RMweb Premium Hilux5972 Posted December 16, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 16, 2021 Fantastic news indeed. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rovex Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 Lovely model and I shall have to get one, but I see Hornby lose out again 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold mudmagnet Posted December 16, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 16, 2021 Excellent news. Just ordered two! Will need to build another parcel depot layout now then! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dunsignalling Posted December 16, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 16, 2021 (edited) 7 minutes ago, rovex said: Lovely model and I shall have to get one, but I see Hornby lose out again How long do you give them to do something with old tooling they acquired a couple of decades ago? AFAIK, they've never even bothered to do a repeat run using the existing moulds (if indeed they do still exist). John Edited December 16, 2021 by Dunsignalling 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Accurascale Fran Posted December 16, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 16, 2021 (edited) 19 minutes ago, County of Yorkshire said: This is most excellent news; I will certainly be ordering a couple as GWR/WR modellers will always need some siphons at some stage! Regards to ACC2413-2924 in GWR brown, according to the Hugh Longworth book on GWR carriages this was outshopped in April 1940, therefore would it not have been finished with a grey rather than a white roof as the current artwork for this version shows? It would be much appreciated if this version could be produced with a grey roof as it would save me much time and effort getting the masking tape and Halfords grey bumper spray can out Thanks again. CoY Hi @County of Yorkshire, Many thanks for the feedback. The Clarke & Slinn book on the Siphons suggests white roof, as does the pic of it in the book, so white is correct? Cheers! Fran Edited December 16, 2021 by Accurascale Fran Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Fatadder Posted December 16, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 16, 2021 15 minutes ago, Accurascale Fran said: There's no deposit but if you select "manual payment" at the check out you wont be charged until they come into stock (or beforehand if you wish) Cheers! Fran Thanks Fran, In that case I will get my order placed. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pteremy Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 Hornby still have an opportunity to revamp their earlier outside frame siphons, so Accurasacle's choice is quite cute on that front. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sulzer71 Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 55 minutes ago, JohnR said: OK which of the BR blue ones is best for working in Scotland? I too am interested in knowing this 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Downendian Posted December 16, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 16, 2021 25 minutes ago, Accurascale Fran said: There's no deposit but if you select "manual payment" at the check out you wont be charged until they come into stock (or beforehand if you wish) Cheers! Fran Great info. I’ve always paid up front, just preordered 6 for later charging, but more to follow I’m sure. Will have to look up my notebooks for prototypical rakes for its size, normally headed by an OC 31 or a CF 37. I seem to recall ex LMS BGs being included sometimes. Neil 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted December 16, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 16, 2021 Got two on pre-order for a future newspaper /parcels formation. Cheers Darius 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 41 minutes ago, Accurascale Fran said: We need to keep something back to make run 2 interesting! You mean a Siphon J ??!? 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Downendian Posted December 16, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 16, 2021 Brief peruse of 1977 notes 3A03 1250 Swansea- Paddington 29/10/77 W1046-W1328-W31390-W1325-W1335-W1003-W1011. Neil 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denbridge Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 5 minutes ago, Wickham Green too said: You mean a Siphon J ??!? Nah, outside frame G's next 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PJT Posted December 16, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 16, 2021 1 hour ago, The Fatadder said: please please please sell the bogies as spares. Would be so useful for kit building Seconded! 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hodgson Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 Oh dear. I don't really need more parcels vans. But it will have to be at least one maroon, and perhaps a carmine one, but not quite yet. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hodgson Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 (edited) deleted - duplicate Edited December 16, 2021 by Michael Hodgson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hodgson Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 Oh dear. I don't really need more parcels vans! But it will have to be at least one maroon, and perhaps a carmine one, but not quite yet. Then in due course they will be doing the outside framed ones and I'll have to have a couple of those too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pteremy Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 Personally I hope that this means that some decent milk tankers are somewhere in the future plans. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Fatadder Posted December 16, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 16, 2021 2 minutes ago, Pteremy said: Personally I hope that this means that some decent milk tankers are somewhere in the future plans. Seconded 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSpencer Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 STOP SPOILING US!!! On a serious note, for the ambulance version, do we know which green was used? (UK and US army greens are well defined but depends on which year of WW2). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Cane Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 Having looked more closely at the graphic of the WWII ambulance train ward car I would like to make the following comments. All the evidence I have, including one colour photograph, is that the lettering on military ambulance trains was in white, not yellow. The 4 digit train/coach code number was repeated at the ends above the corridor connection. This is just visible on the picture of car 3207. The roof tank had two filler caps as per the image below. The diagrams I have of train No 32 confirm the locations of louvers and doors still in use but do not indicate where the windows are on the two types of ward car. The post war conversions, back to “normal” service, are the only guide here. Apparently the number of windows increased from the original intensions, due to “customer” complaints. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Islesy Posted December 16, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 16, 2021 6 minutes ago, Tony Cane said: Having looked more closely at the graphic of the WWII ambulance train ward car I would like to make the following comments. Hello Tony, good to hear from you again, although a little different from when we discussed the SR CET trains at the beginning of the year! I have some extra details and drawings I can share with you, so shall we take this over to direct messaging to discuss further? Best wishes, Paul. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
'CHARD Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 Is the website functioning at present, it isn't letting a man place fleet-strength orders! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold McC Posted December 16, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 16, 2021 4 minutes ago, 'CHARD said: Is the website functioning at present, it isn't letting a man place fleet-strength orders! No reported issues Hope onto live chat if you are seeing any trouble Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Islesy Posted December 16, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 16, 2021 11 minutes ago, JSpencer said: On a serious note, for the ambulance version, do we know which green was used? (UK and US army greens are well defined but depends on which year of WW2) Yep, that was fun rabbit hole to disappear down @JSpencer! Everything I have read points to BS381 224 Deep Bronze Green being used for main body parts during the 1943 period of operations, which is when these vehicles were prepared. It gets quite involved, and changes during 1945 and into the Korean War, but the US Army Directives would tend to support the use of this colour... Best wishes, Paul. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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