RMweb Premium Michael Edge Posted September 21, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 21, 2020 Our Fowler 150hp kit is in stock, price is £64 + £3.50 postage, it does cover the one shown in your post. Judith and Michael Edge 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holby Railway Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 really need an RTR or somebody to build one for me, there would be no way of me building it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruston Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 10 hours ago, Holby Railway said: really need an RTR or somebody to build one for me, there would be no way of me building it Why can't you build it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holby Railway Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 not equipped for building white metal, not got the ability to build kits, cant solder, never leaarned Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alastairq Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 Then I guess it'll be a deep deep dig into the bank account, and pay someone to do it for you? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holby Railway Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 Probably yes, its low priority tho Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cctransuk Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 4 hours ago, Holby Railway said: not equipped for building white metal, not got the ability to build kits, cant solder, never leaarned None of us who can were born with the capability or ability - we decided to learn. It's not 'can't', it's 'won't'. John Isherwood. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holby Railway Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 maybe a bit of both i dont have the patients or the skill Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wagonmaster Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 7 hours ago, Holby Railway said: maybe a bit of both i dont have the patients or the skill At least that's an honest answer. Kit building is not for everyone and Holby Railway's position has to be respected. There's room in this great hobby for everyone. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigherb Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 On 15/10/2020 at 21:50, cctransuk said: None of us who can were born with the capability or ability - we decided to learn. It's not 'can't', it's 'won't'. John Isherwood. Absolute tosh, after years teaching mechanics, peoples brains work in different ways, some can do it easily, others struggle and some just don't have the dexterity. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony Teague Posted November 7, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 7, 2020 From my perspective, even if you have the skills - and after lessons, I have built just a couple of locos - it doesn't mean that is how you want to spend your time. Life is too short and very few people enjoy doing absolutely everything needed to develop a modle railway, so I focus on the things that I enjoy doing most and get other people to do the things that I do least well, or least enjoy doing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cctransuk Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 3 hours ago, Tony Teague said: From my perspective, even if you have the skills - and after lessons, I have built just a couple of locos - it doesn't mean that is how you want to spend your time. Life is too short and very few people enjoy doing absolutely everything needed to develop a modle railway, so I focus on the things that I enjoy doing most and get other people to do the things that I do least well, or least enjoy doing. A perfectly tenable position - and one that I respect - but with that goes a limitation as to what one can own when it comes to rolling stock; (unless deep pockets are available)! For my part, I don't greatly enjoy achitectural or scenic modelling. For that reason, I have selected that part of my chosen modelling location - Evercreech Junction - that excludes most of the station / level crossing area, whilst retaining the operational interest. I'd love to own an accurate model of the most scenic part of the station, but I don't want to spend my time building the necessary infrastructure. Life is a compromise. John Isherwood. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony Teague Posted November 8, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 8, 2020 Completely agree. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PenrithBeacon Posted November 8, 2020 Share Posted November 8, 2020 (edited) I did look into acquiring the Fowler but then noticed the body is made of N/S which much more difficult to form. As there are many, equally attractive, prototypes I then looked elsewhere both in the JE catalogue and others. Edited November 8, 2020 by PenrithBeacon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Michael Edge Posted November 8, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 8, 2020 It's a compromise, we try to keep the whole kit on one sheet - and these Fowlers, unusually for industrial locos, had bright coupling and connecting rods. Brass wouldn't be appropriate for these but I do agree that it would be easier to form the casings from it. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holby Railway Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 well, my position is that i cant do it i dont have the patience etc, thank you to those who understand, there are those out there that prefer to just build things for people, i wish i knew a couple of them, my uncle was well respected in model railway circles for building locos, there are many prairies and auto tanks out there that he built before he died, i used to watch him building white metal kits, sadly he is long gone now 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold daveyb Posted December 31, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 31, 2020 Does this kit cover the ones built for the Royal Ordnance Factories? Or did I miss the bit where they were the 0-6-0 version? Thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Michael Edge Posted December 31, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 31, 2020 Yes it's the ROF batch that we started from (although the drawing turned out to be not exactly what was built) - as far as I know there was only one 0-6-0, the one preserved on the Pontypool & Blaenavon. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sithlord75 Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 I've been pointed here from the 2mm Any Question Answered thread because I am looking for a kit for Fowler 4200008/1947 and I think that the ED2-6 locos would be the same class. If a) that is the case then b) what chance a 2mm kit (snap that @Michael Edge has appeared twice in my queries! It maybe that I can't read your list properly Michael and it's already there...) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Michael Edge Posted February 4, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 4, 2022 It's not there but it wouldn't help you much if it was. ED2-6 were the short wheelbase version of the 150hp, the only LMR loco matching our kit was ED7. I have done some work on this version but could do with a proper drawing if it exists. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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