Jol Wilkinson Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 14 hours ago, Compound2632 said: Frett not. I have recently seen a Bachmann Coal Tank converted to P4 by careful grinding out of the inside faces of the splashers. If working to a scale gauge and wheel profile forces one to a non-scale width over splashers, one is on the horns of the same dilemma upon which 00 modellers are impaled. Grinding out splashers on OO models to convert to EM/P4 is very much the norm. The same applies to the LNWR Improved Precedent 2-4-0, which was the subject of a thread on the S4 Forum. OO wheel dimensions permit "thick" splashers such as are probably required for die cast loco bodies, while permitting scale outside width across footplate for the splashers. The compromises are usually in then having over width splashers to hide the narrow gauge of the wheels, as well as wide splashers within the cab to accomodate the narrower B2B. The latter is also am issue for loco kit designers. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators AY Mod Posted August 26, 2022 Moderators Share Posted August 26, 2022 16 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamingWales Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 4 minutes ago, AY Mod said: Brilliant video Andy. An unrelated question if you don't mind me asking. What brand of rolling road were you using? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators AY Mod Posted August 26, 2022 Moderators Share Posted August 26, 2022 19 minutes ago, SteamingWales said: What brand of rolling road were you using? It's a longer version of this with some additional rollers. https://tencommandmentsmodels.co.uk/product/rolling-road-oo-ho-compact/ 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium RichardT Posted August 26, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 26, 2022 A real thing of beauty! Can’t wait for mine to arrive. TMC - a plea. If it’s not too late any chance you can commission some etched number plates for the NER version(s) - even if they’re left for the user to fit? IMHO the only thing that lets the model down in Andy’s video is that the printed-on number plates look so flat and - dare I say it - toylike… Richard T Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bishdurham Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 The firebox flicker actually looked like fire, very well done. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
No Decorum Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 Stunning video and stunning model. Lovely stuff. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Eddie the dog Posted August 28, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 28, 2022 Must say, the safety valve bonnet/cover looks fantastic ! Much better than the usual painted or electroplate ? (Dapol Prairie or Hornby H Class). I agree that the one thing needed is some etched plates to finish the model off. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AGR Model Store Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 19 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny Emily Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 I have the G5 samples on loan for a video I’ll be filming: 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium curlypaws Posted October 11, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 11, 2022 Do they have any provision on the PCB to attach a stay alive please @Jenny Emily? The Bachmann J72 has this and it is really handy on a short wheelbase loco. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny Emily Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 I will look to check when filming. Only one of the samples is a working loco; the rest are empty. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
That Model Railway Guy Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 Not an answer to the stay alive question but I did manage to get some video of the G5 running on the Hornby Magazine layout at GETS over the weekend. Skip to 21:27 to see a couple of shots of it in action. Looked like a really nice smooth runner to me... (The slight squeaking you may just be able to hear is coming from one of the coaches not the loco - I heard the same coach doing it earlier in the day when it was running with another loco) 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AGR Model Store Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 (edited) The samples are very nice Edited October 12, 2022 by AGR Model Store 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny Emily Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 Here is the circuit board inside. Speaker is underneath. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium curlypaws Posted October 12, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 12, 2022 @Jenny Emily Thank you very much for checking. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny Emily Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 my video on the forthcoming G5 9 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougN Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 Thanks Jenny, I watched that a couple of days ago. Very nice to see the arrangement for the rear bogie being so well designed. As an aside I think Bachmann need to look at a better design of PCB for the Next 18 socket as this seems overly large compared to the decoder. Also this takes a large amount of room in the bunker which could have allowed a larger speaker. This also matches the V2's which could do with a base reflex in the tender, the space is there but not utilized. I can see this is really a "modellers" view rather than a "manufacturers" view looking for the best fit speaker rather than "manufacturers stock speaker". I look forward to one of these turning up mid next year! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bishdurham Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 Has there been any news on the G5? Still showing Q2 2023 for delivery. It will be an expensive time for me, anybody know the lottery numbers? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butler Henderson Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 30 minutes ago, Bishdurham said: Has there been any news on the G5? According to the recent collectors club magazine they are in production 2 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamingWales Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 Hmm Just looking at the models and thinking about renumbering and how easy it will be to remove the coal hopper? Ideally after a model with Westinghouse pump and cage bunker but this isn't a combination which is offered ☹️ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NZRedBaron Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 (edited) I must admit, I've been tempted to get one of these, ever since I heard about them. LNER liveried, as that's my jam. I am however undecided as to which I'd prefer to get my grubby mitts on- #1752 or #2082. Quote Just looking at the models and thinking about renumbering and how easy it will be to remove the coal hopper? Ideally after a model with Westinghouse pump and cage bunker but this isn't a combination which is offered ☹️ I'm going out on a limb here, and guessing that you model BR? Edited March 2, 2023 by NZRedBaron Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Lewis Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 On 01/03/2023 at 10:14, SteamingWales said: Hmm Just looking at the models and thinking about renumbering and how easy it will be to remove the coal hopper? Ideally after a model with Westinghouse pump and cage bunker but this isn't a combination which is offered ☹️ I have the same "problem" (although I'm sure it's not difficult to get round one way or the other). I'm also guessing that you want a BR early crest version. The options are to buy one without hopper or Westinghouse and add a Westinghouse somehow or other (I'm aware a few different ones may be available, but then there's all the fiddly connections etc to sort out), OR, buy one with Westinghouse and hopper and take the hopper off. I spoke to the TMC guys at Doncaster the other week. He didn't want to take one out of the display case, but was "pretty sure" that the hopper is a separate moulding (makes sense) and therefore "should" come off fairly easily. So, I'm going to get the Westinghouse/hopper version and see what happens. You may also want to note that the two options mentioned have different buffers (one LNER, one NER) so you may want/need to take that into account as well. Cheers. Tim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post tmc Posted March 8, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted March 8, 2023 We have news! Five of the eight models offered are assembled and should be shipped by the end of the month. Before that happens production samples will reach us and photographs of those will then be posted. The first batch of models should therefore arrive with us between the middle and end of May. The five models arriving first are 35-250Z/ZSF, 35-251Z/ZSF, 35-252Z/ZSF, 35-254Z/ZSF & 35-255Z/ZSF. The three remaining variants are currently being assembled so are likely to be 4-6 weeks after those mentioned above. Further updates as and when we have them. 16 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul_sterling Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 44 minutes ago, tmc said: We have news! Five of the eight models offered are assembled and should be shipped by the end of the month. Before that happens production samples will reach us and photographs of those will then be posted. The first batch of models should therefore arrive with us between the middle and end of May. The five models arriving first are 35-250Z/ZSF, 35-251Z/ZSF, 35-252Z/ZSF, 35-254Z/ZSF & 35-255Z/ZSF. The three remaining variants are currently being assembled so are likely to be 4-6 weeks after those mentioned above. Further updates as and when we have them. Brilliant news, thank you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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