RMweb Premium John M Upton Posted May 30, 2010 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 30, 2010 And swiftly following 47301 onto the depot is NSE liveried 47579 'James Nighthall G.C.': Pity the supplementary plate supplied is just a plain bit of metal with no detail on it. Next up will be any NSE 47 that does not require etched plates as since I last did NSE 47's back in the Lima/Hornby days of yore it appears that the cost of etched plates has risen horribly. Of course a Large Logo with NSE flashes one does appeal but the current large logo model from Bachmann doesn't fit any of the SF or OC allocated ones from the time due to the smooth both end head code boxes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nse47 Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 very nice repaint John, looks very smart Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidM Posted June 1, 2010 Share Posted June 1, 2010 Some absolutely corking repaints there John, the Bachy 47 is proving a very nice basis for such....now to offload my Heljan ones..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkeyethenoo Posted August 30, 2010 Share Posted August 30, 2010 Currently running in my 47406 and must say I am very impressed. Felt quite nostalgic for my Rail Riders days when I was taking her out of the box! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 47107 Posted December 3, 2010 Share Posted December 3, 2010 Rails Of Sheffields model of 47145 Merddin-Emrys is now showing as due soon. Website shows images of what looks like the finished production model, including for the first time, the correct long range fuel tanks which may indicate what is to come from Bachmann next year. http://railsofsheffield.com/class-47-145-merddin-emrys-european-blue-31-650u-JJJA8622.aspx Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
47707 Holyrood Posted December 3, 2010 Share Posted December 3, 2010 Rails Of Sheffields model of 47145 Merddin-Emrys is now showing as due soon. Website shows images of what looks like the finished production model, including for the first time, the correct long range fuel tanks which may indicate what is to come from Bachmann next year. http://railsofsheffi...u-JJJA8622.aspx And incorrect ETH boxes.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southernman46 Posted December 3, 2010 Share Posted December 3, 2010 Touch them in with black - no one will notice Wasn't going to bother with this one but flippin' heck - it's hard to refuse - nice looking engine. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
class"66" Posted December 3, 2010 Share Posted December 3, 2010 Very nice paint job...... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanB47306 Posted December 3, 2010 Share Posted December 3, 2010 Unfortunately the loco appears to be slightly incorrect as it is......sorry if I'm in been seriously picky here. The eth has already been mentioned but I think that should easily pull out of sockets in the bufferbeam. The Tinsley depot plaques also ought to be of the painted variety rather than standard issue as it were. Also as the loco is wearing the multiple working green spot on the cabside it ought to have the multi working sockets fitted. Having checked www.class47.co.uk, there was a time when the loco carried the sockets at the painted Tinsley crest in the headcode box but I don't think that arrangement lasted very long. Also should the circles on the cabside be green as per other 47s or is the pale blueish colour shown on the model correct in this case - I found it a bit hard to tell on prototype photo's but I just wondered if anyone could remember the real thing. The model itself is only correct up to about August 1997 as that is when the loco lost the bufferbeam skirts. Personally I'd have preferred to have seen the loco produced without the green spots on the cabside or without the Tinsley crest in the headcode box I think.... I feel some nail varnish remover coming on! Aye well keeps me out of trouble. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 47107 Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 I have just been informed by Rails that Merddin-Emrys is due in the shop on Monday 6th and dispatches will begin straight away, although with the number of models on order it will take some time to work through the list. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
english electric Posted December 6, 2010 Share Posted December 6, 2010 id forgotten about 47145 coming out, but looking forward to getting mine soon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwitrains Posted December 7, 2010 Share Posted December 7, 2010 Anybody know if 47145 did arrive on Monday Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
english electric Posted December 7, 2010 Share Posted December 7, 2010 i was speaking to rails this afternoon, i was told they were expecting arrival before the end of the day and it should be with them now Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickL2008 Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 Typical so close to christmasand when im broke, least I have one reserved! must admit the model does look nice, stil not so sure about the overscaled marker lights.. now only another 80 quid to go... NL Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
english electric Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 after a few days delay thanks to the weather, 47145 is now in stock at rails, ive just got off the phone to them a few minutes ago, they were just unloading the pallet as i spoke with the 47145 on it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
