Zunnan Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 47 minutes ago, Nimbus said: Is that square recess with a central pip 'A Thing', or is it the tooling's moulding gate? The Nim. Its most certainly 'a thing' 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimbus Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 57 minutes ago, Zunnan said: Its most certainly 'a thing' Doesn't look as neat as typical Brush detail design, and looks prone to collecting rainwater. I wonder if it was a customer-applied mod? The Nim. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zunnan Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 14 minutes ago, Nimbus said: Doesn't look as neat as typical Brush detail design, and looks prone to collecting rainwater. I wonder if it was a customer-applied mod? The Nim. I'm guessing from its location that its the top of the radiator cooling system. Header tank perhaps, or maybe a modification from fitting the serck shutters. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 It’s almost reassuring people are buying them, as they are not cheap , As I think has been mentioned . I wonder if they are flying off the shelves so to speak Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PM47079 Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 1 hour ago, Zunnan said: I'm guessing from its location that its the top of the radiator cooling system. Header tank perhaps, or maybe a modification from fitting the serck shutters. If I remember it's a pressure valve. The 57/0 had them and I had an incident where the cooling system fans failed and the loco when it did shut down and stop. There was a lot of steam pouring out of it 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcoblanco Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 Hi peeps, I have a deluxe version. I'll post a vid if I get a chance. Meanwhile I'm having trouble accessing cv 3and 4 to adjust.. Am I missing something,is there an index cv? I can't seem to find any info anywhere.. Mark Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
owentherail Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 Is there a driver on board ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PJ10 Posted December 21, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 21, 2021 5 minutes ago, owentherail said: Is there a driver on board ? Not in mine (47012) 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 55020 Posted December 21, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 21, 2021 5 minutes ago, owentherail said: Is there a driver on board ? At the risk of being really unfair, there are plenty of photographs and videos available of the model. Why not take a close look? Also this forum has a great search facility (you can search This Topic only for "driver"). If you use this, then you will find numerous posts on this very item starting August 4th. Steve Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 7 minutes ago, 55020 said: At the risk of being really unfair, there are plenty of photographs and videos available of the model. Why not take a close look? Also this forum has a great search facility (you can search This Topic only for "driver"). If you use this, then you will find numerous posts on this very item starting August 4th. Steve I actually find the internal search function close to useless . I normally Google “ xxxxxx on rmweb “ and get better hits 1 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
owentherail Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 24 minutes ago, 55020 said: At the risk of being really unfair, there are plenty of photographs and videos available of the model. Why not take a close look? Also this forum has a great search facility (you can search This Topic only for "driver"). If you use this, then you will find numerous posts on this very item starting August 4th. Steve I've not seen pic of them all, as 012 has not I guess none have, all pics could be taken from same end....... and I've got you to tell me. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
That Model Railway Guy Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 Mine arrived yesterday afternoon so I've put together a quick review for my YouTube channel - sharing here in case it happens to be useful or interesting to anyone. For those who just want to see the loco running with sound feel free to skip to the 12min mark 8 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 all i'm thinking looking at the accessory pack is those awful snowploughs 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Indge Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 1 hour ago, owentherail said: Is there a driver on board ? No, I’m afraid there are no crew members fitted as standard. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 Ok so I’m weak… having said I don’t want to buy one as may make me dissatisfied with my Old 47s… the fact I model Eastfield around 1989 and don’t have a construction liveried loco in my fleet at all made 004 hard to resist… due to arrive tomorrow- I’ve also gone for the sound fitted version despite fact that generally find sound doesn’t do it for me - the price difference once you factor in cost for non sound decoder is quite small so I thought I’d try sound again… Anyway 004 needs snow ploughs and will not be getting those ones for sure… at least not without modifications. Whether others from this first release will follow… though I find their livery choices odd given they’ve done 2x47/8 in Intercity Swallow before which seemed at time to be slow sellers. Similarly they’ve done 2x47/3 in RFD European which again were slow sellers. I think I picked up 47834 and 47365 for around £70 in them old days! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 (edited) i'm with you on sound , always seems too tinny. not only that i've had two expensive sound chips go tits up at £100 a go , and that's a risk i can't take Edited December 21, 2021 by rob D2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold pheaton Posted December 21, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 21, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, rob D2 said: i'm with you on sound , always seems too tinny. not only that i've had two expensive sound chips go tits up at £100 a go , and that's a risk i can't take I heard one in the flesh it's better than average for factory fit sound....however I was disappointed that the awful horn from the first ever factory sound 47 is still there...but more concerningly that's not 47 priming pump in the video above..that sounds like a class 37 oil pump and the two are vastly different. Edited December 21, 2021 by pheaton 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcoblanco Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 Amazingly no driver ,considering Bachmann thought of everything else! [Maybe that's for the deluxe ultra version!] I wont be taking this kit apart, il live with that! A fantastic model. Il be pressed on the budget for a while.. Hopefully there's delays on the Acc' 37! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
No Decorum Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 9 hours ago, That Model Railway Guy said: Mine arrived yesterday afternoon so I've put together a quick review for my YouTube channel - sharing here in case it happens to be useful or interesting to anyone. For those who just want to see the loco running with sound feel free to skip to the 12min mark Thank you for posting. That sort of thing makes me fall in love with model railways all over again. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Walker Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 On 20/12/2021 at 19:21, Marcoblanco said: Hi peeps, I have a deluxe version. I'll post a vid if I get a chance. Meanwhile I'm having trouble accessing cv 3and 4 to adjust.. Am I missing something,is there an index cv? I can't seem to find any info anywhere.. Mark Mark, I've used POM to amend CV3 and 4 to something more sensible. It works fine using POM and the change is instant. Give it a go. Tony. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 (edited) 13 hours ago, Marcoblanco said: Amazingly no driver ,considering Bachmann thought of everything else! [Maybe that's for the deluxe ultra version!] I wont be taking this kit apart, il live with that! A fantastic model. Il be pressed on the budget for a while.. Hopefully there's delays on the Acc' 37! I may be in a minority but I’m actually glad there isn’t a driver! For those who use their locos in both directions or have depots/stabling points they look daft as they’re either at the wrong end half the time or you’d have a depot full of drivers just sat there! Very unproductive! Lol. Edited December 22, 2021 by Global 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 For £200-300, driver wise , I ‘d want a modelu laser scanned version of me , hand painted , by someone with a degree in fine art 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold adb968008 Posted December 22, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 22, 2021 1 hour ago, rob D2 said: For £200-300, driver wise , I ‘d want a modelu laser scanned version of me , hand painted , by someone with a degree in fine art I dont.. I like to think I could still fit through the drivers door, and dont want no model to burst that bubble. 2 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GD Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 I received my 47004 yesterday and I have compared it with the other grey 47 I have which is 47231, the former 47209. 47004 has really thick yellow paint taking away the sharpness of the detail but still a nice loco, I don't think there was much wrong with the previous bodyshell apart from the surprised look of the number one end marker lights. The chassis is a vast improvement though. 1 1 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TravisM Posted December 22, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 22, 2021 I finally got to see one of the new Class 47's, with all the sounds, bells and whistles, working fans, tinted windows and mighty impressed I was. Would I buy one? No. As good as it is, I just think were heading to the realms of museum quality models which just makes me think it's possibly on the "fragile" side with more things to go wrong, drop off or just plan lose. The other thing with models of this calibre, can they take the pounding and abuse on some peoples layouts? As I said, I'm far from detracting from a superb model, I just think I'll get the bog standard one in a livery I'm after (WCRC) and add sound at a later date. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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