RMweb Gold adb968008 Posted July 28, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 28, 2017 Why stop at 50... Just because BR did is no reason not to apply rule 1... 50/2 .. SWT livery 50/3 .. RES, EWS, DBS 50/4 .. FGW green, Revised FGW green, , Porterbrook, First, Chiltern, VCC ? 50/9 .. NR yellow. Of course how our national infrastructure changed, they could have been transferred to Scotland to speed up highland services :-) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikesndbs Posted August 10, 2017 Share Posted August 10, 2017 In the spirit of fairness I have to declare that my D400 has run smoothly ever since and there has been no more problems! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishmail Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 I decided to go for it and ordered D400 from Bure Valley Models. Loco arrived well packed and there were no loose bits or any details fallen off. Gave it a quick test run and loco ran nice and smooth and directional lights working as they should. Very happy. . Regards, John 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaGrange Posted November 10, 2017 Share Posted November 10, 2017 Nice article on 50 modelling in the current Rail Express Modeller 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37672 Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 Afternoon, I thought I'd post a couple of pictures of my class 50 project that is underway at the moment. I started this back in the summer and am aiming to finish by the beginning of March, in time to run on Portland at the Basingstoke show. It started off as a second hand 50004 and will become 50039. It's getting there, with most of the body completed apart from buffer beam steps, lamp irons and a few other small details that I'm leaving to the end to avoid damaging them during other work. At the moment I am focusing on the underframe and bogie detail. I'll post some more pics if anyone is interested in seeing what I have done in detail. Cheers, Kevin. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dj_crisp Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 Hi Kevin It's looking great and I like what you've done with the underframe. I ended up avoiding doing much to mine but you might tempt me too Are you doing much to the roof? cheers Will Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37672 Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 Hi Kevin It's looking great and I like what you've done with the underframe. I ended up avoiding doing much to mine but you might tempt me too Are you doing much to the roof? cheers Will Hi Will, Thanks. Yes, I've done a bit to the roof to try and correct Hornby's mistakes. The usual mods to the exhaust ports and radiator fan have been done, using some parts from Shawplan. I've also modified the gutters around the cabs to match the pitch of the front windows and reprofiled the roof around the headcode boxes. A new engine room extractor fan cowl has been made and repositioned. The lower edge of all the roof panels has also been moved closer to the line of the gutters. I'll take some pictures. Cheers, Kevin. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37672 Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 (edited) Hi Kevin It's looking great and I like what you've done with the underframe. I ended up avoiding doing much to mine but you might tempt me too Are you doing much to the roof? cheers Will Hi Will, I've added a photo showing some of the roof detail to my layout thread http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/112640-trethosa/page-2 Cheers, Kevin. Edited January 21, 2018 by 37672 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37114 Posted March 4, 2018 Share Posted March 4, 2018 Quick question for those who have fitted them, how easy are the PHD grilles to make up? They look great but look incredibly fiddly? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
43179 Posted March 4, 2018 Share Posted March 4, 2018 (edited) Afternoon, I thought I'd post a couple of pictures of my class 50 project that is underway at the moment. I started this back in the summer and am aiming to finish by the beginning of March, in time to run on Portland at the Basingstoke show. It started off as a second hand 50004 and will become 50039. It's getting there, with most of the body completed apart from buffer beam steps, lamp irons and a few other small details that I'm leaving to the end to avoid damaging them during other work. At the moment I am focusing on the underframe and bogie detail. I'll post some more pics if anyone is interested in seeing what I have done in detail. Cheers, Kevin. 20180103_231425.jpg 20180110_211531.jpg Love it! Nice to see someone who understands the shape of the rainstrip around the cabs - which is a big contributing factor to the sad 'droopy' look of the windscreens on these locos. Have you done anything to the compressors? Hornby missed out the inner portion of the mounting cradle and have modeled them balancing mysteriously on the outer secton of the cradle - always looked weird. Seeing your model in grey plastic , and with that polybulk in the background , are you sure it wouldn't look nicer as Defiance Jon Edited March 4, 2018 by 43179 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37672 Posted March 4, 2018 Share Posted March 4, 2018 Love it! Nice to see someone who understands the shape of the rainstrip around the cabs - which is a big contributing factor to the sad 'droopy' look of the windscreens on these locos. Have you done anything to the compressors? Hornby missed out the inner portion of the mounting cradle and have modeled them balancing mysteriously on the outer secton of the cradle - always looked weird. Seeing your model in grey plastic , and with that polybulk in the background , are you sure it wouldn't look nicer as Defiance Jon Hi Jon, Thanks for your comments. Yes, I have had a go at modelling the tanks, pipework and frame between the compressors. I have yet to add the protective mesh that covers the underside in this area. The loco has moved on a bit since my last post here. I did think about 149 (actually I have one of the Rail Express limited editions) but wanted more flexibilty in terms of the period of operation for my layout Trethosa, and also for another layout idea I have where a large logo machine would be much better suited. Note the marker lights are not fixed in place yet, and there is still maskol on the cabside handrails. Cheers, Kevin. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
