Garethp8873 Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 10 minutes ago, dibber25 said: All the 'J70s' have now arrived in stock at Kernow. Please be patient if you have one on order. (CJL) Oh ****.... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liddy Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 (edited) I have an MR-201 on order, so I'm getting excited waiting for that email! Edited March 19, 2019 by Liddy Update 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris89 Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 58 minutes ago, dibber25 said: All the 'J70s' have now arrived in stock at Kernow. Please be patient if you have one on order. (CJL) Great to hear, Looking forward for my MR-201 as well. Knowning my luck, will arrive when away for B'day later in the week. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norton Wood Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 2 hours ago, dibber25 said: All the 'J70s' have now arrived in stock at Kernow. Please be patient if you have one on order. (CJL) Haha, it appears that my question has been answered, funny how the world works. Thank you Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
south_tyne Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 11 hours ago, Chris89 said: Great to hear, Looking forward for my MR-201 as well. Knowning my luck, will arrive when away for B'day later in the week. Will be a great present awaiting your return though! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin_R Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 68219 arrived on shed at lunchtime today, will be raising steam this evening. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted March 22, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 22, 2019 On 19/03/2019 at 12:50, dibber25 said: All the 'J70s' have now arrived in stock at Kernow. Please be patient if you have one on order. (CJL) Thanks Chris. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pint of Adnams Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 17 hours ago, The Stationmaster said: Thanks Chris. And confirmed by Kernow's weekly e-mail newsletter just received, which contains lovely photographs of every model variant 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Godfrey Glyn Posted March 22, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 22, 2019 They are simply exquisite, very many thanks to the Model Rail and Rapido teams for these little gems and to the team at Kernow for their rapid packing and despatch. They look and run beautifully. I have spent many happy hours recounting the stories about Toby, firstly to my children and now to my grandchild so although I have no layout set within 200 miles of East Anglia I had to buy two. They may very well be found running into Chard Joint Station at some point, with or without the approval of Mike Stationmaster (!), after all having had Andy York's APT-e running though when set up as part of the Taunton Modular layout anything goes! all the best Godfrey 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norton Wood Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 My LNER 7137 & 7139 have arrived, they look fantastic, sadly will have to send 7139 back as it's not running But 7137 is lovely and running smoothly 5 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NXEA! Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 (edited) Here are some cruel close-ups of my weathering efforts on 8223 from the first batch, posed on my unfinished layout: It still needs lamps, crew, and one of the lamp irons straightening out - and also a bit of a brush to remove dust/fibres as its been sat on my modelling tray for a while! Method was similar to Alex's, I used Humbrol Smoke powders on the body, and dark earth on the skirts and cowcatchers. Looking forward to receiving my second one! I'm going to switch my pre-order to 68223 with BR lettering and renumber to 68217 as per this photo: Edited March 23, 2019 by NXEA! 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwste Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 Nur ein paar Bilder 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coline33 Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 18 hours ago, NXEA! said: Here are some cruel close-ups of my weathering efforts on 8223 from the first batch, posed on my unfinished layout: It still needs lamps, crew, and one of the lamp irons straightening out - and also a bit of a brush to remove dust/fibres as its been sat on my modelling tray for a while! Method was similar to Alex's, I used Humbrol Smoke powders on the body, and dark earth on the skirts and cowcatchers. Looking forward to receiving my second one! I'm going to switch my pre-order to 68223 with BR lettering and renumber to 68217 as per this photo: Love that handbrake assembly you have added. From what source did it come, please? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NXEA! Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 (edited) 5 hours ago, coline33 said: Love that handbrake assembly you have added. From what source did it come, please? Well spotted - hate to break it to you, but it is a piece of coffee stirrer that fell in through the cab door. You've just reminded me to tweezer it out, thanks! Edited March 24, 2019 by NXEA! