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39 minutes ago, georgeT said:

l have found the guy who make the laser cut track beds but as yet he does not make the vee template they were a free product, but he is going to make them in hard plastic very shortly via a conversation l had with him this afternoon, he will be at the Leigh Show so have a chat with him, his company is 'Greenwood Model Rail Products' no connection just a happy customer...

 

Thats the chap ! Thank you George 

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2 hours ago, muddysblues said:

 

Its going via Jinty’s, for a renumber to its TOPS guise of 25041, with 0000’s headcodes, before it had it's cab doors sealed up.

 

any info on those jigs ?

 

best regards

Craig

Which circle ate you going around in mate?:search::)

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17 minutes ago, Andrew P said:

Stunning mate, that livery really suited the Tractors.

 

31 next?

 

Thanks Buddy, There is still bags of pipework etc etc to go on and the a nice coat of weathering should make a difference, can't stand clean diesels...

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1 minute ago, Ian Major said:

Hello George,

 

Your work is stunning. 

 

Following our chat today, tried to send you a PM but got an error saying you could not receive the message. Does that mean you have to have a clear out? 

 

Ian.

 

Hello lan, Welcome aboard buddy, funny finding you at the club, l had 37264 running with some railfreight wagons on DCC just after you left and it sounded awsome, catch up soon...

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Hi George,

Both sides look good!  Any reason you've gone for a fictional Class 37/4 - there were quite a few 37/0s in RfD which would have been more accurate?  Not criticising just wondering :)

 

Rich

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Hello Rich, Just being lazy buddy, but l will do a bit of searching, but l though it was a 37/4, wrong again, hahaha l used to have a book with all the liveries and numbers in, is there a web site you know of where l can get some info ? 

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The Heljan model is basically a series 2/3 un-refurbished 37, ignoring the skirts (only applicable for Green/Blue & 183 in Large Logo), glass Headcode panel, boiler ports and RSH grill the following 37's carried trainload coal and RfD taken from my 1993 combine:

 

RfD: 37131/154178/185/194/218/225238/242/244252/261/271/272/298/378

Coal: 37139/167/212/213/222/223/229/239/274/375/376/380

 

As with anything its worth looking at prototype photographs, chuck any of these in the search box in Flickr & see what pops up. Don't take the above list as gospel, there may well have been others and my book suggested 217 was in Coal but it never actually got painted! Pete Harvey does etches to plate over the headcode panels and replace the buffer beam, I've just ordered another set to do my second one. Its not that difficult a job to be honest and could be done with just re-painting the nose end.

 

Al.

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4 hours ago, D6775 said:

The Heljan model is basically a series 2/3 un-refurbished 37, ignoring the skirts (only applicable for Green/Blue & 183 in Large Logo), glass Headcode panel, boiler ports and RSH grill the following 37's carried trainload coal and RfD taken from my 1993 combine:

 

RfD: 37131/154178/185/194/218/225238/242/244252/261/271/272/298/378

Coal: 37139/167/212/213/222/223/229/239/274/375/376/380

 

As with anything its worth looking at prototype photographs, chuck any of these in the search box in Flickr & see what pops up. Don't take the above list as gospel, there may well have been others and my book suggested 217 was in Coal but it never actually got painted! Pete Harvey does etches to plate over the headcode panels and replace the buffer beam, I've just ordered another set to do my second one. Its not that difficult a job to be honest and could be done with just re-painting the nose end.

 

Al.

 

Thank's for the info Al, very helpful....

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6 hours ago, georgeT said:

Hello Rich, Just being lazy buddy, but l will do a bit of searching, but l though it was a 37/4, wrong again, hahaha l used to have a book with all the liveries and numbers in, is there a web site you know of where l can get some info ? 

 

5 hours ago, muddysblues said:

Here you go George, tractor porn :crazy_mini:

 

https://www.class37.co.uk/

 

best regards

Craig

 

Craig and Al have got in before me - I find Flickr is one of your best friends in this day and age!  Type in a loco number or something like 'Railfreight Distribution' and see what it comes up with - the Imaging Centre on the Railway Herald website is good for that too as there are quite a few archive photos on that and a reasonable search facility - again some term or loco number can be used.

 

Keep up the good work...


Rich

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George  at last it seems I might have cracked the new system and managed to find your layout.  Staggered to find that you have reached 19 pages ... well it might be before I finish this at the rate that you are going ...  retirement seems to suit you.

 

Looking great and the Signatrack ... wish I'd kept it! - the price they are these days - and I like your sloping panel idea.  Megapoints servo controllers for points - yes, they are really good.

 

Peter 

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1 hour ago, PeterBB said:

George  at last it seems I might have cracked the new system and managed to find your layout.  Staggered to find that you have reached 19 pages ... well it might be before I finish this at the rate that you are going ...  retirement seems to suit you.

 

Looking great and the Signatrack ... wish I'd kept it! - the price they are these days - and I like your sloping panel idea.  Megapoints servo controllers for points - yes, they are really good.

 

Peter 

 

Best thing l ever did Peter should have done it years ago, Hahahaha

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