Bachmann 94xx

[The Stationmaster]

20 hours ago, No Decorum said:

 Sorry but I thought this spectacular loco abuse might be of interest.

 

 

An excellent example of what happens if you overload an engine (and the driver doesn't believe it's overloaded  ).

[No Decorum]

According to Paul.Uni, delayed another month. Slow, deep breaths, Johnster!

 

On the other hand, I breathe a sight of relief. Thank heaven for delays!

[Budgie]

On 11/11/2020 at 17:22, Budgie said:

Wouldn't mind a 15xx.

Well, well, who'd have thought it? Today's news is very welcome.

 

Can I do this again and get the same result within 3 weeks? Wouldn't mind a 4SUB and an Electrostar.

[RightOnTrack]

4 hours ago, No Decorum said:

According to Paul.Uni, delayed another month. Slow, deep breaths, Johnster!

 

On the other hand, I breathe a sight of relief. Thank heaven for delays!

That’s a shame, was looking for 9400 to be a Christmas present to myself. Looks like I will be unwrapping something else now! 

[AY Mod]

13 minutes ago, The Johnster said:

the spurios previous announcements.

 

Anything Bachmann have given has been based on the information available from China. The latest change from Nov/Dec to Dec/Jan is for obvious reasons; November has expired. I did have a conversation a week or two ago and I know they're in transit. If they're not off the docks in 3 weeks or so it'll definitely be a wait until the New Year. There we go.

[The Stationmaster]

32 minutes ago, AY Mod said:

 

Anything Bachmann have given has been based on the information available from China. The latest change from Nov/Dec to Dec/Jan is for obvious reasons; November has expired. I did have a conversation a week or two ago and I know they're in transit. If they're not off the docks in 3 weeks or so it'll definitely be a wait until the New Year. There we go.

And a lot of congestion at various UK docks apparently including Felixstowe with a big problem getting inbound containers through teh process onto the final leg of their journey.   Anyway they will be here when they arrive and not before them or later so nowt to worry about.

[The Johnster]

Thank you both, Andy and Mike.  I am assuming the other side of xmas and probably into Janurary; I'm aware of the problems at Felixtowe.  Perhaps they'll come in through Southampton?  Anyway, you're right, they'll be comin' round the mountain when they come.  I've blinked first and ordered a Hornby large prairie from Bure Valley for £110.  Like I said, I'm not good at resisting temptation!  This will be 4144, still happily with us and at Tondu for the final months of 1958, I'm assuming in black unicycling lion.  Some cash is left in the raided 94xx and I should be able to make up the difference by the time Rails have stock of it.

[AY Mod]

21 minutes ago, The Johnster said:

should be able to make up the difference by the time Rails have stock of it.

 

After the years of earache and mopping up puddles we have had to put up with you had better!

 

[The Johnster]

You think you've had it bad; I've had to put up with it at first hand!  No more puddle, promise, but you'll forgive a Day of National Rejoicing in the Glorious Peoples' Democratic Socialist Republic of Johnsteria, Captial Cwmdimbath, when it does come around the mountain, I trust...

[Paul.Uni]

Video from Railway Modeller, of the Locomotion Models exclusive of 9400:

 

[The Johnster]

Looks good; thank you Paul.

[9402 Fredrick]

I'm waiting for the sound fitted br black late crest model to come in stock at rails, hopefully it'll be a bit more delayed so I can actually lay for it.

[Captain Kernow]

On 01/12/2020 at 18:03, The Johnster said:

Perhaps they'll come in through Southampton? 

I could take a flickering lantern and stand above the rocks at Gribbin Head?

 

I expect there'll be a few locals to help you get everything ashore.

 

Down in Tier 1, the Padstow Lancers are always in the Cuthbertsons Arms on a Tuesday night.

 

 

 

Edited December 3, 2020 by Captain Kernow

[The Johnster]

Gribben is one of my favourite spots in that locality; the incongruity of such a tower that isn't a lighthouse and it's ability to draw the eye from almost any viewpoint, but especially from that top roundabout on the A391 over from Bugle and the drop down the hill towards Holmbush Tesco, is wonderful.  Drawing your eye is, of course, the whole purpose of the thing!  It is very impressive close up.  I have some chums from this area, and some of them would have been quite capable of going up there with false lights back in the day, although this was more common on the north coast.  In South Wales we used to tie lanterns  to the tails of sheep grazing on the clifftops, so we could claim that the purpose was to enable sheep to follow one anothoer in the dark, and not to lure passing ships on to the rocks... 

