RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted July 8, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 8, 2020 Ok! There’s also the MIAC page on the web.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Saunders Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 Any word on the industrial ones from Heljan? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium MJI Posted July 10, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 10, 2020 Can I justify 2? 97651 Yellow PWM654 Blue Then I would have 3 PWMs all cleanish as my period is around the time PWM650 was repainted. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubbles2 Posted July 11, 2020 Author Share Posted July 11, 2020 (edited) I'm really looking forward to getting these little PW shunters but as I'm lucky enough to have a large railway room filled with railway and preferring longish trains of 8 to 10 coaches or 20 to 30 wagons my smaller locos tend to sit in a siding or round the turntable and see little action, so these PWM diesels would see much more use hauled between work sites in PW trains also conveying ballast and rail wagons along with staff riding coaches or brake vans. This got me thinking about the possibility of maybe treating them just like the real ones which could be taken out of gear and hauled dead to to the work site, this could be done if one small gear was easily removable and a micro switch added out of sight to isolate the supply to the motor, just an idea. Edited July 11, 2020 by bubbles2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thunderer08 Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 Does anyone have dates for when they where painted from blue to yellow? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubbles2 Posted July 12, 2020 Author Share Posted July 12, 2020 8 hours ago, thunderer08 said: Does anyone have dates for when they where painted from blue to yellow? 97653 June 81, 97652 Nov 80. Pictures on page 1 of this thread. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thunderer08 Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 8 hours ago, bubbles2 said: 97653 June 81, 97652 Nov 80. Pictures on page 1 of this thread. Thanks for the info, does that mean the 97651 and 97654 where withdrawn in blue? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubbles2 Posted July 12, 2020 Author Share Posted July 12, 2020 (edited) 38 minutes ago, thunderer08 said: Thanks for the info, does that mean the 97651 and 97654 where withdrawn in blue? No the first 3 pictures on the thread page 1 show 97651 and 97654 in yellow livery in 93 and the mid 80s. Edited July 12, 2020 by bubbles2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post dibber25 Posted July 22, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted July 22, 2020 First shots off the tooling: 23 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham_Muz Posted July 24, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 24, 2020 Hmmm I must resist... they never made it to Southampton docks... But the EPs do look nice... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted July 24, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 24, 2020 2 minutes ago, Graham_Muz said: Hmmm I must resist... they never made it to Southampton docks... But the EPs do look nice... Muz, How do you know they never got to Southampton Docks, surely you weren't there every day of every year these things were around. I wonder how many Western engineering trains had to go right down to Southampton termins to run round or re-form if the were working south of Winchester. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted July 25, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 25, 2020 (edited) On 11/07/2020 at 17:40, bubbles2 said: This got me thinking about the possibility of maybe treating them just like the real ones which could be taken out of gear and hauled dead to to the work site, this could be done if one small gear was easily removable and a micro switch added out of sight to isolate the supply to the motor, just an idea. I doubt if you'd do any harm leaving the motor connected and running; with no load it would not consume much amperage and would stay cool enough. If the final drive cog is fixed to the driving axle by a grub screw, all you'd have to do is loosen that and the loco could be pulled freely enough. PWM 651 at Radyr frequently travelled to site in the company of the PAD's diesel electric self propelled crane, easily buildable from the Aifix/Dapol now Kitmaster construction kit mounted on a Gresley 8-wheel tender chassis from a cheap 'Bay donor; fits as if it was designed for the job. The crane was limited to 35mph in running to site, as was IIRC the PWM shunter. Hardest part of this job is converting a bogie bolster to a match truck for the crane! Delivered to site, you can tighten the grub screw back up and the loco can work independently, as can the crane if you find a way to motorise it but that's another story... Edited July 25, 2020 by The Johnster Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGR Hooper! Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 Heljan are producing a newly tooled model of the Ruston & Hornsby 165DE 0-6-0 diesel shunting locomotive in OO gauge. Two variations have now been announced for general release, covering this diminutive class in both industrial yellow and NCB dark green colour schemes. Heljan's R&H shunter will feature: - Highly detailed model with separately fitted parts - Digital & Sound capability - NEXT-18 socket - NEM couplings - Interior lighting 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium cornelius Posted December 12, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 12, 2020 These are just additional industrial liveries for the already announced Model Rail / KMRC "PWM" aren't they? http://www.kernowmodelrailcentre.com/pg/169/PWM-Diesel 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGR Hooper! Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 1 hour ago, cornelius said: These are just additional industrial liveries for the already announced Model Rail / KMRC "PWM" aren't they? http://www.kernowmodelrailcentre.com/pg/169/PWM-Diesel Seems to be the case, thanks for pointing that out. I tried searching for "Heljan Ruston & Hornsby 165DE" on the forum and found nothing, so I started this thread. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opelsi Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 Going to be a race to get one of the ones I want as only 150 going to be produced! Trouble is, I am concerned I might miss the starting gun! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
slg Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 original post is on the Kernow section Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les1952 Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 It is definitely a loco I would like except that I have had 100% misfortune with my five Heljan locos so far- ALL but one have had bits drop off randomly, usually while moving on the layout - the 05 even getting the following comment at a show- "Hey Mister, is that diesel supposed to leave its buffer beam on the track?" The exception is the railbus, but on that the plastic top half is deforming with age and can't be persuaded to clip to the bottom half any more... I may well pass on this. Les 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffP Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 Now could anyone be persuaded to do one of these and an 07 in 7mm scale? Pretty sure the chassis are close... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold cambo74 Posted January 17, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 17, 2021 (edited) does anyone know where you can order these or have they not been put up yet ? Tried Model Rail and Kernow websites and no link to pre-order Ben Edited January 17, 2021 by cambo74 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEngineShed Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 https://www.kernowmodelrailcentre.com/p/69809/9770-Heljan-Ruston-165DE-0-6-0-Industrial-Diesel-Shunter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 Also Hattons. https://www.hattons.co.uk/612642/heljan_9770_ruston_165_0_6_0_diesel_shunter_in_industrial_yellow/stockdetail.aspx Don't forget these are the industrial versions not the limited edition Model Rail/Kernow BR PWM versions. The thread for those is here Jason Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffP Posted January 20, 2021 Share Posted January 20, 2021 I wonder if they'll ever do it in 7mm? Surely a small diesel for a pw yard would sell? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hodgson Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 Is that speedo linkage going to be robust enough not to fall apart in use? It looks very delicate - as it did on the prototype. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Roy Langridge Posted January 21, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 21, 2021 8 hours ago, Michael Hodgson said: Is that speedo linkage going to be robust enough not to fall apart in use? It looks very delicate - as it did on the prototype. It is no finer than the gear on a 009 Bachmann Baldwin and that seems to stand up to the job ok. As long as Heljan have engineered it right it should be ok. Roy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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