LaGrange Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 Speaking of retailers - is there any major reason Hattons are not listed? I ask as they have a wishlist service, so I can send friends/relatives my list when its my birthday/christmas etc Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJM Dave Posted July 25, 2014 Author Share Posted July 25, 2014 Hi mate, Hatton's have been invited to become a stockist. Cheers Dave Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaGrange Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 Excellent - not as yet on your site Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJM Dave Posted July 26, 2014 Author Share Posted July 26, 2014 Hi mate, Invited isn't accepted, so I havnt added them yet. Sorry Cheers Dave Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaGrange Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 Their loss.... Its good to see someone put their money where their mouth is though in relation to this venture - In the Honourable words of Del Boy Trotter - 'He Who Dares - Wins' Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin_l_jones Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 I was surprised Bachmann never covered this loco so I'm really pleased to finally get a decent model to haul my RMC hoppers.... Thanks DJM Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
emdpowerrules Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 This I like, saves me having to update my Limby fleet. At least one in each major livery variation bar NP please, I make that 5 59/0, 3 59/1 and 2 59/2 plus some of the minor variations and the odd duplicate for double heading! I've been photographing these machines in the Maidenhead area since around 1990 so seen them through all the livery changes and the vast array of different wagons they've hauled. There's even a set of DBS HTAs on trial at the moment. Merehead are usually quite accommodating so if you want to go and crawl all over a hopper or box wagon they will probably be able to help. Graham Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lyneux Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 Well, I need all four ARC 59/1s for my model of Whatley so this is a welcome announcement! Will probably take at least one /0 and one of the NP /2s as well. Questions for Dave: 1) Currently nobody has a 59 sound chip on the market, will you be recording one? 2) I might have a contact who can help you with the O&K hoppers. I'm back in the UK at the end of the week and can investigate. Are you sure you don't want to do a Mendip PGA? Far more widespread, more liveries etc than the O&K hopper. ;-) Somebody should approach Bachmann to release their freight liner hopper in NP livery with LTF bogies, would be a sure fire seller. Everything is available for you to convert the Bachmann wagons. The result with my LTF-25 bogies, resin cast replacement ends, and Fox transfers looks like this: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BR(S) Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 1) Currently nobody has a 59 sound chip on the market, will you be recording one? Looks like one might be arriving soon: http://www.dckits-devideos.co.uk/shop/dcc_digital_loco_sounds/diesel_electric_digital_loco_sounds_includes_the_all_new_xl_v4_decoder_/class_59.php Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted July 28, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 28, 2014 Slightly O/T, but the latest is that 59003 is to return to the UK from Europe. Cheers, Mick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJM Dave Posted July 28, 2014 Author Share Posted July 28, 2014 Well, I need all four ARC 59/1s for my model of Whatley so this is a welcome announcement! Will probably take at least one /0 and one of the NP /2s as well. Questions for Dave: 1) Currently nobody has a 59 sound chip on the market, will you be recording one? 2) I might have a contact who can help you with the O&K hoppers. I'm back in the UK at the end of the week and can investigate. Are you sure you don't want to do a Mendip PGA? Far more widespread, more liveries etc than the O&K hopper. ;-) Hi mate, Looks like that ones been answered and if it's Ian who's recorded it there will be no better sound. Great if you can help on the O&K, as I'm adverse to producing LTF hoppers as I'm not happy with the drag this can produce, and I like O&K ones anyway ;-) Maybe Mendip ones at a later date? Cheers Dave Everything is available for you to convert the Bachmann wagons. The result with my LTF-25 bogies, resin cast replacement ends, and Fox transfers looks like this: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
58050 Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 Slightly O/T, but the latest is that 59003 is to return to the UK from Europe. Cheers, Mick So from a fleet from 15 locomotives you've got... Original FY, later FY, Mendip Rail, Aggregate Industries, original ARC, new ARC, Hanson, National Power, EWS, DB Schenker and now GBRf! This could get expensive. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
scouser Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 This is great news, I'll be having a few of these and if you do the OK hoppers loads of them too! Well done DJ, at last proper models of the locos that started a revolution. Thank you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
