Andy Y Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 Pre-production samples of the newly announced A1 were on show with rivetted and welded tenders. The middle model is shown with the close fitted tender coupling and the bottom model shown with the scale bogie wheels which are suitable for display usage or curves over 18" radius. Class 60 and 31 reliveries: And I have to say the fine detail on the Presflo is very good. SPA Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ste234 Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 Wow, the A1 looks good already, the bottom one looks great with the front detailing and scale bogies, shame they will only do 18" curves! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TomE Posted March 6, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 6, 2011 The A1 looks very tasty indeed. I'm guessing the bottom one is Tornado? Thanks for the photos Andy. Tom. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Kris Posted March 6, 2011 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 6, 2011 I wonder if the A1's will keep the screws holding the motion on that have been used on the preproduction models? The presflows do look very nice. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 The A1 looks superb! Sadly puts the other ER Pacifics in Farish range to shame - no doubt they'll be prodcued in time though! shame they will only do 18" curves! Isn't that quite a small radius any way though? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sailor Charon Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 Wow, the A1 looks good already, the bottom one looks great with the front detailing and scale bogies, shame they will only do 18" curves! Is that 18" or over 18". Because I've got exactly 18" as minimum radius. At least in theory... [How confident am I in my track laying skills? Not very...] And I'm going to have to get some Presflos, I can see... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sailor Charon Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 The A1 looks superb! Sadly puts the other ER Pacifics in Farish range to shame - no doubt they'll be prodcued in time though! Isn't that quite a small radius any way though? Not in N gauge, no. Or at least it wasn't up to now... 9" is small in N. 12" is what a lot of stuff needed before this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TomE Posted March 6, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 6, 2011 The Basic Kato Unitrack set comes with 12" Radius curves, and these are roughly equivalent to 3rd Radius Peco curves, so it's greater than anything in the Setrack range. You'd need a board over 3ft wide to accommodate an 18" Radius curve. Tom. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ste234 Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 Isn't that quite a small radius any way though? Not really, considering mine are pushing 12" typical...! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Revolution Ben Posted March 6, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 6, 2011 Hello all, I'm not a steam era modeller but that Tornado will be lovely. I am not too concerned about the 18" minimum radius with the scale wheels; the Jubilee is only supposed to manage 15" curves with the larger wheels fitted, but seems to manage 12" easily. Certainly worth experimenting when it arrives. cheers Ben A. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Al Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 Looks too like Farish are going to try something Dapol did with the Q1 that few noticed - including lamps to fit to the front end... Model looks superb and well advanced. I wonder how the tender close coupling will work - a replacement drawbar or something more sophisticated? Looking forward to this hitting the shops! Cheers, Alan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PaulCheffus Posted March 7, 2011 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 7, 2011 Hi The A1 looks excellent and could well become my first steam purchase. Cheers Paul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold bcnPete Posted March 7, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 7, 2011 The A1 looks excellent and could well become my first steam purchase. Agreed...me too I think I need to have a lie down... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridgiesimon Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 When I eined to my wife that Farish were doing the A1, she said what? When I said - 'Tornado', she said well we will have to get one of those then!!! Roll on the A1, looks stunning by the way, one of the best looking N steam locomotives I have seen. Simon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridgiesimon Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 By theway that bottom one can't be Tornado - cos its got a boiler on it!! Sorry all! Simon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Y Posted March 7, 2011 Author Share Posted March 7, 2011 Nothing was said but given the stage that the pre-production shots were at I'd guesstimate within 6 months. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
westie7 Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 Just seen the PCA prototype pics Oulton has on the Bachmann thread. . . Ding-a-ling Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave777 Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 Andy, were the additions to the Mk I coach range on show (full brake, GUV, etc)? Just trying to gauge how far away they might be. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium romley midland Posted March 8, 2011 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 8, 2011 No they weren't Dave, Cheers Richard Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BROADTRAIN1979 Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 pity the 31 is of the old tooling still and not dcc ready Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave flint Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 Just out of interest, is there any sniff of Bachmann offering dcc fitted n gauge stock yet ? And (based on my 150) they've made provision for dcc sound too. I suppose that THAT definitely hasn't filtered down to factory fitment yet ! I've mentioned in the Bachmann 4mm thread that many of these new N releases are oo "hand me downs", so why no hardware improvement based on oo offerings ? I'll get my coat....... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium romley midland Posted March 9, 2011 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 9, 2011 Just out of interest, is there any sniff of Bachmann offering dcc fitted n gauge stock yet ? In fact they are Dave, they have announced a digital train set with a dcc fitted 24 and 2 new mk1's, cat number 370-060. The website says rrp £149.99. The 24 rrp is £91.40, and two mk1's at rrp would be £39.40, which is £130.80 in total so that's another £19.19 for the track, dcc chip and dcc controller which seems very fair to me, ok it's their original basic dcc controller but I think it is a good first step to get people into n gauge dcc (if thats what you want to do!) and at a very reasonable price, especially as I expect they will be available around the £120 Mark from certain retailers. Cheers Richard Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 pity the 31 is of the old tooling still and not dcc ready How can it be the 'old' tooling? Surely it's the present tooling?! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Kris Posted March 9, 2011 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 9, 2011 How can it be the 'old' tooling? Surely it's the present tooling?! Maybe that should be Poole tooling. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Mc Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 Wow the A1's look excellent, I will put my hand up for a couple of those. Very promising year ahead for the N gauge fans. The wagons are just superb the detail very impressive. What is that DMU behind the A1 tender? Anyone know when the new n gauge couplings will be released by Bachmann? Excellent news. Martin Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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