Palbrick B in OO gauge

[Paul.Uni]

 

[BMacdermott]

Hello everyone

 

Congratulations to KR on this announcement!

 

The Palbricks have been creeping up the echelons of the 00 Wishlist Poll over the years and were only just off High Polling in 2019 (the last Poll to run).

 

The wagons are certainly a type I want for my own layout.

 

Brian (on behalf of the 00 Poll Team)

[rembrow]

Great to see this wagon to be finally produced in 'oo' gauge  rtr and the 3 pack price is very reasonable. Also great that KR have had confidence to go to tooling before announcing.

[BrushVeteran]

Fantastic choice of a short lived but iconic wagon of the sixties......................a few packs of these will be required!

[brossard]

This interesting. MacGeordie of this parish did a limited release etched kit of this wagon last year.  I built his 7mm version.

 

John

[D9001]

Another inspired choice of model. 

 

[Fredo]

Hi, on the website it says the brick wagons are expected Q1 2023 but on the leaflet I picked up at the Electric Train show today it says Q1 2022, which is correct.

Thanks Fred

[Nile]

If the photos on their website (and advert in BRM) show test models from the tooling then 2022 makes more sense.

edit - the date in the advert is 2022.

Edited October 2, 2021 by Nile

[meld]

2 hours ago, Fredo said:

Hi, on the website it says the brick wagons are expected Q1 2023 but on the leaflet I picked up at the Electric Train show today it says Q1 2022, which is correct.

Thanks Fred

 

Hi Fred, Perhapes some kind soul could ask them tomorrow and report back.

Failing that, they do have a "Contact Us" button on the web site too .

 

Meld

[zr2498]

6 hours ago, brossard said:

This interesting. MacGeordie of this parish did a limited release etched kit of this wagon last year.  I built his 7mm version.

 

John

And here are some in 4mm

 

Must get the painting done.

[thohurst]

Fantastic! Great choice of wagon, I'll certainly have to grab a few!

[brossard]

51 minutes ago, zr2498 said:

And here are some in 4mm

 

Must get the painting done.

 

Wow!  You've been busy, looking good.  I thought I was doing well building one in 7mm.

 

 

John

Edited October 2, 2021 by brossard

['CHARD]

There are others here, I am sure, who have favourite photos in books that feature these, and I will for one be after a good half dozen as a fitted head.  Well done, KR. Thank you.

[Covkid]

Am i correct in thinking a few Palbricks survived as EMU coupling translators but with sides missing ? I am thinking of the wagons used to transfer the 507s and 508s to Mersey but also possibly the 317s when brand new. Back in the days when BR were happy to haul brand new trains around the network without brakes.

 

Please help my rusty memory.

[zr2498]

It would be nice to have brick loads available.

 

 

And perhaps some steel coils?

[rembrow]

14 hours ago, Fredo said:

Hi, on the website it says the brick wagons are expected Q1 2023 but on the leaflet I picked up at the Electric Train show today it says Q1 2022, which is correct.

Thanks Fred

I've received their latest newsletter, which covers the two GETS announcements and for the Palbricks it's definately early 2022 as they state it in words as 'expected early next year'.

[eastwestdivide]

1 hour ago, Covkid said:

Am i correct in thinking a few Palbricks survived as EMU coupling translators but with sides missing ? I am thinking of the wagons used to transfer the 507s and 508s to Mersey but also possibly the 317s when brand new. Back in the days when BR were happy to haul brand new trains around the network without brakes.

 

Please help my rusty memory.

Thought a bunch were converted (with sides missing) to freightliner translator/match wagons, rather than EMU. I posted a photo of one in the freightliner FFA/FGA thread. 
Edit: found it

https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/87703-Bachmann-ffafga-early-container-flats/&do=findComment&comment=1668455

 

Edited October 3, 2021 by eastwestdivide

[CoombeTown]

I attach some pictures of the EP that was displayed at GETS yesterday. It's a nice model, reasonable weight but not too heavy, partly down to the steel wheelsets.

 

Pleasing detail on the underframe and with kinematic couplers. Definitely going to be an order from me.

[Philou]

Interesting to see the torpedo wagon in shot too.

 

Cheers,

 

Philip

[Downer]

I’m interested in these, but uncertain about the price.  The price quoted on the KR website is £60, but there’s no mention I can see that this is for three wagons.

[rembrow]

13 minutes ago, Downer said:

I’m interested in these, but uncertain about the price.  The price quoted on the KR website is £60, but there’s no mention I can see that this is for three wagons.

The newsletter I received from KR yesterday evening confirmed the price as £60 plus shipping for three wagon pack.

Edited October 3, 2021 by rembrow
Correction

[Fat Controller]

8 hours ago, zr2498 said:

It would be nice to have brick loads available.

 

 

And perhaps some steel coils?

The bricks in the photo look as though they could be silica refractory ones (used to line kilns and furnaces) rather than the common or garden house brick. Torpedo ladles were (and still are) consumers of large numbers of such bricks.

Edited October 3, 2021 by Fat Controller
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[Michael Hodgson]

11 hours ago, zr2498 said:

It would be nice to have brick loads available.

And perhaps some steel coils?

 

If KR don't decide to do them, surely one of the 3D firms will spot an opportunity.

[w124bob]

The palbrick barrier wagon conversions were used where a freightliner set might have been split, one end of the palbrick had a simple bar coupling to match the inner end of the freightliner sets. The wagons were airpiped but otherwise unfitted some were even painted in blue(hint hint KR), it would be a worth while addition to include a bar style NEM coupling to match the inner ends of the Bachmann FGA! Here is the relevant page from Paul Bartlett's excellent site. https://paulbartlett.zenfolio.com/palbrick  note the coil conversion as well.

Edited October 3, 2021 by w124bob

[Covkid]

13 hours ago, eastwestdivide said:

Thought a bunch were converted (with sides missing) to freightliner translator/match wagons, rather than EMU. I posted a photo of one in the freightliner FFA/FGA thread. 
Edit: found it

https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/87703-Bachmann-ffafga-early-container-flats/&do=findComment&comment=1668455

 

 

1 hour ago, w124bob said:

The palbrick barrier wagon conversions were used where a freightliner set might have been split, one end of the palbrick had a simple bar coupling to match the inner end of the freightliner sets. The wagons were airpiped but otherwise unfitted some were even painted in blue(hint hint KR), it would be a worth while addition to include a bar style NEM coupling to match the inner ends of the Bachmann FGA! Here is the relevant page from Paul Bartlett's excellent site. https://paulbartlett.zenfolio.com/palbrick  note the coil conversion as well.

 

Yes.  Apologies. It was indeed the freightlinwea flats.  I was off on another track !!!! The Merseyrail match wagons were Stanier brakevans IIRC now.