43179 Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 ...and that's quite simply the best 4mm scale class 50 I've ever seen. Jon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37672 Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 (edited) ...and that's quite simply the best 4mm scale class 50 I've ever seen. Jon Thanks for your kind comment Jon. One more pic taken during the Basingstoke show with the 50 on the depot at Portland (http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/108407-portland-a-what-might-have-been-nse-layout-in-dorset-preparing-for-basingstoke/page-7) Apologies for the wonky buffer! Still some bits to add including windscreen wipers. Cheers, Kevin. Edited March 12, 2018 by 37672 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dj_crisp Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 Looking awesome... much better than my efforts! Anyone got any methods of keeping the buffers straight as I've ended up glueing some of my worst offenders.... which feels a little sad seeing as they're sprung. Cheers Will Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37672 Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 (edited) Looking awesome... much better than my efforts! Anyone got any methods of keeping the buffers straight as I've ended up glueing some of my worst offenders.... which feels a little sad seeing as they're sprung. Cheers Will Thanks Will, but I think it was the pics of your 50s on flickr that helped motivate me to have a go at 50039. I think they capture the locos Superb(ly) (sorry) in their latter years. Agreed, if anyone knows of a way to stop the buffers rotating whilst keeping their springyness I'd be very interested to hear. I have thought about it, but so far haven't come up with a solution that wouldn't be overly noticeable. The other thing I haven't added yet is the guard irons on the bogies. Quite a complex shape to make. Penbits class 37 sprung bogie kits have them, but they are part of the bogie frame, so they can't be sold separately - I have asked! Cheers, Kevin. Edited March 12, 2018 by 37672 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
50041 Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 Can anyone tell me what year the Hornby versions of these were first produced: R2374 - 50031 R2408 - 50007 R2499 - 50007 Many thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold stovepipe Posted July 22, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 22, 2018 Can anyone tell me what year the Hornby versions of these were first produced: R2374 - 50031 R2408 - 50007 R2499 - 50007 Many thanks and The first two appear on the 3rd revision of the service sheet in Jan 2005, but not the first edition from Oct 2003. R2499 appeared on the next revision of the service sheet in August 2006. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
50041 Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 Many thanks. So probably 2004 for the first two and 2006 for the third. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jammy2305 Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 Just over a fortnight late on the uptake but I've noticed Hornby has supplied a photo of the pre-production livery sample for 50033 - Looking good so far! https://www.Hornby.com/uk-en/network-south-east-class-50-co-co-50033-glorious-era-8.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
47423 Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 Just over a fortnight late on the uptake but I've noticed Hornby has supplied a photo of the pre-production livery sample for 50033 - Looking good so far! https://www.Hornby.com/uk-en/network-south-east-class-50-co-co-50033-glorious-era-8.html Also pictures of 50040 up which should please a few people as it has no cant rail stripe. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold adb968008 Posted August 5, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 5, 2018 (edited) Just over a fortnight late on the uptake but I've noticed Hornby has supplied a photo of the pre-production livery sample for 50033 - Looking good so far! https://www.Hornby.com/uk-en/network-south-east-class-50-co-co-50033-glorious-era-8.html What’s more 50033 has a delivery date of October... Why is this significant... It’s targetted to be the return to traffic of 50033 on October 3rd at the Severn Valley Railways class 50’s at 50 years gala, featuring 10 class 50’s.. including 50033. I was at the SVR on Saturday, there was 5 class 50’s lurking around Kidderminster as it was, 50044,31 around the shed, 049/007 on the Network Rail access road for today’s trip and 50035 in service, with D821 and 2 westerns outside, and apparently 50027/33 and D7029 inside, Kidderminster felt like old oak common. Edited August 5, 2018 by adb968008 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogbox321 Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 Just over a fortnight late on the uptake but I've noticed Hornby has supplied a photo of the pre-production livery sample for 50033 - Looking good so far! https://www.Hornby.com/uk-en/network-south-east-class-50-co-co-50033-glorious-era-8.html 50033 looks pretty good when compared with some photos, however the BR Logo. Nameplate etc., look a little crushed (the reason I checked - but it did appear like that). Perhaps thats why it lost its BR Logo. Personally, I would have prefered it with no BR Arrows, and possibly with "West of England" Logos, as per rail tour use, but still a nice Class 50. Perusing Hornby's website - Cannot really understand why 50033 is £169.99 whilst 50040 is £179.99... Regards, C. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jammy2305 Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 50033 looks pretty good when compared with some photos, however the BR Logo. Nameplate etc., look a little crushed (the reason I checked - but it did appear like that). Perhaps thats why it lost its BR Logo. Personally, I would have prefered it with no BR Arrows, and possibly with "West of England" Logos, as per rail tour use, but still a nice Class 50. Perusing Hornby's website - Cannot really understand why 50033 is £169.99 whilst 50040 is £179.99... Regards, C. I have to say I prefer it in this version as it represents 50033's days as an OC machine. I'm planning to fit ploughs and I may even paint the bogie springs yellow as per this pic: https://www.flickr.com/photos/rodneyhowe/18784105044/ 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold adb968008 Posted August 5, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 5, 2018 Perusing Hornby's website - Cannot really understand why 50033 is £169.99 whilst 50040 is £179.99... C. Wild guess, but economics, maybe they are making more of 50033 than 040 so benefits a better price ?(However counter that but 50010 was done earlier this year in much the same livery as 040). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fezza Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 Either way, stupid prices for what is now quite old tooling. Easy to resist temptation with rrp that high. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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