159220 Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Would 59002 in Foster Yeoman livery been running around in 2004-2010? Or would it be in the Aggregates Industry livery? If the latter, consider it pre-ordered! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steadfast Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 The livery Dave is doing 59002 in is suitable for 1980s/1990s, well at least going by the photo on the announcement. The fact it's carrying its original name backs this up. After this livery, 59002 carried Mendip green, Revised Foster Yeoman (broad blue band down the side) and in the last month or so has gained Aggregate Industires livery. The best model for your era would be the DB red model of 59206 jo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
58050 Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Would 59002 in Foster Yeoman livery been running around in 2004-2010? Or would it be in the Aggregates Industry livery? If the latter, consider it pre-ordered! I photographed 002 in Reading in 2005 in Mendip Rail livery, which I think it had carried for a few years prior to that point. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium James Makin Posted July 30, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 30, 2014 Well, after only a few weeks ownership, I've just put my new Lima Hanson 59 on eBay, my stack of Modelmaster EWS transfers and pots of red and gold paint await the arrival of some real beasties in due course! On the plus side you've saved a vintage green Bachmann 66610 from a certain remotoring death and given plenty of time back to tackle fun wagon projects to give the EWS 59/2s something exciting to haul...a big thanks Dave! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted July 30, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 30, 2014 So from a fleet from 15 locomotives you've got... Original FY, later FY, Mendip Rail, Aggregate Industries, original ARC, new ARC, Hanson, National Power, EWS, DB Schenker and now GBRf! This could get expensive. Not GBRf, but now DRS, according to the latest froth rumour news.......... Cheers, Mick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
58050 Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Not GBRf, but now DRS, according to the latest froth rumour news.......... Cheers, Mick Saw that this morning - so it'll be dark blue, but will it have orange cab-sides or a full bodyside vinyl?? Watch this space... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted July 30, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 30, 2014 Saw that this morning - so it'll be dark blue, but will it have orange cab-sides or a full bodyside vinyl?? Watch this space... Very true. And just as we never really knew what whas going to happen with 70099 - eventually to become 70801, I'll throw in a curveball of 59801...... Chees, Mick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
159220 Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 The livery Dave is doing 59002 in is suitable for 1980s/1990s. The best model for your era would be the DB red model of 59206 I photographed 002 in Reading in 2005 in Mendip Rail livery, which I think it had carried for a few years prior to that point. Thank you to you both. Sounds if I won't be pre-ordering a 59/0 in this batch. Hopefully they 59 shall be a great success and liveries fitting into my Westcountry time period shall forthcoming on a 59/0. I shall write the liveries down as reference for future announcements. (the 59/1 & 59/2 dont appeal to me, nor does the DB red) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glorious NSE Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 So from a fleet from 15 locomotives you've got... Original FY, later FY, Mendip Rail, Aggregate Industries, original ARC, new ARC, Hanson, National Power, EWS, DB Schenker and now GBRf! I think there were at least 3 variations on FY on the 59/0 - they were repainted in the mid 90s, and whilst the difference between the paint jobs wasn't huge, the cantrail stripe was lower on the repaints (going across the top of the windscreens and through the blue stripe, rather than above it on the original) A slightly grubby 59005 (with D400/50050) at Wimbledon depot open day, 1991 - I believe this was the original version. These shots of 59003 (pre export - mid 1990s, at Slough) show the repainted version with the cantrail stripe now in what became the standard position for later liveries. The practice of the stars on the nose to ID them also seems to have come in at the same time? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WCML100 Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 I know 59's usual work around the south, can they be seen any where else around the country? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Revolution Mike Posted August 1, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 1, 2014 There used to be a 59 regularly at Warrington Arpley for the Fidlers Ferry coals. Cheers, Mike Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJM Dave Posted August 1, 2014 Author Share Posted August 1, 2014 I seem to remember tests using class 59,s up and down the country once upon a time. Certainly I think a couple got to mossend on freight liner test trains ( under BR auspices back then). But then it could all have been a dream by someone who's making a model of one and wants to sell even more ;-) Cheers Dave Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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