RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted August 7, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 7, 2020 (edited) Built this afternoon. Now awaiting decals and weathering. Great fun - four more to go. Cheers Darius Edited August 7, 2020 by Darius43 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibbo675 Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 Hi Darius, I built one of those a while back off the back of 24 Presflos, I also built the earlier version that is to diagram 274 from some Hornby Dublo/Wrenn body and a Parkside LNER clasp brake chassis. The Dapol Kit is to diagram 277. https://paulbartlett.zenfolio.com/brprestwin Gibbo. 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BernardTPM Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 I've got an Airfix one of those to build to relive old memories of doing one back in the late '60s. Hopefully I'll make a better job of it now though. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
5050 Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 34 minutes ago, BernardTPM said: I've got an Airfix one of those to build to relive old memories of doing one back in the late '60s. Hopefully I'll make a better job of it now though. Yes, Airfix were the original manufacturer, not Kitmaster. It does get rather confusing when talking about these old kits as they have changed hands often over the years. The two Airfix cement wagons, Presflo and Prestwin, were really good for their day and I think still stand up well today. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Moxy Posted August 7, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 7, 2020 25 minutes ago, 5050 said: Yes, Airfix were the original manufacturer, not Kitmaster. Just to confuse matters, Dapol have now started reusing the 'Kitmaster' brand on their latest packaging. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BernardTPM Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 (edited) Yes, possibly a move deliberately designed to confuse future generations. People get things like the Drewry wrong often enough already (Airfix originally, not Kitmaster and the only locomotive kit they originated in 1:76 scale; a Railbus is not a locomotive, of course!) Edited August 7, 2020 by BernardTPM Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibbo675 Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 25 minutes ago, BernardTPM said: Yes, possibly a move deliberately designed to confuse future generations. People get things like the Drewry wrong often enough already (Airfix originally, not Kitmaster and the only locomotive kit they originated in 1:76 scale; a Railbus is not a locomotive, of course!) Hi Bernard, Although hard to find, this is the book you need: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lets-Stick-Little-Bit-More/dp/1906919496 It even has chapter about the Scalecraft Roadrailer. Gibbo. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
laurenceb Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 1 hour ago, BernardTPM said: Yes, possibly a move deliberately designed to confuse future generations. People get things like the Drewry wrong often enough already (Airfix originally, not Kitmaster and the only locomotive kit they originated in 1:76 scale; a Railbus is not a locomotive, of course!) The Drewry shunter was an Airfix product Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ROSSPOP Posted August 7, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 7, 2020 My favourites, I kept some of these Airfix kits from the 1960`s and finally made them to P4 scale in 2005...... The cattle van and meat van have replacement W irons and axle boxes..... but they are and always have been great kits...... 10 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted August 8, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 8, 2020 Two done, three to go... Cheers Darius 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BernardTPM Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 11 hours ago, laurenceb said: The Drewry shunter was an Airfix product Which is exactly what I said... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BernardTPM Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 11 hours ago, Gibbo675 said: Hi Bernard, Although hard to find, this is the book you need: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lets-Stick-Little-Bit-More/dp/1906919496 It even has chapter about the Scalecraft Roadrailer. Gibbo. I've got the first book of that series, but not the second. The Roadrailer was an interesting kit of an unsuccessful prototype. I know Peco distributed it but I suspect there was only ever one run of them made. I have still got parts of a Scalecraft Medway Queen, a quite different product altogether; not really a scale model and made in a polythene type plastic, largely, as a clip-together, floating model. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted August 8, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 8, 2020 And then there were three... Cheers Darius 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
laurenceb Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 13 hours ago, BernardTPM said: Which is exactly what I said... Airfix not Kitmaster Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BernardTPM Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 (edited) As I said - "Drewry ...... (Airfix originally, not Kitmaster..." My saying "not Kitmaster" means it wasn't Kitmaster, I'd have thought. Edited August 8, 2020 by BernardTPM 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted August 9, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 9, 2020 On 07/08/2020 at 23:14, laurenceb said: The Drewry shunter was an Airfix product 21 hours ago, BernardTPM said: Which is exactly what I said... 8 hours ago, laurenceb said: Airfix not Kitmaster 8 hours ago, BernardTPM said: As I said - "Drewry ...... (Airfix originally, not Kitmaster..." My saying "not Kitmaster" means it wasn't Kitmaster, I'd have thought. Where's this going, and why? Reminds me of the Month Python argument sketch. Mike 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted August 9, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 9, 2020 1 hour ago, Enterprisingwestern said: Where's this going, and why? Reminds me of the Month Python argument sketch. Mike No it doesn’t!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted August 9, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 9, 2020 Question: were the diagram 277 Prestwins ever used on the Oakamoor sand trains? Cheers Darius Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BernardTPM Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 (edited) On 07/08/2020 at 21:10, BernardTPM said: Yes, possibly a move deliberately designed to confuse future generations. People get things like the Drewry wrong often enough already (Airfix originally, not Kitmaster and the only locomotive kit they originated in 1:76 scale; a Railbus is not a locomotive, of course!) On 07/08/2020 at 22:14, laurenceb said: The Drewry shunter was an Airfix product On 08/08/2020 at 09:29, BernardTPM said: Which is exactly what I said... 11 hours ago, laurenceb said: Airfix not Kitmaster 11 hours ago, BernardTPM said: As I said - "Drewry ...... (Airfix originally, not Kitmaster..." My saying "not Kitmaster" means it wasn't Kitmaster, I'd have thought. 2 hours ago, Enterprisingwestern said: Where's this going, and why? Reminds me of the Month Python argument sketch. Mike I don't know where or why, but I think it is the full half hour. Edited August 9, 2020 by BernardTPM 2 6 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 (edited) 3 hours ago, Darius43 said: Question: were the diagram 277 Prestwins ever used on the Oakamoor sand trains? Cheers Darius Fairly certain they did, but I can't find my copy of 'The Churnet Valley Railway' at present. (Just checked; the photo in the book I referred to shows only 13t and 27t tipplers, 16t minerals and 25t hoppers. I have seen a photo with Prestwins, alongside Covhops, taken in the mid-1970s.) Edited August 9, 2020 by Fat Controller 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mark C Posted August 9, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 9, 2020 17 hours ago, Darius43 said: And then there were three... Cheers Darius Excellent album!! Excellent modelling too... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted August 9, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 9, 2020 3 hours ago, BernardTPM said: I don't know where or why, but I think it is the full half hour. It took me less than 5 minutes to read those posts, so perhaps you're all arguing in your spare time! 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJCT Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 Meanwhile, back with the Prestwins... here are my 4 at the head of an Up Millerhill-Kingmoor freight descending the 1 in 75 towards Newton Duns. There are 2 Dapol and 2 original Airfix, one of which was rescued in damaged condition and rebuilt with spare parts supplied by Dapol. I've got some MSE brass signal ladder to replace the plastic ones - another "lockdown" job I've not quite got round to.... Prestwins (and Presflos - I've got 2 to build) seemed to feature in Waverley Route feights in the 1960s but, despite asking the question on a couple of fora, I haven't so far elicited definitive info on what traffic they carried and where. One suggestion was sand for glass-bottle-making to Alloa for the beer industry there. Anyone got any other info ? Alasdair 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted August 9, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 9, 2020 Four for the road... Cheers Darius 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Richard_A Posted August 10, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 10, 2020 These look really good, I'm build a rake of presflos but I'm unsure how to couple up the wagons as I'm not a fan of tension locks, how are you doing the couplings? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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