Nick G Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 Had 4 arrive today, the 2 Railfreight red and a couple of Bauxite versions. Nice wagon, wonder who will be the first to respray one with the ladder at the left rather than the center into Railfreight red? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
101 Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 (edited) 12 hours ago, Nick G said: Had 4 arrive today, the 2 Railfreight red and a couple of Bauxite versions. Nice wagon, wonder who will be the first to respray one with the ladder at the left rather than the center into Railfreight red? I had a couple arrive yesterday too, the first thing I did was to move the ladders out to the side on one of them Still a bit of tidying to do! It was actually very easy to do, if you look carefully Dapol seem to have used the same body/chassis for both versions so the ghost holes are there to give a drilling template. The ladder comes free - at least mine did - with a little bit of prying with a scalpel blade leaving the lugs intact to fix into new holes. Incidentally nice models except for the awful brake pipes! The ones on the VEA's looked correct but were just tiny but these are just strange. Edited September 29, 2022 by 101 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick G Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 6 hours ago, 101 said: I had a couple arrive yesterday too, the first thing I did was to move the ladders out to the side on one of them Nice work, didn't realise it would be so easy, thanks for the heads up. Need to find a suitable number to do with the ladder in that position and and I will have a go. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
101 Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 1 hour ago, Nick G said: Nice work, didn't realise it would be so easy, thanks for the heads up. Need to find a suitable number to do with the ladder in that position and and I will have a go. When choosing a number bear in mind the first few with a ladder on the left hand side retained the two small grab handles on the centre stanchions - later ones didn't have these. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick G Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 1 hour ago, 101 said: When choosing a number bear in mind the first few with a ladder on the left hand side retained the two small grab handles on the centre stanchions - later ones didn't have these. Didn't know that, good information, thanks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 37058 Posted September 30, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 30, 2022 23 hours ago, 101 said: I had a couple arrive yesterday too, the first thing I did was to move the ladders out to the side on one of them Still a bit of tidying to do! It was actually very easy to do, if you look carefully Dapol seem to have used the same body/chassis for both versions so the ghost holes are there to give a drilling template. The ladder comes free - at least mine did - with a little bit of prying with a scalpel blade leaving the lugs intact to fix into new holes. Incidentally nice models except for the awful brake pipes! The ones on the VEA's looked correct but were just tiny but these are just strange. Thank you 101. Yes, a very simple job indeed. Cheers Anthony Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmrspaul Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 19 hours ago, 101 said: When choosing a number bear in mind the first few with a ladder on the left hand side retained the two small grab handles on the centre stanchions - later ones didn't have these. My photographs suggest that these were removed later. Here is one with the central handrail remaining https://PaulBartlett.zenfolio.com/brhba/e2b05ca0d Paul 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick G Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 Just noticed the wagons with the ladders in the centre had footsteps at all four corners not just opposite corners like the wagons with the ladder at the left end. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
D6775 Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 My set of 6 Tower Railfreight LtD edition wagons arrived yesterday. Wagons numbers: 360004 360050 360060 360067 360112 360204 Having done a little more research, 360210 is the last I can find with central ladders, there is a picture of it as a CEA on SmugMug and you can clearly see the brackets from the removed ladder. First with the side ladder I can find is 360228 as per Paul's notes earlier in the thread. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick G Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 Started some weathering on one of my HEA's. There is a photo on Paul Bartlett's excellent website showing this particular wagon in 1992 with a painted patch. I have tried to replicate this... 12 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Adrian Stevenson Posted October 1, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 1, 2022 Looks great 👍 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
D6775 Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 Inspiration taken from one of @hmrspaul's photos of said wagon. Still a way to go but I am happy with it so far. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick G Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 15 minutes ago, D6775 said: Inspiration taken from one of @hmrspaul's photos of said wagon. Still a way to go but I am happy with it so far. Looks great. I spotted that photo on Paul's website to! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick G Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 The faded red looks spot on. Did you just mix some white into the red before painting? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
D6775 Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 13 hours ago, Nick G said: The faded red looks spot on. Did you just mix some white into the red before painting? Humbrol 200. I bought it for doing a faded VAA but have never got round to it! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
D6775 Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 And the second one on the go. 360004 again takes inspiration from the actual wagon on Paul's site, this time faded with white powder and thinners. Still think the chassis on all of these should really be black. 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick G Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 1 hour ago, D6775 said: And the second one on the go. 360004 again takes inspiration from the actual wagon on Paul's site, this time faded with white powder and thinners. Still think the chassis on all of these should really be black. Nice work. Regarding the chassis I think some of the early ones may have been grey then changed to black later on. I have been studying a picture of 360000 and reckon it looks grey under the grime? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick G Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 Anyone know what year EWS started removing the ladders from the HEA's due to health & safety concerns. Most photos from 2007 show them removed but when did it actually start happening? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 7 hours ago, D6775 said: And the second one on the go. 360004 again takes inspiration from the actual wagon on Paul's site, this time faded with white powder and thinners. Still think the chassis on all of these should really be black. I haven't even got mine yet, and others have trashed theirs already!!! 🤣🤣 Ok I haven't got mine 'cos I was away last week & missed the Postie; will be collecting from the Sorting Office in a few hours time. 😁👍 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.C.M Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 I have been looking forwards to getting a couple of these, but the three ribs on the body are not something I can find in any pictures. Are they on early builds like the centre ladder. Cheers Peter. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
101 Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, P.C.M said: I have been looking forwards to getting a couple of these, but the three ribs on the body are not something I can find in any pictures. Are they on early builds like the centre ladder. Cheers Peter. No, there were weld lines but no where near as prominent as Dapol have modelled I've filed/sanded them almost flat on mine Edit to add photo Edited October 3, 2022 by 101 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.C.M Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 21 hours ago, 101 said: No, there were weld lines but no where near as prominent as Dapol have modelled I've filed/sanded them almost flat on mine Edit to add photo Hi, Thanks. I have now ordered a couple, it looks like you can remove the ribs without having to do a total repaint. Cheers Peter. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Sweet pea Posted November 8, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 8, 2022 (edited) Ordered my Dapol 7F-047-001 HEA coal hopper 360104 in Railfreight red and grey. Arrived this afternoon from Hattons. Im really happy full of detail.😉 Edited November 9, 2022 by Kevin Johnson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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