amdaley Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 On 21/10/2021 at 15:12, amdaley said: Unfortunately my replacement railcar from Hattons never arrived. Hattons no longer have my model in stock so I'm now going through the refund process. Pity as I already have a Sound decoder waiting here for it Once I get my refund I may be able to get one elsewhere. Update on this saga. It arrived eventually with the outer packaging battered & bruised. Fortunately the model was ok in its box. Only took a month to arrive Fitted a sound decoder from Roads & Rails. Excellent runner & very smooth. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold stovepipe Posted December 5, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 5, 2021 2 hours ago, Fredo said: Hi, since yesterday’s announcement of the upcoming GWR parcels cars. Do you know which month in 1960 car W34 was withdrawn in? Thanks Fred 19/09/1960, according to online sources. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted February 5, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 5, 2022 (edited) On 04/12/2021 at 10:41, Ian Hargrave said: Looks good in GWR livery. Not keen on BR(W) crimson & cream though. ATM not keen on the price & thus not in the market. Like my Dapol “banana” despite the criticism attached to it.Don’t normally quibble over cost .Seeing it in a proper ANTB landscape helps. Here it is again, now with a proper coloured grey roof and insignia. Weathered by @toboldlygo of this parish. Edited July 30, 2022 by gwrrob add a photo 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuffed 1 Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 (edited) Got mine today from TMC, last W22 in the shop . Unpacked it to find two droopy bogies - pivots u/s, in fact they don’t appear to have been fitted, certainly no pieces in the packaging. I will be phoning them Monday morning. In future I shall request retailers to test the loco first (as Northampton Models did with an H class after I had to request a different retailer to replace a different example previously). Shame, but these things do happen, unfortunately and with greater frequency nowadays. Edited July 30, 2022 by Chuffed 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuffed 1 Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 TMC have agreed to replace the railcar, just waiting now for the new model. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SC55015 Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 (edited) I noticed this Heljan post on facebook today and I think the colour of the lining (and whiskers and numbers) looks very wrong and really spoils it. It's way too yellow - it should be on the whiter side of cream. Not that I'm old enough to remember these but I found plenty of colour images on the colour rail website (in both shades of green) to confirm it. There are even two of this very vehicle in this shade of green (image refs. 213055 and 213056 - I cannot figure out how to do a direct link). Looking more closely at the CR image it also shows that on the model: the BR emblem is in the wrong place (it should be one window along towards the non-van end) the number is in the wrong place (it should be under the van window to the left) the spacing of the Ws on both side of the number was very distinct on these vehicles but not on the model It's very frustrating that so much effort is put into detailing by the manufacturers but they are let down by the finish, especially when the the picture of the original vehicle was so easy to find! Edited November 29, 2022 by SC55015 typo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trev1073 Posted May 27, 2023 Share Posted May 27, 2023 I have recently purchased an AEC railcar and noting the issues with DCC decided to install a Road & Rails Lokosound 5 decoder. Decoder works all functions but no sound. I returned the decoder thinking it was faulty and Richard kindly sreplaced it. Second decoder does the same. Tried decoder in another 21 pin loco and sound works fine. Is there a problem on the Heljan PCB? Hs anyone had anything similar happen. Unit works fine and light functions all work so for some reason the sound function of the decoder is not working when installed in the railcar. Any thoughts?? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rembrow Posted October 3, 2023 Share Posted October 3, 2023 Heljan have posted on their Facebook site, that the 'oo' parcels railcars have arrived with them in Denmark and will be checked then dispatched to retailers over the next couple of weeks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butler Henderson Posted October 3, 2023 Share Posted October 3, 2023 There's a review in the latest Model Rail. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold MikeParkin65 Posted October 4, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 4, 2023 21 hours ago, Butler Henderson said: There's a review in the latest Model Rail. And Hornby Magazine Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium OnTheBranchline Posted October 5, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 5, 2023 So is the biggest thing 'wrong' with this model is that the shape isn't quite right vs the Dapol one? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Kaput Posted October 5, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 5, 2023 4 hours ago, OnTheBranchline said: So is the biggest thing 'wrong' with this model is that the shape isn't quite right vs the Dapol one? Being they are models of two completely different railcars thats a bit of an odd comparison. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lofty1966 Posted October 6, 2023 Share Posted October 6, 2023 7 hours ago, OnTheBranchline said: So is the biggest thing 'wrong' with this model is that the shape isn't quite right vs the Dapol one? You mean Lima/Hornby model. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
VIA185 Posted October 9, 2023 Share Posted October 9, 2023 On 05/10/2023 at 17:57, OnTheBranchline said: So is the biggest thing 'wrong' with this model is that the shape isn't quite right vs the Dapol one? Why do you think the shape is wrong? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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