 

A Vale of Glamorgan pub, the Plough and Harrow in Nash village, has converted an old barn into a very nice restaurant, but I wonder how many of the customers would be happy to know  that, back in the old days pre-reformation, the building was owned by Ewenny Priory, and when there was a wreck (and some were brought on to the rocks by the sheep lights; in any event the locals made sure there were no survivors with the use of small hand axes, a very useful item for wrecking) the monks would lay the bodies out for burial on trestle tables in this barn. 

 

Under the old law, derived from the Vikings, pirates were considered not fit for burial on land or sea, and were disposed of by being buried up to their necks on beaches between the low and high water marks, and left to the incoming tide.  This was done at Llantwit Major beach for this particular locality. 

[adb968008]

4 hours ago, The Johnster said:

 

 

Under the old law, derived from the Vikings, pirates were considered not fit for burial on land or sea, and were disposed of by being buried up to their necks on beaches between the low and high water marks, and left to the incoming tide.  This was done at Llantwit Major beach for this particular locality. 

 

So on reading this, I was fascinated and reached for google.

I was surprised to find a link to a story about the pirate Captain Morgan (the rum’s namesake), and specifically one of his crew being buried just down the road from me near Croydon.

Croydon ? Why would a 400 year old pirate be buried in Croydon, 40 odd miles from the sea ? - poor b*g**r.

Well apparently, he was into a smuggling op as well, and as sailing down the Thames with a skull and crossbones wasn’t an option, they opted to go overland. Unbeknownst to them, they were shopped and ran into an ambush near Godstone with Tax Collectors (and you think the Inland Revenue is bad today).. he died in the resulting shoot out and is buried in a local church yard, a very long way from the Caribbean.

 

Whilst off topic it is also interesting to note that the American Indian legend, Pocahontas is buried near Gravesend station.

 

So there you go, things you learn when reading about a Bachmann 94xx.

 

 

 

Edited December 3, 2020 by adb968008

[The Johnster]

To be pedantic, Morgan (who came from Llanrumney just up the road from me and proves that antisocial behaviour is not confined entirely to council estates) was never a pirate, though as a privateer he came close.  Privateers were simply licensed pirates, who had the advantage that they would not be hanged at Execution Dock, a development of the Viking principle  as the tide covered the hanging bodies twice a day,, at least by their own side...

 

The Welsh fought above their weight for major pirates from a small nation.  As well as Morgan, who became Sir Henry and Governer of Jamaica before dying of syphilis, there was John Callice, who operated out of Cardiff in Tudor times.  He was so well in with the local gentry that he was impossible to catch at home; he was killed in a sea battle with the French.  And of course, Black Bart, Barti Ddu in Welsh, from Pembroke.  A vicious sadist and psychopath even by the standards of the 'gentlemen of the coast', he is said to have invented keel hauling.  He would toture and mutilate his captives for pleasure before making them walk the plank. 

 

He was religious, and had Welsh hymn singing on his ship every Sunday, on which day the crew were not allowed grog and had to attend service.  He is remembered as a sharp dresser, meticulous in his appearance, as well as for his brutality.  Whatever else you can say about him. he was certainly courageous; he met his end after taking on 3 Royal Navy frigates at once.  In a hurricane.

[adb968008]

Tell you what, when the 94xx is released I’ll wander on down to the grave a take a picture of the Pirate and Pannier.
 

Sounds like a good pub name.

Edited December 3, 2020 by adb968008

[tomparryharry]

4 hours ago, The Johnster said:

.... it's ability to draw the eye from almost any viewpoint, but especially from that top roundabout on the A391 over from Bugle and the drop down the hill towards Holmbush Tesco, is wonderful.  Drawing your eye is, of course, the whole purpose of the thing!  It is very impressive close up....... 

 

Sorry Johnster, I've never been to Holmbush  Tesco.

 

But the Aldi in Alton is pretty good.....

[Steamport Southport]

Pfft.

 

Bude Sainsbury's for the win!

 

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-45401354

 

Don't think they sell Panniers though! But Kernow's not too far away I believe, in Cornish terms anyway.

 

 

Jason

[High Level Kits]

Just a reminder that High Level produce a finescale chassis for a 94xx. This was in response to the rumours that Bachmann were going to do the full loco at some point, and worked on the assumption that:  A) there will be a glut of old lima donor bodies selling cheaply on EBay and B) the Bachmann model will be up there with modern standards and so finescale modellers might like to upgrade by using an etched chassis.

 

Our chassis fixings are suitable for the Lima model and body fixing screw locations have been slotted maximise their chances of lining up with the Bachmann product. Running height and other arrangements can’t be guaranteed as they’re a result of educated guesswork from our experience with previous Bachmann locos which can now benefit from more luxurious underpinnings we offer.

