Accurascale staff Accurascale Fran Posted March 26, 2019 Author Accurascale staff Share Posted March 26, 2019 14 minutes ago, Robert Shrives said: Fran and all at IRM towers, Great work - yes N would be fun as well ! However do I spot a bit of a crossover , looking at the Ballina - Limerick coal flows in Rails through the West the containers do look the same - You know you want to and sell coal containers on there own ... Cheers Robert Doing a bit of research on that at the moment Robert, but if they're the same I can see them on 42ft flats in the future... Cheers, Fran 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damo666 Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 24 minutes ago, mozzer models said: thats right but as the coal is in a container on the wagon then the container can cross the sea on put on another wagon in Ireland Indeed, and understood. But in responding to JSpencer's question "did these PFAs get as far as Ireland or was it only the containers that was sent" I was explaining why the wagons couldn't run in Ireland. Whether the containers ever did, I do not know so I'll leave that to others. Thanks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Accurascale staff McC Posted March 26, 2019 Accurascale staff Share Posted March 26, 2019 27 minutes ago, Damo666 said: Indeed, and understood. But in responding to JSpencer's question "did these PFAs get as far as Ireland or was it only the containers that was sent" I was explaining why the wagons couldn't run in Ireland. Whether the containers ever did, I do not know so I'll leave that to others. Thanks. Hi Damo, The containers did yes, but as far as we can determine, were purely road hauled on the irish side. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
classy52 Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 (edited) Late to the party but can you confirm if the DRS wagons are fit for purpose for modelling today's railway, don't know anything about PFA's but if the answer is yes then you'll have another customer for these. Btw are these going to be ready for June this year? Edit: Just checked your web site & yes the DRS ones can be used today...I can't resist Edited March 26, 2019 by classy52 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Accurascale staff McC Posted March 26, 2019 Accurascale staff Share Posted March 26, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, classy52 said: Late to the party but can you confirm if the DRS wagons are fit for purpose for modelling today's railway, don't know anything about PFA's but if the answer is yes then you'll have another customer for these. Btw are these going to be ready for June this year? Edit: Just checked your web site & yes the DRS ones can be used today...I can't resist The DRS packs are currently in active use Edited March 26, 2019 by McC 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommyboy Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 Patch Painting 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommyboy Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 CPL livery at Mossend 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Accurascale staff Accurascale Fran Posted March 26, 2019 Author Accurascale staff Share Posted March 26, 2019 6 hours ago, classy52 said: Late to the party but can you confirm if the DRS wagons are fit for purpose for modelling today's railway, don't know anything about PFA's but if the answer is yes then you'll have another customer for these. Btw are these going to be ready for June this year? Edit: Just checked your web site & yes the DRS ones can be used today...I can't resist Hi there, They're due in July this year. Cheers! Fran 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNERJP Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 Ooooooooo the thought of these in 7mm. Hint, hint. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Garry D100 Posted March 26, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 26, 2019 Hi, Would someone be able to tell me what the length of these wagons (in 4mm) would be buffer to buffer. Just so i can see how long a 12 pack rake would be. Thanks. Garry Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold adb968008 Posted March 26, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 26, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, Garry D100 said: Hi, Would someone be able to tell me what the length of these wagons (in 4mm) would be buffer to buffer. Just so i can see how long a 12 pack rake would be. Thanks. Garry 20ft container * 4mm (per foot) = 8cm + wagon extras, i’m Guessing 13-14cm over couplings. A mk1 is 64ft (26cm in OO), so i’m reckoning on 2 PFA = 1 mk1 until confirmed. Edited March 26, 2019 by adb968008 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damo666 Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 2 hours ago, 071 said: Hi there, They're due in July this year. Cheers! Fran How can you guys go from an announcement at the end of March to delivery just 4 months later? From 3D visuals to Tooling, EP, Painting sign-off, production and shipping. Amazing! 