micklner Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 (edited) My Dyno Car car with some minor work done, to tone down the showroom finish. The end brass etches have been added and painted with Humbrol No 62 Leather as have the Bogie Wheels. The 5th Measuring wheel and buffers have been painted Matt Black and the Toilet window Grey both using water colour, this will allow easy removal if the model is ever sold on . Edited July 26, 2018 by micklner 17 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted July 27, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 27, 2018 Hi, The remaining shipment of V1 models and all stock of V2 models is due to be with us toward the end of next week. We will then start to process all remaining order. Many thanks Oliver Has V2 come into stock yet as suggested here please Oliver. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenGiraffe22 Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 My Dyno Car car with some minor work done, to tone down the showroom finish. The end brass etches have been added and painted with Humbrol No 62 Leather as have the Bogie Wheels. The 5th Measuring wheel and buffers have been painted Matt Black and the Toilet window Grey both using water colour, this will allow easy removal if the model is ever sold on . fullsizeoutput_189b.jpeg fullsizeoutput_189f.jpeg fullsizeoutput_189b.jpeg fullsizeoutput_1899.jpeg Can you take a photo with light shining on the raised parts, put it in black and white and see if it gives the illusion of lining? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
micklner Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 Best I can do. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pint of Adnams Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 I pretty much hate all internal lighting that has been added to RTR until now - it's always way too bright and white. But this... now this looks very good ndeed. That lovely warm - but low-wattage - yellow glow from the naked bulbs. I haven't ordered one of these, them not being seen much on the M&GN or GER branchlines, but I have to say I'm now tempted. Oooh. Very pretty. Paul My layout is to be GE and I still could not resist the pull Is the 1951 condition of the Dynamometer Car established as still being the same as during the 1948 Locomotive Exchanges? I've just come across a photograph taken by G R Mortimer on 6th June 1951 of 70006 Robert Burns hauling the down 'East Anglian' on Brantham Bank, just north of the R Stour crossing, with the Dynamometer Car leading followed by two teak carriages (strengtheners) followed by the remainder of the 'East Anglian' set already finished in the new crimson and cream livery. It's a distance shot so impossible to make out what writing is where on the Dynamometer Car. It had been on the preceding up working with the purpose of collecting data in preparation for the Norwich and Cromer service accelerations that followed the introduction of the Britannia class to Stratford. A good enough excuse for an ex-GE layout... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Methuselah Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 I'm still patiently awaiting the arrival of my pre-war version. I'm a GWR nut really, so I know relatively little of the LNER - a couple of questions here then for the better informed than I ;- In the images in post #652 by micklner, the metal grilles over the end windows are shown. The actual images taken on the day of the Mallards record run do not appear to show these grilles, so;- a) Were these fitted after this date - thus they are intended for the post-war version...? b) Are these easily removable? Many Thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeTrice Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 The grills are present. Unfortunately when scaled down to 4mm they cannot be produced fine enough so are more obvious. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flyingscotsmanfan Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Quick question, how many people who read this thread are still waiting for their V1 Dynamometer Car? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Methuselah Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 The grills are present. Unfortunately when scaled down to 4mm they cannot be produced fine enough so are more obvious. Thanks Mike. This image of Mallard and the Dyno' Car on the day of the record was posted earlier in this thread. Is the mesh too fine to be seen in this image? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeTrice Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Yes: 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest spet0114 Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Quick question, how many people who read this thread are still waiting for their V1 Dynamometer Car? Called Rails this afternoon to pay off the balance on my Dyno car. Chap on the phone said that all(*) the outstanding models were now in the country and they're working their way through the list. So I'd expect your model soon..... (*) Presumably this means both versions Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Methuselah Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Yes: grill.jpg Ahh...much better resolution. Many thanks..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jukebox Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Quick question, how many people who read this thread are still waiting for their V1 Dynamometer Car? Mine landed in Australia last Thursday - although I confess I was pretty quick in getting in line for one (assuming Rails are fulfilling on a first come first served basis...) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozzer models Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Mine landed in Australia last Thursday - although I confess I was pretty quick in getting in line for one (assuming Rails are fulfilling on a first come first served basis...) lucky you I ordered mine on day 2 at the York Show 2017 still waiting to be asked to pay the remaining amount Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John ks Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 Quick question, how many people who read this thread are still waiting for their V1 Dynamometer Car? Mine landed in OZ today john Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flyingscotsmanfan Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 Thanks for the replies guys it’s nice to know I’m not the only one who hasn’t received theirs yet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold tetsudofan Posted July 31, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 31, 2018 Email received this morning from Rails, V2 appears to be on its way 48 hours tracked..... Keith Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cctransuk Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 Email received this morning from Rails, V2 appears to be on its way 48 hours tracked..... Keith Does this photo prove that the dynamometer car was painted crimson and cream by BR? Only kidding !! Regards, John Isherwood. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Colin_McLeod Posted July 31, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 31, 2018 No John its just a reflection of the light. lol. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSpencer Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 Must be the first time I've seen people happy to be on the receiving end of V1s and V2s. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Bucoops Posted July 31, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 31, 2018 Must be the first time I've seen people happy to be on the receiving end of V1s and V2s. Boom boom! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamie.dunn Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 Got the dispatch email for a version 2 one today 48 hour tracked, so not long now Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Ian Hargrave Posted July 31, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 31, 2018 Got the dispatch email for a version 2 one today 48 hour tracked, so not long now Heralded by two separate emails which took a certain amount of checking through orders and cc balance to decipher.At first glance it appeared I'd ordered 2....but no,just that it meant one for the deposit and one for the balance Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold tetsudofan Posted July 31, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 31, 2018 Must be the first time I've seen people happy to be on the receiving end of V1s and V2s. If the V2s had not stopped coming in when they did I would probably have been born in the depths of South Wales. One V2 landed in South East London (near Shooters Hill) quite close to where my parents lived and it was decided that Mum (who was carrying me at that time ) would move down to friends in South Wales until things returned to normal. Keith Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold tetsudofan Posted July 31, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 31, 2018 Heralded by two separate emails which took a certain amount of checking through orders and cc balance to decipher.At first glance it appeared I'd ordered 2....but no,just that it meant one for the deposit and one for the balance I've just sussed that out as well!! Obviously their system classes "deposits paid" as "deliveries".... Keith Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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