english electric Posted December 11, 2010 Share Posted December 11, 2010 my 47145 has just arrived well nice model Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
47541 Posted December 11, 2010 Share Posted December 11, 2010 Thanks for letting us know, and also to hear how nice it looks ! Cannot wait to get mine now, hurry up Mr Postman Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
owentherail Posted December 11, 2010 Share Posted December 11, 2010 Have i read somewhere sombody is doing a shove Duff Ltd Edt in scotrail livery, or was i dreaming it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raffles Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 You might have read that a retailer in the Durham area has commissioned a Bachmann model of 47703 in ScotRail colours. Thus far, I've seen nothing to substantiate this one but it'd be a nice addition. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed-farms Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 Durham Trains of Stanley are doing it. http://durhamtrainsofstanley.co.uk/my_store/ nothingon the site yet but they do talk about it in store and their add in a recent mag mentioned it. They also have plans to do the Mk2's and ML3's and possibly DBSO. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
47541 Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 I really do hope this comes off, it would be an excellent model i am sure Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed-farms Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 I hope so too, I have one reserved already. They are using Shawplan to do push-pull cables so that should be a good move. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
owentherail Posted December 13, 2010 Share Posted December 13, 2010 Cheers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanB47306 Posted December 14, 2010 Share Posted December 14, 2010 Picked up my 47145 from Rails yesterday. I am initially VERY impressed! I know the model represents a different timeframe for the loco but I think it certainly surpasses Heljans offering. I haven't actually taken the loco out of all its packaging yet unfortunately so I haven't had chance to see what the running qualities are like (but I have no reason to believe it'll be any different to any other Bachmann 47 really). The rendition of the model looks pretty good but I haven't had chance to scrutinise it fully just yet either ...all I can say for now really is a) what I mentioned in my earlier post regarding eth and the green spot etc etc... and B) there seemed to be a little overspray of yellow underneath the cabside windows resulting in a slightly fuzzy edge. I fully accept I am being rather hyper critical here but as it is one of my favourite loco's I'm entitled to be! B) It will get a throrough check over in due course - and I might go as far as uploading photo's if that'd be of help to anyone. The etched plates, crests etc are all very well produced. Does anybody know who does these for Bachmann? I had assumed it was Shawplan but if so the etched crests have been significantly improved in the last year or so. I originally bought a Shawplan set of plates and crest for my Heljan 145 but I did not want to fit the etched crest beneath the nameplate as I thought the Shawplan offering was a little lacking in detail in comparison to the fully legible version printed on by Heljan. If anybody has some etched crests from the new Bachmann model I will very happily take them off your hands at a reasonable price if you'd care to PM me please. Also worthy of note is that there is a 'spare' pair of BR double arrows supplied in the etchings pack which I can only assume is in there from when the loco was going to appear in Railfeight General livery. The only other major thing which I think lets the model down is the marker lights in the former headcode box. In my opinion these are pretty poor on all Bachmann models as they look oversized and stick out a bit too far for me. I am going to look into replacing these with some etches from Shawplan but before I do I was just wondering if anybody else has any experience of using these etchings on a 47 in particular and what results you got - any clue as to whether it's really doing would be much appreciated. I may opt to experiment first with another 47 as I don't really want to start work completely blind, especially on a LE. I had a quick look on the Howes of Oxford website and they list 3 or 4 different etches available for the job (I can't remember the reference numbers right now) but I was just wondering if anybody could point me in the right direction - I assume the only difference between the etches will be where the hinges for the marker lights are? Hope thats of some help to people. Ian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickL2008 Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 Do you have any pictures of yours Ian, finally got the money sorted for mine, and later, £90 gone from my account ... the range of Etches Shawplan does, I think could be upgraded and redone as I have one for a Hornby 47 im doing for a friend, and I think the lenses for the marker light panel are on the weak side. IMHO the best way to fix Bachmanns' over sized lights, which I agree are one of the weak points on the model, is maybe with brass and clear rod. I beleive that on the old RMweb this was covered but I cant remember who did it. Looking forward to receiving mine hopefully within the next week or so as it does look good in the pictures despite the couple of minor things that hopefully can be fixed... NL Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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