Anyone wanting to know more about our 94xx chassis can drop us a line and we’ll mail back the instructions. The kit and details are on our site at www.highlevelkits.co.uk

[PMP]

50 minutes ago, High Level Kits said:

Just a reminder that High Level produce a finescale chassis for a 94xx. This was in response to the rumours that Bachmann were going to do the full loco at some point, and worked on the assumption that:  A) there will be a glut of old lima donor bodies selling cheaply on EBay and B) the Bachmann model will be up there with modern standards and so finescale modellers might like to upgrade by using an etched chassis.

 

Our chassis fixings are suitable for the Lima model and body fixing screw locations have been slotted maximise their chances of lining up with the Bachmann product. Running height and other arrangements can’t be guaranteed as they’re a result of educated guesswork from our experience with previous Bachmann locos which can now benefit from more luxurious underpinnings we offer.

Anyone wanting to know more about our 94xx chassis can drop us a line and we’ll mail back the instructions. The kit and details are on our site at www.highlevelkits.co.uk

I think your kit will very likely fit the Bachmann 94. Chassis fixings are screws on centreline at the outer ends of the running plate. Possible issues are the HL chassis fixing might need an  increased width/diameter slot for the etches to sit flush underneath the running plate. On the Bachmann model the running plate is die cast so not an easy swap of mounts on the body. Splashers have an internal width of 62mm face to face. They’re also die cast so if 62mm is too narrow wheel face to wheel face, etched replacement splashers might be needed. Those issues apart, I think the HL chassis and Bachmann body would be a intriguing proposition. For EM it looks a relatively straightforward conversion with appropriate diameter axles.

https://albionyard.net/2020/11/27/Bachmann-94xx-pannier-review-35-025/

 

 

[The Johnster]

18 hours ago, adb968008 said:

Tell you what, when the 94xx is released I’ll wander on down to the grave a take a picture of the Pirate and Pannier.
 

Sounds like a good pub name.

Best ever pub name is in Cornwall, the Bucket of Blood in Hayle Towans.  The story is that a local was murdered outside it one night and his body chucked down the well, 'an when the maid went out in the morning to draw the water, she drew a bucket of blood...'. 

[The Johnster]

1 hour ago, High Level Kits said:

Just a reminder that High Level produce a finescale chassis for a 94xx. This was in response to the rumours that Bachmann were going to do the full loco at some point, and worked on the assumption that:  A) there will be a glut of old lima donor bodies selling cheaply on EBay and B) the Bachmann model will be up there with modern standards and so finescale modellers might like to upgrade by using an etched chassis.

 

Our chassis fixings are suitable for the Lima model and body fixing screw locations have been slotted maximise their chances of lining up with the Bachmann product. Running height and other arrangements can’t be guaranteed as they’re a result of educated guesswork from our experience with previous Bachmann locos which can now benefit from more luxurious underpinnings we offer.

Anyone wanting to know more about our 94xx chassis can drop us a line and we’ll mail back the instructions. The kit and details are on our site at www.highlevelkits.co.uk

Thats's a fine looking chassis, and incorportates the different 'angle of dangle' of the brake blocks between a 57xx/8750 and the 94xx, as well as the different 2251 type frame profile at the front,  It is probably overkill in 00 but were I wanting to convert an RTR 94xx to EM or P4 this would be on my shopping list.  Trouble is, like a lot of brass modelling products, it looks far too nice as is to spoil by painting it and puttig it beneath a loco body tooling!

[Halvarras]

18 hours ago, tomparryharry said:

 

Sorry Johnster, I've never been to Holmbush  Tesco.

 

But the Aldi in Alton is pretty good.....

 

I drive past Holmbush Tesco to get to Holmbush Lidl cheekily located right behind it. Or drive past both to reach Asda down the road.

 

Don't like Sainsbury's either after the way they treated my missus after nearly 25 years' loyal service..........

[Pinehill]

In a previous post The Johnster mentioned that he uses a Gaugemaster HH feedback controller. With all the discussion regarding cordless motors & feedback controllers what will he do when the 94xx arrives? Switch controllers (a real nuisance) or carry on using feedback with a coreless motor? I understand the 64xx panniers have coreless motors but having run 2 of them since introduction with my Gaugemaster HH with no ill effects whatsoever I am unsure what to do with the new 94xx. I have found my feedback units to give great smooth running but as soon as I have tried switching to a non feedback controller the running becomes jerky & nowhere as good as the feedback units. Can somebody confirm the motor in the 94xx is exactly the same as fitted in the 64xx model?