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Accurascale staff McC Posted March 26, 2019 Accurascale staff Share Posted March 26, 2019 (edited) 42 minutes ago, adb968008 said: 20ft container * 4mm (per foot) = 8cm + wagon extras, i’m Guessing 13-14cm over couplings. Pretty much bang on they are exactly 12cm over buffers. Edited March 26, 2019 by McC 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Accurascale staff Accurascale Fran Posted March 26, 2019 Author Accurascale staff Share Posted March 26, 2019 7 minutes ago, Damo666 said: How can you guys go from an announcement at the end of March to delivery just 4 months later? From 3D visuals to Tooling, EP, Painting sign-off, production and shipping. Amazing! Cheers Damo, we do as much work behind the scenes first before announcing, so waiting times are reduced. Cheers! Fran 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
classy52 Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 43 minutes ago, Damo666 said: How can you guys go from an announcement at the end of March to delivery just 4 months later? From 3D visuals to Tooling, EP, Painting sign-off, production and shipping. Amazing! Accurascale are the new hotness...the rest are old and busted. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Accurascale staff Accurascale Fran Posted March 26, 2019 Author Accurascale staff Share Posted March 26, 2019 21 minutes ago, Ruairidh Munro said: Can you confirm whether DRS pack P is three EMPTY PFA wagons as shown in the image or includes seperate containers (as per the description text). Ah good spot, it’s three empty wagons. We will amend. Cheers, Fran Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dungrange Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 2 hours ago, 071 said: Ah good spot, it’s three empty wagons. We will amend. Cheers, Fran What I don't understand is why three empty wagons are the same price as ones with a container? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
No Decorum Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 Sh! They’ll raise the price of the ones with containers! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Accurascale staff Accurascale Fran Posted March 27, 2019 Author Accurascale staff Share Posted March 27, 2019 8 hours ago, Dungrange said: What I don't understand is why three empty wagons are the same price as ones with a container? See it more as getting free loads with the other wagons rather than getting charged extra for not having a load in this pack. Over a large run such as these the loads become very cheap. The cost in the PFA is the die casting of the wagon. Of course, you could Just buy a pack with a load on it if you feel it’s more value for money? Cheers! Fran 4 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clagsniffer Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 Did the Cawoods wagons ever appear around the collieries of Northumberland? Blyth/Cambois etc? Just trying to justify buying the full 12 wagon rake Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 6 minutes ago, Clagsniffer said: Did the Cawoods wagons ever appear around the collieries of Northumberland? Blyth/Cambois etc? Just trying to justify buying the full 12 wagon rake Pretty certain they worked from either Lynemouth or Ashington at some point. A dig through this site might help:- https://www.flickr.com/photos/davidwf2009/albums 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Bendall Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 15 minutes ago, Clagsniffer said: Did the Cawoods wagons ever appear around the collieries of Northumberland? Blyth/Cambois etc? Just trying to justify buying the full 12 wagon rake Put 'Blyth Cawoods' in the Flickr search and prepare to open wallet. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Accurascale staff Accurascale Fran Posted March 27, 2019 Author Accurascale staff Share Posted March 27, 2019 (edited) 18 minutes ago, Clagsniffer said: Did the Cawoods wagons ever appear around the collieries of Northumberland? Blyth/Cambois etc? Just trying to justify buying the full 12 wagon rake Hi, Cawoods ran from Blyth, as illustrated here: "56113 throbs out of Weasel Hall Tunnel, Hebden Bridge with 6M21 Blyth to Ellesmere Port "Cawoods". 22/7/88." Cheers! Fran Edited March 27, 2019 by 071 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedlington North Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 (edited) Just to clarify that Cawoods traffic from Blyth originated from Lynemouth Colliery. The working then tripped to "Blyth West Yard Reception Sidings" (I think) next to the staithes and Blyth Power Station. Edited March 27, 2019 by Bedlington North 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irishswissernie Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 (edited) South Newsham, Blyth & Lynemouth Colliery. regards ERnie Edited March 27, 2019 by Irishswissernie 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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