Bluebell Model Railway Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 Not been on website. What does it say? It says the following: This model arrived at lunchtime on 10th November. We are currently processing pre-orders in strict date order, but please bear in mind we are also still working through orders for K2104 and K2106 which only recently arrived as well. - See more at: http://www.kernowmodelrailcentre.com/p/31963/K2101-DJ-Models-0-4-4T-O2-Steam-Locomotive-number-24#sthash.Pct5OKci.dpuf Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyram Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 I contacted Kernow to check my order that was not showing on web and was told that, as I had ordered both, they would probably wait until Ventnor arrived and dispatch both together. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebell Model Railway Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 Shall have to wait and see, if that is the case then i should of told them to change mine as I ordered them separately as i was aware deliveries were possibly going to be staggered to allow for order processing, so shame really if they have done that and a bit disappointed as I've been waiting in for it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyram Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 I ordered at same time so it may be different in that case. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted November 16, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 16, 2015 (edited) Added liquid lead into the chimney and wrapped lead sheet in insulation before putting it alongside the decoder in the firebox. Real coal added to the removeable plastic coal load and crew added. Still looking for a suitable loco that doesnt have the welded plates on the tanks side to renumber it to Edited November 16, 2015 by roundhouse 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebell Model Railway Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 I ordered at same time so it may be different in that case. Seems like people who ordered theirs via Havenstreet have already got theirs already. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyram Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 Lucky people. I am sure it will be worth the wait. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCB Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 Anyone converted one to a G6 yet? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted November 17, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 17, 2015 Anyone converted one to a G6 yet? Wot, using a Tri-ang Jinty chassis????? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gwiwer Posted November 17, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 17, 2015 One thing on cab doors. It was mentioned somewhere above that on the DJ Models O2 there is precious little to keep the two ends as one whole if the door is removed. The cab roof is a separate assembly (on purpose so we can access the cab) and the single locating lug might not accept the additional burden in the long term if a lot more weight were placed upon it. If nothing else it may start to loosen and potentially lead to distortion. I don't remember seeing an O2 in mainland service though I very probably did. I do recall that most of the smaller engines I saw in service has chains or nothing across the doorway. It's also too long ago now for me to recall whether the IoW ones had doors, chains or nothing though I spent many days watching them amble up and down Ryde Pier (and occasionally elsewhere on the Island) in my youth. Mine will all retain the moulded door. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted November 17, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 17, 2015 For those awaiting the southern green version, the Hamburg Express ship with models on board passed through the Suez Canal early this morning. A 26november arrival in Southampton looks feasible. Useful, thanks. I am so enjoying my Southern black version - a truly jolly little loco, just like the 0298 - that I now think a green one would be fun, too. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Brasher Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 02s generally replaced the well tanks and then the T1s replaced the 02s. On the Swanage Railway 02s worked alongside the well tanks instead. There is a photograph of 02 no 180 leaving Swanage Station on 15th July 1890, three months after it was built, with a train of six LSWR six wheelers on page 222 of Swanage 125 Years of Railways by B.L.Jackson. 180 was transferred to the Isle of Wight in May 1927 and became W31 Chale. 02 Calbourne visited the Swanage Railway in a steam gala a few years ago. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Bedding Posted November 17, 2015 Author Share Posted November 17, 2015 02s generally replaced the well tanks and then the T1s replaced the 02s. On the Swanage Railway 02s worked alongside the well tanks instead. There is a photograph of 02 no 180 leaving Swanage Station on 15th July 1890, three months after it was built, with a train of six LSWR six wheelers on page 222 of Swanage 125 Years of Railways by B.L.Jackson. 180 was transferred to the Isle of Wight in May 1927 and became W31 Chale. 02 Calbourne visited the Swanage Railway in a steam gala a few years ago. There is just sufficient time for readers, who may not as yet have done so, to add the Adams T1 to their wishlist. A couple (just) survived the Hitler War at Plymouth Friary, in Bulleid black, and would perfectly accompany a suitable pair of 58ft rebuilds to and from Tavvy, alongside O2s and gate stock. PB Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted November 17, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 17, 2015 Anyone converted one to a G6 yet? Are the bodies that similar then? