RMweb Premium Crepello Posted February 15, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 15, 2017 Not long now--they've arrived at Barwell (10 Feb). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Derails Models Posted February 24, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 24, 2017 They've just arrived here, so they should be checking into your local shops soon too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
D826 Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 Looking forward to one of these joining the roster on Tintern. Crimson since I've seen no evidence of crimson and cream autocoaches on the Wye Valley even though I like it. Regards Matt W Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TomE Posted February 27, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 27, 2017 I'd forgotten I'd got one of these on pre-order, so it was a surprise when the postman was stood at the door holding a familiar shaped box from the North West this morning! I guess after 'Chaffinch' visited a MHR gala a couple of years ago i'd ordered it then. It is however, a super looking model, as it ought to be being at the upper end of N Gauge coaching stock prices. All we need now is a 14XX of equivalent standard. Tom. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karhedron Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 I have plumped for lined Maroon since that matches the lined green 6400 I have already bought. Plus I repainted a Dapol autocoach Crimson some time back so I don't need one in that livery. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed-farms Posted February 28, 2017 Share Posted February 28, 2017 Stunning model, think I need to sometimes run my forthcoming GWR layout in the 1950's and 60's era. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Douglas G Posted February 28, 2017 Share Posted February 28, 2017 Lovely models, but they've carried over the blue seat colour from the OO model. For the arrangement of seats as modelled, the seats would have been a reddish brown. I'll be doing a repaint on mine. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Douglas G Posted February 28, 2017 Share Posted February 28, 2017 Here is a picture of what I mean about the seat colours: http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/t/tiverton/tiverton(8.1962)old4.jpg The later diagram of these autocoaches had a greenish-grey seat colour that looks blue at a distance, but the arrangement of the seats was different and they were metal framed bus-type seats. The grey curtains are worth adding, I think. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
D826 Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 Well, very pleased with mine - excellent, just like the Hawksworths. Time for Dapol to upgrade the B set and collets too. Seen partnering 6417 - of which I'm pleased to say there's photographic evidence at Tintern. Makes my Dapol repaint look very crude now. Must finish off that junction signal... Matt w Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elvinley Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 Just got one today. From the extras including a lamp, the special instruction sheet, the looks, finish, free running to the amazing interior they are the bees knees of N gauge coaches. Only just pipped the GWR livery Hawksworth to the best N gauge coach categery for me. Having had a close look I wondered if they have maybe gone back to a one piece moulding for the sides and windows but with lots of relief - not sure how they have done it otherwise as there is no prismic effect whatsoever. Everything is beautifully flush. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
47475 Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 These look excellent. Whilst the liveries are out of my era, I really hope we get to see a RTC version. The Dapol RTC version released a few years ago was not the correct prototype and the colours were very different to the Farish RTC coaches released to date. Here's really hoping for a superior Farish RTC Test Car 1! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TomE Posted March 3, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 3, 2017 Having had a close look I wondered if they have maybe gone back to a one piece moulding for the sides and windows but with lots of relief - not sure how they have done it otherwise as there is no prismic effect whatsoever. Everything is beautifully flush. I can confirm that the windows are separate mouldings (I've had mine apart), however there is less prismatic effect as the rear of the window moulding is now flush, whereas previously there would be a recess behind each window. I noticed recently that the glazing moulding for the Mk.1's has been modified or retooled to remove this recess, and more recent Mk.1s show much less prismatic effect than the first issues and consequently look much better. Tom. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpgibbons Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 Thanks for that Tom. As I'm buying Mk1s 2/H I'd be interested to know in what model year that retooling started. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TomE Posted March 3, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 3, 2017 I couldn't say for certain exactly when the change occurred. I only noticed when I dismantled one of the recent Intercity liveried models. Most of my stock is BR SR Green, and it seems that in this case the change happened with the release of the "B" version of the model. Tom. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elvinley Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 Very interesting thanks! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Crepello Posted March 4, 2017 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted March 4, 2017 I've fitted the pipes etc (apart from those lost in the carpet); when doing this, note there are small holes UNDERNEATH the coach for some of them. I think praise is due to Bachmann for the lamp design; it sits nicely on the bracket; I used a slow-setting (20 seconds) superglue to fix the bits, first squirting some on to a sheet of kitchen foil and then transferring it to the items with a cocktail stick. A Dapol long buckeye at the 'plain' end completes the job, coupling nicely with a short one on the rear of the 64XX. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John AR Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 Want to get some passengers on board. Looks like the body separates from the chassis. Clips, lugs? anyone done it? john Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TomE Posted March 20, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 20, 2017 Want to get some passengers on board. Looks like the body separates from the chassis. Clips, lugs? anyone done it? john Clips in 3 locations on the chassis into slots in the glazing moulding, so you'll need to carefully prize apart the body at each end and roughly in the middle. It's the same system as used on most of their recent coaches. Don't forget to remove the step handrails, but be careful as they are glued in place. Tom. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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