RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted February 1, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 1, 2021 26 minutes ago, The Johnster said: I would try to apply sense and sesnibility. Open to persuasion. 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted February 1, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 1, 2021 At least Hornby haven't done M R. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold JohnR Posted February 1, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 1, 2021 1 hour ago, Compound2632 said: Open to persuasion. Lets hope it doesnt result in a Bleak House. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HonestTom Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 4 hours ago, BlueLightning said: Suppose I had best start compiling my thoughts on these, first impressions are positive though. Gary I have to say, those do look the part, even if they're not accurate Stroudleys. No doubt an expert could point out a hundred reasons why I'm wrong, but they're not bad for what they are. I'd be quite tempted, except I'm working on a rake of repainted Bachmann Red Coaches that I started some time around June. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BlueLightning Posted February 1, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 1, 2021 51 minutes ago, HonestTom said: I'm working on a rake of repainted Bachmann Red Coaches and there is nothing wrong with Bachmann Red Coaches, they have served me well for many years, and they don't look too bad next to the new Hornby ones, but they are definitely cruder. The Hornby's are a lot closer to Stroudley's than even I expected! 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butler Henderson Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, AVS1998 said: Altogether, they're decent models, reasonable representations of Stroudley stock. An enterprising modeller may try to modify them further to Billinton outline How close is the NBR colour to that of the LBSC? Has a surprise this afternoon, postie with the GW baggage brake from Time Tunnel - ordered Thursday evening on free economy delivery for which the label on the parcel was RM 48hr which I have never known to include Saturdays or Sundays. Edited February 1, 2021 by Butler Henderson 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butler Henderson Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 7 minutes ago, AVS1998 said: It's nowhere near. I'm repainting them into umber. I only ordered NBR because of the lamp arrangement. Thanks - hopefully Hornby will do the 6 wheels in LBSC colours in the next batch of them 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted February 1, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 1, 2021 4 hours ago, Compound2632 said: At least Hornby haven't done M R. Maybe they will: Big Bertha or Big Emma (MR) 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted February 1, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 1, 2021 56 minutes ago, melmerby said: Maybe they will: Big Bertha or Big Emma (MR) What two letters express perfection? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Chris116 Posted February 1, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 1, 2021 55 minutes ago, Compound2632 said: What two letters express perfection? G W 1 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted February 1, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 1, 2021 4 minutes ago, Chris116 said: G W A brave attempt! 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Chris116 Posted February 1, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 1, 2021 51 minutes ago, Compound2632 said: A brave attempt! Well I suppose I could also suggest S R but only as second best to my first suggestion! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted February 1, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 1, 2021 17 minutes ago, Chris116 said: Well I suppose I could also suggest S R but only as second best to my first suggestion! In the novel, it was of course M A - pronounced Emma - but to my mind M R works just as well. 1 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Bucoops Posted February 2, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 2, 2021 Everyone knows perfection is GE 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted February 2, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 2, 2021 1 hour ago, Bucoops said: Everyone knows perfection is GE Easy typo, with e next to the w I’m sure you meant on the keyboard... 1 1 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted February 2, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 2, 2021 (edited) 4 minutes ago, The Johnster said: Easy typo, with e next to the w I’m sure you meant on the keyboard... I shall have to be careful not to type NE for MR! Anyway, what about @BlueLightning's review? Edited February 2, 2021 by Compound2632 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BlueLightning Posted February 2, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 2, 2021 13 minutes ago, Compound2632 said: Anyway, what about @BlueLightning's review? Working on it now, yesterday turned out a lot busier than I expected so I never got a chance to have a proper look. Gary 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted February 2, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 2, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, Compound2632 said: I shall have to be careful not to type NE for MR! Anyway, what about @BlueLightning's review? I think it's fair comment. It's probably reasonable to expect the current Hornby to be 'better' than a Bachmann coach derived from a TTTE range. Horses for courses of course(s). My intention is to use both Hornby and Hattons 4 wheel coaches to represent a miner's workman's train running in South Wales in the early fifties, and I might have to use Ratio kit bodies for the brake 3rds because neither Hattons, Hornby, or Bachmann make any 4 wheeler that looks the correct outline for a Dean 4 wheel brake 3rd. I need to use the RTR underframes and chassis as the train has to negotiate a no.3 radius curve on one of my fiddle yard roads, and Ratios won't do this. The real train was 4 Dean era coaches in BR crimson under a hefty layer of crud, a BT, T, BT, and a T with a lower roof profile, the BTs with the brake ends facing 'outwards'. On the face of it, the 3 coaches can be Hattons and the fourth Hornby, but Hornby and Hattons decision to go with the LBSC type of ducket and end window arrangement (I know other railways used this as well) does not play to this idea at all. The Bachmanns are derived from Annie and Clarabelle and the brake 3rd is also unsuitable. Edited February 2, 2021 by The Johnster 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Bucoops Posted February 2, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 2, 2021 2 hours ago, The Johnster said: Easy typo, with e next to the w I’m sure you meant on the keyboard... Don't make me post a picture of a gas axe and a dull green loco 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted February 2, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 2, 2021 1 minute ago, Bucoops said: Don't make me post a picture of a gas axe and a dull green loco Dull green? What's Maunsell era Southern got to do with anything? 3 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted February 2, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 2, 2021 Well Maude has just got a train, I agree with much of what’s been said, the moulding is a little ‘soft’ in places but a nice model at a reasonable price. One thing thought RM tested out Hornby’s packaging to the limit as they were in a Jiffy bag! I’ve informed the retailer with a picture as a heads up and fortunately the coach was undamaged. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Coryton Posted February 2, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 2, 2021 1 hour ago, The Johnster said: . The Bachmanns are derived from Annie and Clarabelle Although Annie and Clarabel are supposed to be bogie coaches. 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeremyKarl Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 3 minutes ago, PaulRhB said: One thing thought RM tested out Hornby’s packaging to the limit as they were in a Jiffy bag! I’ve informed the retailer with a picture as a heads up and fortunately the coach was undamaged. The coach may not be damaged but the box certainly was. Unbelievable that a retailer packaged the item(s) so badly Hope I never buy a model railway product from that retailer 1 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted February 2, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 2, 2021 4 minutes ago, JeremyKarl said: The coach may not be damaged but the box certainly was. Unbelievable that a retailer packaged the item(s) so badly Hope I never buy a model railway product from that retailer You may have as it one of the larger ones, first problem I’ve had with it from them and I’ve used them a fair bit, there is a National shortage of card boxes at present though so it may be because of that they are struggling for packaging I’ve told them and no doubt will get a reply as their customer service has always been excellent. Cardboard shortage, https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-55878062 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeremyKarl Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 (edited) 12 minutes ago, PaulRhB said: You may have as it one of the larger ones, first problem I’ve had with it from them and I’ve used them a fair bit, there is a National shortage of card boxes at present though so it may be because of that they are struggling for packaging I’ve told them and no doubt will get a reply as their customer service has always been excellent. Cardboard shortage, https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-55878062 Good point! Agree with you that I probably have in that case But even in the absence of a cardboard box due to the current shortage, I would used plenty of bubble wrap around the item first and then used "brown paper and string" (well perhaps not the string ) as a flat-pack type envelope is sort of hinting that the item can be squashed a bit without any harm. It always seems a pity to me that one can't easily return the unspoilt cardboard boxes back to the retailers rather than take them to the tip (en masse) for "recycling". (I used to recycle black sacks full of polystyrene chips to one auctioneer of Dublo items years ago as I had so many.) JK Edited February 2, 2021 by JeremyKarl Corrected grammar! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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