RMweb Gold toboldlygo Posted August 5, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 5, 2016 Has anyone run a pair of these little miracles behind a DJM/Kernow O2 yet ? Shock....horror ! I'll have to find mine... though I'm scared to take it out of the box.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Ian Hargrave Posted August 5, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 5, 2016 (edited) I'll have to find mine... though I'm scared to take it out of the box.... Chicken ! Go on I dare you....seriously,it'll be fine.I quite fancy a trip to Padstein....or did they not run there ? Cue SR cognoscenti..(did I spell that correctly ?) Edited August 5, 2016 by Ian Hargrave Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted August 5, 2016 Share Posted August 5, 2016 (edited) I'll have to find mine... though I'm scared to take it out of the box.... Has anyone run a pair of these little miracles behind a DJM/Kernow O2 yet ? Shock....horror ! Is shock-horror too much even for grief junkies? Is counselling available? Should we just settle for "Your grief is our grief; lets light a candle and hold hands...." Edited August 5, 2016 by coachmann Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted August 5, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 5, 2016 Has anyone run a pair of these little miracles behind a DJM/Kernow O2 yet ? Shock....horror ! Well, actually, yes. A few laps of my very dirty 100' circuit last night. The coaches behaved impeccably, but the poor little loco got dirty wheels in no time - and cobwebs in all that air-pump spaghetti! I ended up running a Rock Island F7 with my wet-pad track-cleaner. Suffice to say the loco and coaches looked the biz together. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold toboldlygo Posted August 5, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 5, 2016 Chicken ! Go on I dare you....seriously,it'll be fine.I quite fancy a trip to Padstein....or did they not run there ? Cue SR cognoscenti..(did I spell that correctly ?) I have and it did run beautifully, they actually compliment each other - however the O2 doesn't like pushing them uphill... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilwell Park Posted August 5, 2016 Share Posted August 5, 2016 Has anyone run a pair of these little miracles behind a DJM/Kernow O2 yet ? Shock....horror ! Yes I have. In fact I intend to keep my Adams tank with a pair of Maunsell corridors and use the rebuilds with my O2. I think they both look better that way. Roger 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Ian Hargrave Posted August 5, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 5, 2016 Well, actually, yes. A few laps of my very dirty 100' circuit last night. The coaches behaved impeccably, but the poor little loco got dirty wheels in no time - and cobwebs in all that air-pump spaghetti! I ended up running a Rock Island F7 with my wet-pad track-cleaner. Suffice to say the loco and coaches looked the biz together. I rather thought they would. Thanks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Ian Hargrave Posted August 5, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 5, 2016 Thank you for your informative and interesting replies.In keeping with the theme of nostalgia,a few minutes ago,the skies above the house echoed to the sound....and eventual sight....of a Tiger Moth.Off topic...but on song. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Brasher Posted August 5, 2016 Share Posted August 5, 2016 Calbourne with Set 43 on Purbeck Model Railway Group's layout at the first floor of the stables, Godlingston Manor, Washpond Lane, Swanage. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSpencer Posted August 5, 2016 Share Posted August 5, 2016 Calbourne with Set 43 on Purbeck Model Railway Group's layout at the first floor of the stables, Godlingston Manor, Washpond Lane, Swanage. Yep, definitely shocking. Expect we will see an M7 on these next. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted August 6, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 6, 2016 I have found Kadee #18s produce a perfect spacing within set. Buffers in contact on straight track look very convincing, and propelling has shown up no problems so far Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
autocoach Posted August 6, 2016 Share Posted August 6, 2016 I have found Kadee #18s produce a perfect spacing within set. Buffers in contact on straight track look very convincing, and propelling has shown up no problems so far Will confirm the #18's are the way to go on the intra-set coupling if you have sufficient radius curves and at least Peco medium points(switches/turnouts). I am using #19's on the outer ends of the 2 set. Thats all the news from here in Kadee land. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Brasher Posted August 7, 2016 Share Posted August 7, 2016 An assistant from the Swanage Railway Shop thought that they had ordered some SR (ex LSWR) coaches and the Adams Radial from Hornby but had not received any. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purley Oaks Posted August 7, 2016 Share Posted August 7, 2016 Think that Hornby still have all four crimson coaches left on their website - Hornby members get 10% off (i.e. £35 per coach) and free postage in UK Mal Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold toboldlygo Posted August 7, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 7, 2016 (edited) Think that Hornby still have all four crimson coaches left on their website - Hornby members get 10% off (i.e. £35 per coach) and free postage in UK Mal The big H certainly do have them on their website and as said above And one is being delivered from them tomorrow by my ever reliable DPD delivery driver.. Though I'm rather busy returning Harrier's to production in their home town (Kingston on Thames) at the moment (in 1:72nd form I should point out - though I did build them in 1:1 scale) Edited August 7, 2016 by toboldlygo 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John M Upton Posted August 8, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 8, 2016 Just gave my crimson pair a run round with the alternative (Roco?) couplings supplied fitted in the middle and have been suitably impressed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dunsignalling Posted August 8, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 8, 2016 The big H certainly do have them on their website and as said above And one is being delivered from them tomorrow by my ever reliable DPD delivery driver.. My two coaches arrived through similar channels this morning. Apart from two dodgy wheelsets on the composite (easily sorted from the bits box) and one of the CCUs being adrift from its slot (just clipped back in), they are absolutely lovely. John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Brasher Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 Repainted two of my Ex-LSWR coaches into LSWR coach brown and coach salmon livery. This gives something for my two Adams Radials, two M7s, terrier and T9 all in LSWR lined green livery to pull. While repainting them I had an opportunity to admire the panelling, the rivets, the guard's duckets, the metal bars on the window and the door handles and the ventilators above the windows. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Limpley Stoker Posted August 8, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 8, 2016 I was wondering if anybody has been brave enough to weather these exquisite coaches or to fade the Crimson of the BR version to a redder shade, as I remember it....? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold toboldlygo Posted August 8, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 8, 2016 Quick question for those that know these things, would the loose coaches (ie the 9 compartment Third) be coupled to either end of the set or sit between the two brakes? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium SR Chris Posted August 8, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 8, 2016 Quick question for those that know these things, would the loose coaches (ie the 9 compartment Third) be coupled to either end of the set or sit between the two brakes? Additional coaches would be coupled to either end of the sets, in normal service coaches in sets would not be divided. Chris Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium phil-b259 Posted August 8, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 8, 2016 Just gave my crimson pair a run round with the alternative (Roco?) couplings supplied fitted in the middle and have been suitably impressed. I found I could get away with one genuine Roco coupler and one Hornby clone. Two genuine Rocos resulted in buffer locking on my 2nd radius curves. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 Quick question for those that know these things, would the loose coaches (ie the 9 compartment Third) be coupled to either end of the set or sit between the two brakes? As loose stock they'd generally have been 'outside' the set - but a number of the Thirds were ( permanently ) formed within sets : not sure about S.W. section but certainly in S.E. div sets with S.E.C.R. stock. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post SR Chris Posted August 8, 2016 RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted August 8, 2016 I was wondering if anybody has been brave enough to weather these exquisite coaches or to fade the Crimson of the BR version to a redder shade, as I remember it....? O2 30182 backing onto set 43 after running round at Cill. Chris 21 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post SR Chris Posted August 8, 2016 RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted August 8, 2016 And here's 30583 backing onto the other vehicle of set 43 ... Chris 34 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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