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Trevellan Posted November 17, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 17, 2015 I'm not sure on dimensions Tim, but they certainly look very similar. I well recall the Wills kit, many years ago, which was designed to fit the Hornby Dublo/Wrenn R1 chassis. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigherb Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 Are the bodies that similar then? Pretty much. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold papagolfjuliet Posted November 18, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 18, 2015 The two are certainly sufficiently similar that Airfix planned to produce models of both using a single body tooling with inserts for the O2. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWCR Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 Interesting boiler on the G6 model, Drummond and Adams safety valves? (nice model though) Yes the G6 is essentially a 0-6-0 version of the 02 and uses identical mechanical components The G6 has a higher cab than the Kernow model, as did the last batch of 02s built, other than that virtually the same. The 02 type boiler was also fitted on rebuilt Beattie well tanks, some of these almost new boilers removed from scrapped well tanks were then reused in building the later batches of G6 locomotives. Like the 02s and Beatties both Adams and Drummond boilers were used on the G6. The boiler on "Calbourne" was originally built new for an 02, it only arrived on the Isle of Wight in 1964 delivered from Eastleigh for "Calbournes" last major BR overhaul, prior to this it was on a G6 at Meldon Quarry. Pete Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigherb Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 Interesting boiler on the G6 model, Drummond and Adams safety valves? (nice model though) Pete Yes that was one of the first kits I built in the days when I was an apprentice, couldn't afford to buy extra brass parts or books for research, things got made with what came in the box. Lots of my models from then have mistakes to rectify as I have learn t along the way like cheap suction cup airbrushes are not the best to do weathering with hence the heavy track colour lower sides. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JhornG201 Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 Just had this delivered by the postie. This is a stunning wee model. DJModels and Kernow have done a great job capturing the character of the class. The addition of headcode discs, etched nameplates and airbrake pipes really set the model off. 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebell Model Railway Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 Very nice... look forward to mine when ever it shows up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dunsignalling Posted November 18, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 18, 2015 Pretty much. I've just held one of my O2s over the G6 drawing by Ian Beattie from the August 1997 issue of Railway Modeller and it is a very close match. Your photos bear out my long-held opinion that the old Wills kit was made a bit taller than scale to clear the Hornby Dublo motor. I have a part-built South Eastern Finecast G6 somewhere (including a dedicated chassis kit) which looks more correct so it appears to have been re-tooled at some point during the intervening decades. I can't lay hands on the reference right now but I recall reading somewhere that the batch of G6s built under Dugald Drummond's regime re-used serviceable boilers from withdrawn Beattie Well tanks. These were some inches shorter than the usual O2/G6 type so were fitted with correspondingly longer smoke-boxes to make them interchangeable. So, yes, it should be possible to convert a Kernow O2 into a representation of certain G6s (though not all). However, I won't be doing so; I've decided to hunt down my SEF one and finally get it finished. John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-BOAF Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 (edited) Wow, what a wonderful model the Island O2 is, really can't wait to see mine in the flesh. Etched nameplates are great. Your cab roof seems a little 'off centre' (too much overhang at rear, not enough at front - is it removable on the Island O2s?) Edited November 18, 2015 by G-BOAF Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JhornG201 Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 Wow, what a wonderful model the Island O2 is, really can't wait to see mine in the flesh. Etched nameplates are great. Your cab roof seems a little 'off centre' (too much overhang at rear, not enough at front - is it removable on the Island O2s?) It appears so, yes. The overhang isn't very noticeable at 'normal' viewing distances. When I come to add crew I'll see if I can improve the position but it doesn't detract in anyway from the appearance of the loco. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Y Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 As some have mentioned haulage capabilities Phil Parker and I chucked my O2 onto the Leamington club's 'Duxbury' layout and started hanging coaches on the back. 6 coaches - no problem. 7 coaches - a bit of slipping on starting. 8 coaches - bogged it down around the curves. I'd say the performance in this respect is fair enough, until manufacturers start giving us sandboxes firing Bullfrog snot onto the wheels. 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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