Guest 34008Padstow Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 New LSWR signal boxes from Kernow MRC. No delivery dates yet http://www.kernowmod...rick_Signal_Box Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted July 21, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 21, 2011 New LSWR signal boxes from Kernow MRC. No delivery dates yet http://www.kernowmod...rick_Signal_Box Well spotted! This is good news, because it implies that Kernow's "Wadebridge" box muxt have sold well. The Bude example appears a bit more LSWR and less North Cornwall, so should attract even more attention by having wider appeal. The trade has never looked after us better! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Y Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 I knew it was coming but it slipped under the radar a little but Chris Trerise has just sent me the images: We are pleased to announce a new exclusive limited edition model in OO Gauge. Following the success of the LSWR Type 4 Signal Box with stone finish in response to customer requests we are please to announce that we have commissioned Bachmann to produce an LSWR Type 4 Signal Box with brick finish. This will feature a removeable roof and separate name board as before, this time with the name "BUDE". Suitable for a wide variety of LSWR locations this model will have a footprint of 50mm x 115mm approx. The price will be £27.95 plus postage and delivery is expected later this year. Orders can be placed through our website and regular updates will be given through our newsletter at www.kernowmodelrailcentre.com Please note this are CAD drawings that indicate the finish and the distortion in the images will not be in the production items. I'm definitely bagging one of those! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gwiwer Posted July 21, 2011 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 21, 2011 I seem to recall this was mentioned in the Kernow newsletter a few months back and is indeed on the back of good sales of the stone "Wadebridge" version. The CAD has generated some very interesting bricklaying around the end beneath the stairs and it is encouraging to learn that this will not be replicated on the actual model since the prototype is no longer around to laser-scan or photograph for verification! "Wadebridge" is patiently awaiting construction of my SR-themed layout which may be rather larger than I first expected with new space available. As a result there is probably a home here for a brick version as well though it won't be "Bude" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Brinkly Posted July 21, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 21, 2011 Nice little model. Regards, Nick. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenton Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 Looks good and a welcome addition - but I do hope the name board is removable/replaceable after all who wants to see 100's of layouts with a "Bude" box just plonked on them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenton Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 Yep, perhaps I could have worded it better - and perhaps they could have too. So the name board as supplied is removable. But a blank one would have been far more useful. I can still envisage 100's of "layouts" with this plonked down with the word "Bude" left on it. I also wonder what it looks like behind the "removable" board, is the brick work continued or is there a flat for the "home made" board to have to cover? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southernman46 Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 Yayyy !!!!!! - EXACTLY what I need for Winchester Jn Anybody want to buy a stone Wadebridge (was going to use this a framework for the above - D'oh ) ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigwelsh Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 I seem to recall this was mentioned in the Kernow newsletter a few months back and is indeed on the back of good sales of the stone "Wadebridge" version. The CAD has generated some very interesting bricklaying around the end beneath the stairs and it is encouraging to learn that this will not be replicated on the actual model since the prototype is no longer around to laser-scan or photograph for verification! I'd thought you'd meant the bricks around windows and corner at first where there are some odd joins but that stuff under the stairs is rather more odd! Not sure how applying a texture had caused that, there must be some weird shapes in the mesh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gulliver Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 Yep, perhaps I could have worded it better - and perhaps they could have too. So the name board as supplied is removable. But a blank one would have been far more useful. I can still envisage 100's of "layouts" with this plonked down with the word "Bude" left on it. I also wonder what it looks like behind the "removable" board, is the brick work continued or is there a flat for the "home made" board to have to cover? The Wadebridge box which is a stone version of the same thing has the nameboard separate. There is no gap in the stonework so there is no reason to believe there would be a gap in the brickwork. If you are capable of putting letters on a board because you want something different then the presence of the word "Bude" should not be much of a problem? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Y Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 As an update here are some images of the final pre-production painted box to allay any concerns which there may have been over the 3D CAD above. http://www.kernowmod...rick_Signal_Box Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Max Stafford Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 Oh, that's got serious NBR potential, that baby! I think I'll be ordering it for a hack. Anybody do nice window frame etches? Dave. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 As cute as cute can be...! I don't 'need' one but it would look so pretty sitting on the bookshelf.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 As cute as cute can be...! I don't 'need' one but it would look so pretty sitting on the bookshelf.... It can join all the other signal boxes on mine Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 I'm looking at the pics Andy posted again and thinking...... it should be absorbed into the Western Region, have the name changed to suit a layout, and have the woodwork repainted a nice shade of chocolate..... oh dear, I can't seem to find me coat! