Pre Grouping fan Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 The engine shed article showed 5 variations of the tank/boiler section. Couldnt tell you the specifics of each thougj 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
burgundy Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 Can anyone advise, please, how easy it is to convert a Dapol chassis to EM or P4? I assume that nobody has been able to disembowel one of the prototype Terriers, so I guess that this is a more generic question. Best wishes Eric 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium CF MRC Posted March 27, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 27, 2019 2 hours ago, JSpencer said: I've just ordered 3 rails versions. Hornby Dublo or Trix Twin? Tim 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-BOAF Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 3 hours ago, JSpencer said: I guess the Hornby tooling suite must be something like: side tanks one slide or default mould (8 nuts for all) mid boiler section, two slides, A1 and A1X cab/bunker, two slides, small tool box or IOW. The whole thing makes one part in those variations. I've just ordered 3 rails versions. Getting OT. I'm going to post some comments on the Hornby thread, but I can't work out what two of the variations are! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted March 27, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 27, 2019 2 hours ago, burgundy said: Can anyone advise, please, how easy it is to convert a Dapol chassis to EM or P4? I assume that nobody has been able to disembowel one of the prototype Terriers, so I guess that this is a more generic question. I suspect we won't really know until the Rails versions are actually on sale. I've not needed to convert any Dapol steam outline locos to P4 as yet, but provided the body comes off easily from the chassis, then it's probably a straightforward job to build a replacement chassis for P4 or EM. If on the other hand you're thinking of replacing the wheelsets on the existing chassis, then one would have to ask Rails about the axle diameter and how easy this operation would be, unless we wait for the model to actually go on sale. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anglian Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 I'm not sure what the black fittings are on the top front of the tanks sides but the Rails ones looks a little too long on the Bodiam. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardian Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 1 hour ago, Anglian said: I'm not sure what the black fittings are on the top front of the tanks sides but the Rails ones looks a little too long on the Bodiam. The steam exhaust domes. Like all matters of measurement, I won't assert anything as fact unless and until I can take a measurement, but my impression is that the Hornby ones are too short and the Rails ones are too tall! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardian Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 Given this it seems not improbable that OO versions were to emerge in the fullness of time. If I were Rails, I'd certainly be encouraging this. 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardian Posted April 6, 2019 Share Posted April 6, 2019 My thoughts, having now met the opposition face to face, are to be found here 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Ian J. Posted April 11, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 11, 2019 A note here about the fund raising for two KE&SR Terriers: https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/143786-terrier-150-appeal/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeoffBird Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 2 hours ago, Ian J. said: A note here about the fund raising for two KE&SR Terriers: https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/143786-terrier-150-appeal/ Having read about "Bodiam" here it would seem that it originally had cast nameplates - "The name plates were removed at this stage (1932/&3) but fortunately survived". Should/will the Rails model then have such rather than a painted version? Is there a supplier that makes such a nameplate? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green Posted April 12, 2019 Share Posted April 12, 2019 17 hours ago, GeoffBird said: Having read about "Bodiam" here it would seem that it originally had cast nameplates - "The name plates were removed at this stage (1932/&3) but fortunately survived". Should/will the Rails model then have such rather than a painted version? Is there a supplier that makes such a nameplate? No doubt Narrow Planet would oblige ...... if nobody's got there already. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardian Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 (edited) Today at York on the Locomotion stand, their exclusive Boxhill (sample): Edited April 22, 2019 by Edwardian 14 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted April 22, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 22, 2019 7 minutes ago, Edwardian said: Today at York on the Locomotion stand, their exclusive Boxhill: That does look splendid. And, having been born and lived very close to the hill in question, I may just be a customer. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
friscopete Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 I might get one too as I have driven up it . 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
truffy Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 It's a beautiful livery. Tempting. But with the SR and K&ESR versions already on pre-order...hmmm? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trevor7598 Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 12 hours ago, Edwardian said: Today at York on the Locomotion stand, their exclusive Boxhill (sample): Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
truffy Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 40 minutes ago, trevor7598 said: I could not agree/disagree more. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted April 23, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 23, 2019 8 minutes ago, truffy said: I could not agree/disagree more. Sorry, but I think you may have missed the deeper meaning his empty post implies...... 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardian Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 34 minutes ago, Oldddudders said: Sorry, but I think you may have missed the deeper meaning his empty post implies...... If so, he's not the only one! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted April 23, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 23, 2019 2 hours ago, Edwardian said: If so, he's not the only one! Ok, ok, so that's three of us, but all the same, I'm sure it's there. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
truffy Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 10 minutes ago, Oldddudders said: Ok, ok, so that's three of us, but all the same, I'm sure it's there. Sometimes it's the things that are unsaid that mean more than those that are said. Just like 'that look' that I sometimes get from SWMBO when a new delivery arrives at Truffy Towers. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Roy Langridge Posted April 23, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 23, 2019 19 hours ago, Edwardian said: Today at York on the Locomotion stand, their exclusive Boxhill (sample): Although that generally looks good, some work is needed on those handrails along the boiler, they look curved which I don’t think is the case with the prototype. Roy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardian Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 2 hours ago, Roy Langridge said: Although that generally looks good, some work is needed on those handrails along the boiler, they look curved which I don’t think is the case with the prototype. Roy I wouldn't worry too much about fit issues on a sample, assembled by a design team in China (not the assembly line), flown across the world, slepped from place to place and constantly man-handled. Hornby seem to be sending a portion of their production version out in worse states! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Roy Langridge Posted April 23, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 23, 2019 6 minutes ago, Edwardian said: I wouldn't worry too much about fit issues on a sample, assembled by a design team in China (not the assembly line), flown across the world, slepped from place to place and constantly man-handled. Hornby seem to be sending a portion of their production version out in worse states! Fair comment, but why yet another dig at Hornby? Unnecessary in my opinion. Roy 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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