RMweb Gold Right Away Posted June 14, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 14, 2019 The illustrations of Hornby's R3638, WC No 34019 Bideford show it carrying a 71D shed plate - Fratton 1950-1954? (That would have made the timbers of Langston Bridge creak a bit before she dropped into the Harbour!) As modelled in its final guise, the locomotive would have been shedded at Brighton, Salisbury, Feltham, Eastleigh and Nine Elms (BR Database Info). Would any member know if the production models have a feasible shed code. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bagnall Posted June 14, 2019 Share Posted June 14, 2019 Have just checked my model and it is displaying a 71D shed code, all l can think is it should be 70D Eastleigh for he condition the locos modelled in. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Right Away Posted June 14, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 14, 2019 Thanks for that Bagnal. It's not an issue which couldn't be altered if so desired; one of those tiny niggles which needn't have occured with a little more attention to research. A relatively expensive model (although Bure Valley Models are currently offering them at £138), it should be accurate in the respect of allocation. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dunsignalling Posted June 14, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 14, 2019 15 minutes ago, Right Away said: Thanks for that Bagnal. It's not an issue which couldn't be altered if so desired; one of those tiny niggles which needn't have occured with a little more attention to research. A relatively expensive model (although Bure Valley Models are currently offering them at £138), it should be accurate in the respect of allocation. OK, applying a shed-code that ceased to exist five or six years before Bideford had its tender modified and received the late BR emblem is a bit of a howler. Fratton became 70H in 1955, and (AFAIK) never had any Bulleid Pacifics on its strength anyway. However, during the time 34019 existed in the form portrayed by the model, it was allocated to five different sheds, Brighton, Salisbury. Feltham, Eastleigh and Nine Elms. Is having a shed-plate that's wrong for all potential buyers rather than just 80% of them really such a big deal? I never bother changing shed codes on anything simply because I don't spend long enough with my nose up against the front coupling for it to matter. John 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TheSignalEngineer Posted June 14, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 14, 2019 Biggest things ever allocated to Fratton were Moguls and 4-4-0s. 34019 was allocated to 70D for about 18 months in the mid 1960s Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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