobby in such enlightened times! Informative/useful and Agree! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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