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gwiwer Posted November 23, 2011 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 23, 2011 You could always invoke Clause 412 in your Modeller's Licence. Bude was "owned" by the brown region for several years after all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted November 23, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 23, 2011 I'm looking at the pics Andy posted again and thinking...... it should be absorbed into the Western Region, have the name changed to suit a layout, and have the woodwork repainted a nice shade of chocolate..... oh dear, I can't seem to find me coat! Bude was indeed absorbed by WR in the early 50s, may have been repainted later, although the trains remained Southern. Halwill, the junction for Bude, was certainly in WR colours in the early '60s. Plenty of scope for your fantasies here, Nidge! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gwiwer Posted November 23, 2011 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 23, 2011 Halwill, the junction for Bude, "Halwill for Beaworthy" commonly called, but never named, Halwill Junction. Surprising perhaps that Paddington didn't see fit to replace the signage with huge brown ones reading "Halwill for Beaworthy Junction for Bude and Torrington" in the style seen across most of their region. Or maybe they did and I blinked fortuitously and missed it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted November 23, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 23, 2011 It took ages to scratch build my brick built type 4 box and now there will be one ready built and more detailed!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted November 24, 2011 Share Posted November 24, 2011 Bude was indeed absorbed by WR in the early 50s, may have been repainted later, although the trains remained Southern. Halwill, the junction for Bude, was certainly in WR colours in the early '60s. Plenty of scope for your fantasies here, Nidge! That's half the trouble Ian, the fantasies tend to get in the way of actually doing something about it! I've got an idea for something in the Plymouth area c.1967 which has been 'simmering' for far too long now, I just need the space to do it justice really ... a sort of GWR & SR 'joint' affair that was taken over by the WR somewhere on the outskirts of the city, populated by lots of hydraulics and, well, er... lots more hydraulics! The first incarnation on paper was a direct lift of Exeter Central's track plan, dropped into a 'loop' around Plymouth with access to the SR lines, but it's slowly turning into a split level terminus with carriage sidings, an NCL depot and a Milk loading point. I'm slowly accumulating various building and infrastucture kits, adapting them slightly and giving them a WR choc & cream makeover.... one of these days I might find somewhere to build it! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gwiwer Posted November 24, 2011 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 24, 2011 the fantasies tend to get in the way of actually doing something about it! Guilty as charged m'lud Ironically for someone who enjoys a much larger than normal layout "room" outside I am struggling to find a suitable location for the follow-on project which is already at a well-planned stage. It only needs around 12' x 4' but there simply is nowhere indoors suitable and I have already used all the outdoor under-cover space. That project will see the Kernow stone signalbox in use but not with the Wadebridge name as supplied. The working title is still Harlyn Road though since that is already in use by an O-gauge project mine will now assume a different name when finally built. The Kernow brick 'box is almost certain to find a place here though quite where I have no idea just yet. It's too good to just let it go and will keep for years perhaps until a new outdoor project ultimately replaces a time-worn present layout. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted November 24, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 24, 2011 That's half the trouble Ian, the fantasies tend to get in the way of actually doing something about it! I've got an idea for something in the Plymouth area c.1967 which has been 'simmering' for far too long now, I just need the space to do it justice really ... a sort of GWR & SR 'joint' affair that was taken over by the WR somewhere on the outskirts of the city, populated by lots of hydraulics and, well, er... lots more hydraulics! The first incarnation on paper was a direct lift of Exeter Central's track plan, dropped into a 'loop' around Plymouth with access to the SR lines, but it's slowly turning into a split level terminus with carriage sidings, an NCL depot and a Milk loading point. I'm slowly accumulating various building and infrastucture kits, adapting them slightly and giving them a WR choc & cream makeover.... one of these days I might find somewhere to build it! An attractive idea! In my yoof, I was able to get to Plymouth on a few occasions in the heady days when both Regions' services ran parallel on the Tamar side of the city, and it was all rather fun. Plenty of hydraulics - seeing brand new D870 at North Road, and fearing my schoolmates wouldn't believe me - but enough steam to make it a truly varied area. Lots of scope there, surely. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted November 24, 2011 Share Posted November 24, 2011 Oh you lucky, lucky man! Reason I plumped for 1967 is it's given me a good cross section of hydraulic liveries, covering green, maroon and the new fangled blue, plus all five D6xxs were still intact and in regular use at this point with two of 'em in blue and the other three still in green. I've got my eye on a couple of Walthers US building kits which could be fettled into some ramshackle West Country types. Steering vaguely back OT, Bachmann's stone built 'Padstow' box tickles my fancy as well. It would be nice too if they got round to doing a GWR Type 27 box or something similar . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted November 24, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 24, 2011 Now if you were to go for Plymouth in 1964 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted November 24, 2011 Share Posted November 24, 2011 Oh you bad man Mike.... enough with the distractions already Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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