Rapido LB&SCR Class E1 0-6-0T

[burgundy]

3 hours ago, rapidoandy said:

 

Please bear with me if I’m slow or don’t respond though - I have a baby due (the wife is currently in the early stages of labour here) and as you may imagine the E1 is not the top of the priority list…. 
 

Thanks in advance - I look forward to everyone’s feedback.

 

Andy

 

 

If it is a girl, you could always name her Florence (No 117) or Lorraine (No 115).

Hope all goes well. 

Best wishes  

No 110 

[Nick C]

@rapidoandy best wishes! 

 

On the loco, looking at this photo: 

The coal rails seem to be inset from the edges of the bunker- they should be virtually flush, as per the bottom left image here: https://sremg.org.uk/steam/e1_class.shtml, especially the back. Rails did the same with their terrier, and it really spoils the appearance.

[Edwardian]

On 28/01/2022 at 17:06, Compound2632 said:

 

That's a shame. I was looking forward to the goods green version.

 

Well, that would have been the one I would have bought [sigh], so much money now saved while the Stroudley-era release remains on hold, but nevertheless a real shame as it's a very attractive livery, complements all those IEG Terriers made by others, and would have been a welcome first for this livery RTR.

 

 

[rapidoandy]

We are pleased to announce that our E1 locomotives are now available to pre-order!

 

A total of 14 versions are available to pre-order covering:

 

·       SKU 936001: No. 145 France, LBSCR ‘Improved Engine Green’

·       SKU 936002: No. 155 Brenner, LBSCR Improved Engine Green

·       SKU 936003: No. 127 Poitiers, LBSCR Goods Green

·       SKU 936004: No. 122 Leghorn, LBSCR Goods Green

·       SKU 936005: No. 110, LBSCR Marsh Umber

·       SKU 936006: No. 694, LBSCR Marsh Umber

·       SKU 936007: No. B690, Southern black

·       SKU 936008: No. 2151 Southern Black

·       SKU 936009: No. 32694 BR unlined black (early emblem)

·       SKU 936010: No. 32138 BR unlined black (early emblem)

·       SKU 936011: No. 32151 BR lined black (no emblem)

·       SKU 936012: No. 1 Medina, BR green, ‘sunshine’ lettering

·       SKU 936013: No. 3 Ryde, Southern black, ‘sunshine' lettering

·       SKU 936014: No. 30, Hartley Main Colliery livery

 

RRP is £164.95 for the DC versions and £264.95 for the DCC Sound versions. Keep an eye for some possible further exclusives!

 

As usual you can buy direct from www.rapidotrains.co.uk/lbscr-e1/ or from any Official Retailer.

 

Design work is almost finished and we hope to have a sample in the spring. Until then here are the latest CADs to show progress.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Andy

[No Decorum]

The cab roof looks good. 😆

[GreenGiraffe22]

Really pleased you've decided to do lots of different versions in the end 😁 no. 2151 for me!

 

@BlueLightning get my order in plz. ;) 

[BroadLeaves]

@rapidoandy A couple of questions if I may:

Do you have any colour images of the intended liveries?

For the non-sound fitted versions, is the speaker included? I get that the decoder isn't, but the feature list just says "factory fitted speaker" and it's not clear is that applies to both flavours or just the sound fitted one. 

[Compound2632]

Good to see that goods green has made it to the final cut!

 

I've put my money on Poitiers; Leghorn is just that bit too corny!

[BlueLightning]

And a couple coming in LBSC Lined Black exclusively from Train Times Model Shop in Eastbourne! (No connection, other than I own the place 😛😂)

 

 

[No Decorum]

I hope these are a success. There’s a great emphasis on post-steam models these days. Nothing wrong with that, except that duplication and triplication occurs. BR inherited more than 400 classes of locomotive so there is much more to choose from in earlier times.

 

May I make one request? The innards of models do require lubrication from time to time. Would Rapido please ensure that it is easy to part body and chassis?  

[Compound2632]

8 minutes ago, No Decorum said:

BR inherited more than 400 classes of locomotive so there is much more to choose from in earlier times.

 

And there were an even larger number of classes - some once very numerous - that BR did not inherit.

[PaulRhB]

I hope some of the specials include SR green ;) 

[choo1choo]

 

 

France and Leghorn for me. Can't afford any others.....boohooboo.

 

 

Craig.

[Wickham Green too]

Presumably 'Southern Black' for B690 is lined in green  -  but what about 2151: does 'Southern Black' carry Maunsell period insignia ( lined / unlined ) or Bulleid era ?

[D9020 Nimbus]

No early crest IOW model — surprising given there's a photograph of the last survivor in that condition in the Newsletter… had that one been done I'd probably have placed an order…

[jamieb]

6 hours ago, choo1choo said:

 

 

France and Leghorn for me. Can't afford any others.....boohooboo.

 

 

Craig.

I can't afford any of them :(

[Fishoutofwater]

44 minutes ago, D9020 Nimbus said:

No early crest IOW model — surprising given there's a photograph of the last survivor in that condition in the Newsletter… had that one been done I'd probably have placed an order…

Maybe the IWSR model shop will be doing some "exclusive editions".

[Karl]

1 hour ago, Fishoutofwater said:

Maybe the IWSR model shop will be doing some "exclusive editions".

I hope you're right, SR Olive Green and early crest BR IOW condition ones do seem some obvious gaps so maybe with the preserved one being currently presented as 'Yarmouth' in BR perhaps there are some specials of it as 'Yarmouth' in BR early and SR olive coming from the railway.

[Matt35027]

Decisions decisions.....I think I may hang on until the decorated samples appear before possibly choosing!

[RodneyS]

3 hours ago, D9020 Nimbus said:

No early crest IOW model — surprising given there's a photograph of the last survivor in that condition in the Newsletter… had that one been done I'd probably have placed an order…

 

W4 'Wroxall' was the last survivor on the Island and they don't seem to be doing that one.

Hopefully they will do that one in the future as it was the only one I saw.

Rodney

[Graham_Muz]

7 hours ago, Wickham Green too said:

Presumably 'Southern Black' for B690 is lined in green  -  but what about 2151: does 'Southern Black' carry Maunsell period insignia ( lined / unlined ) or Bulleid era ?

2151 is in Maunsell SR black livery. 

[Wickham Green too]

53 minutes ago, Graham_Muz said:

2151 is in Maunsell SR black livery. 

Thanks ....... but - er - no thanks, it doesn't seem to have lasted in to my modelling period like that .... nor yours.

[Graham_Muz]

10 hours ago, Wickham Green too said:

Thanks ....... but - er - no thanks, it doesn't seem to have lasted in to my modelling period like that .... nor yours.

Agreed, however I will use that version as a base for renumbering and sunshine lettering to 2156 that was allocated to Southampton Docks 

Edited July 31, 2022 by Graham_Muz

[Oldddudders]

27 minutes ago, Graham_Muz said:

Agreed, however I will use that version as a base for renumbering and sunshine lettering to 2156 that was allocated to Southampton Docks 

A fine loco to darken the front bar in the Waterloo Tavern!

[Lacathedrale]

@rapidoandy - the dear fellows on the Brighton Circle have advised that Poitiers should be Westinghouse fitted in its post-1890 condition, so the livery should be green lined red, rather than plain green. Do you know what version you'll be producing?

 

I appreciate this is splitting hairs but while I dearly love Goods Green, Train Times are offering a vermillion-lined black version, which may be more appropriate for a later LBSCR layout. At the moment my preorders for the green and umber versions stand, though!

Edited July 31, 2022 by Lacathedrale