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coline33 Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 Now if that is a piece of coffee stirrer that looks the part, where did that come from??? It is a feature that looks realistic on some on other things! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cctransuk Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 (edited) 15 hours ago, NXEA! said: Well spotted - hate to break it to you, but it is a piece of coffee stirrer that fell in through the cab door. You've just reminded me to tweezer it out, thanks! Are you both talking about the same object? In the photo in question, I see an open-framed handbrake(?) pillar with a somewhat simplified(?) S-shaped handle; to the right of which is a light-coloured object protruding from inside the enclosed body. I'm guessing that the latter is the piece of coffee-stirrer, and that the handbrake(?) pillar is possibly missing from Coline33's model - if he has one? On the other hand, I may be trolling a complete red herring !! Regards, John Isherwood. Edited March 25, 2019 by cctransuk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dibber25 Posted March 25, 2019 Author Share Posted March 25, 2019 The handbrake standard is factory-fitted and should be present in both cabs. The coffee stirrer would definitely be out of period! (CJL) 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coline33 Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 Thanks, John, for your observation. Trust you did not have too much of a battering in Cornwall this winter. Chris, all my three have the factory fitted handles in both cabs. If what was in the photo said to be a coffee stirrer then I saw good use for it on my narrow gauge freight wagons! Colin. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dibber25 Posted March 29, 2019 Author Share Posted March 29, 2019 The 'J70' instruction booklet does not recommend a particular decoder as any standard 6-pin will fit. However, as some modellers have asked, we are using a Zimo mx622n 6pin direct in our decoder-fitted sample. (CJL) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lu4472ke Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 (edited) I was researching number 7139, and came across this photo https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=LNER+J70+number+7139&tbm=isch&tbs=rimg:CbuoK0cpB-wqIjhl3G_1lr26tTrXaV8RHEh6gkSr8ZYvrBBRNTGiPjZiIfQrO9GYeushMslyL7D110i-m5MjR2bKT_1yoSCWXcb-Wvbq1OEaydLOreoLEVKhIJtdpXxEcSHqAR4w9QLNkZJBAqEgmRKvxli-sEFBHMhiyOFJo81SoSCU1MaI-NmIh9EUPioDjE6xcNKhIJCs70Zh66yEwRkQ6b-gP3juMqEgmyXIvsPXXSLxF2Etpoli1ObyoSCabkyNHZspP_1Ef4mwRiMf0PL&tbo=u&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiMg6upgavhAhV5AGMBHZHEAdcQ9C96BAgBEBg&biw=1301&bih=631&dpr=1.05#imgrc=6Cpbap8QlUC4EM: Edited March 31, 2019 by Lu4472ke 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coline33 Posted March 31, 2019 Share Posted March 31, 2019 I suspect many of us have seen this un-numbered 'shed' which appears to have come from repairs at the Carriage & Wagon Works en-route to the Loco Works for re-assembly. I have assumed so may be wrong that this may have been taken in BR days. If so, which loco was it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dibber25 Posted March 31, 2019 Author Share Posted March 31, 2019 It's shown as 1952, by which time J70s were being withdrawn. It looks to be in good order but I would have thought it unlikely that major shopping was taking place in 1952 as the diesel shunters took over later that year. The last J70 to work the W&U was 68222 in 1953, by which time three out of four of its end windows had replaced with white or unpainted frames, so this does not appear to be the body of 68222. Was the date given incorrect, or did this end up as a very substantial garden shed somewhere? (CJL) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coline33 Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 Yes, stated as "1952 at Stratford Works" but as you rightly say Chris, that year was the dawn of the diesels. I have a suspicion that the body may have been for 68220. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris89 Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 Got mine today and a gorgeous little locomotive, Seems to run fine although squeaks a little, but hopefully will go away with a little running it. Also took two photo's of the J70 next to what i got in Hamburg being a Roco BR85 Now to just get the DCC Decoder or be adventurous and follow the sound file example in the manual? Chris 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 On 01/04/2019 at 16:15, coline33 said: Yes, stated as "1952 at Stratford Works" but as you rightly say Chris, that year was the dawn of the diesels. I have a suspicion that the body may have been for 68220. They still lasted another three years until Autumn 1955 and at least one got a repaint from BRITISH RAILWAYS to early crest during that time. Can't remember which one though. One of the Colchester ones I think. Jason Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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