RMweb Gold CotBob Posted December 14, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 14, 2022 2 hours ago, LNERandBR said: Rails reporting that Nesta and Dorothea are on their way shortly. I spoke to them earlier to confirm the existence of my sound fitted Charles and they said early in the new year for Nesta and Dorothea, my two quarry locos. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNERandBR Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 19 minutes ago, CotBob said: I spoke to them earlier to confirm the existence of my sound fitted Charles and they said early in the new year for Nesta and Dorothea, my two quarry locos. Is that before or after they put the post on their website? If it was before then the status could have changed, it seems things are altering very quickly. Sound fitted Charles isn't even shown as arrived on Bachmann's website yet retailers now have it in stock for example. 🥴 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sawyermodels Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 Nesta, Dorothea and Alice are here and begining to be shipped to retailers. Our delivery note has them for delivery to our shop from tomorrow onwards (depending on DPD). Hope this helps. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markn Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 Poop, tomorrow could be an expensive day. Sound fitted Charles and Nesta on order 🤫 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold CotBob Posted December 15, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 15, 2022 3 hours ago, LNERandBR said: Is that before or after they put the post on their website? If it was before then the status could have changed, it seems things are altering very quickly. Sound fitted Charles isn't even shown as arrived on Bachmann's website yet retailers now have it in stock for example. 🥴 I spoke to them after the website update, but from what Sawyer Models said later that may have changed, or been hedging so as not to disappoint. My bank is looking shaky just now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted December 16, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 16, 2022 Just had a call from trident trains my ‘Alice’ has arrived in stock! also Charles And my divorce papers! 1 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pre Grouping fan Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 Is there an alternative that Alice could be renamed to? I pre-ordered 2 with the intention of keeping one as Alice and doing something with the second. I think each hunslet ended up being almost unique on different details so might be harder than first thought. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Jonhayes Posted December 16, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 16, 2022 I have just picked up Alice from Tony’s trains. She is beautiful. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karl Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 49 minutes ago, Pre Grouping fan said: Is there an alternative that Alice could be renamed to? I pre-ordered 2 with the intention of keeping one as Alice and doing something with the second. I think each hunslet ended up being almost unique on different details so might be harder than first thought. I think it can be renamed fairly accurately as 'Holy War'. That's my intention anyway. Alice, Hunslet works no. 780 – Bala Lake Railway (bala-lake-railway.co.uk) Holy War, Hunslet works no. 779 – Bala Lake Railway (bala-lake-railway.co.uk) Although not sure Holy War was red from the photos on those links as it could be faded black or very heavily weather red. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted December 16, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 16, 2022 Weren’t all dinorwic quarry Hunslet red/maroon while in the quarry, getting different liveries once moved into preservation? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karl Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 1 hour ago, big jim said: Weren’t all dinorwic quarry Hunslet red/maroon while in the quarry, getting different liveries once moved into preservation? That's what I've read yes that Dinorwic ones were red. It's just the colour images I've found make it hard to tell with Holy War. My gut feeling looking at the photos is it's just very heavily weathered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quarryscapes Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 (edited) 4 hours ago, Pre Grouping fan said: Is there an alternative that Alice could be renamed to? I pre-ordered 2 with the intention of keeping one as Alice and doing something with the second. I think each hunslet ended up being almost unique on different details so might be harder than first thought. How much work do you want to do, how much detail do you need and what period? It's not technically even correct for Alice as it is*... As to colour Holy War was the same red as the rest, they tended to go brown with age excpet where oil leaked from the lubricators across the tank fronts turning them black. Holy war must have been cleaned with oil rigourously as it ended up an all over aubergine as it wore on. * Going on photos so far, I have yet to see an actual one as delivered to a customer so the incorrect bits might now be correct Edited December 16, 2022 by Quarryscapes 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold CotBob Posted December 16, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 16, 2022 8 hours ago, Pre Grouping fan said: Is there an alternative that Alice could be renamed to? I pre-ordered 2 with the intention of keeping one as Alice and doing something with the second. I think each hunslet ended up being almost unique on different details so might be harder than first thought. I was talking tonight to someone who had ordered Alice with the intention of converting it to Rough Pup, as he works in Tywyn he has access to the original to build from. Within reason most of the domeless locos could be made from it. Though there were frame differences with later ones like Alice as modelled there and Rough Pup to a casual observer they are not too different. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quarryscapes Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 10 hours ago, CotBob said: I was talking tonight to someone who had ordered Alice with the intention of converting it to Rough Pup, as he works in Tywyn he has access to the original to build from. Within reason most of the domeless locos could be made from it. Though there were frame differences with later ones like Alice as modelled there and Rough Pup to a casual observer they are not too different. Frames need changing, needs free standing brake column and rearrangement of reverser and rods, lose drain cocks, lose tank rivets, add sanding rod bracket LHS and rivets on tank for injector rod bracket. For as built needs all the above plus tank mounted injectors, brackets and sandpots as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold CotBob Posted December 17, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 17, 2022 2 hours ago, Quarryscapes said: Frames need changing, needs free standing brake column and rearrangement of reverser and rods, lose drain cocks, lose tank rivets, add sanding rod bracket LHS and rivets on tank for injector rod bracket. For as built needs all the above plus tank mounted injectors, brackets and sandpots as well. You are correct, though some of those will be hard to notice. For many name and works plates would be enough, not accurate, I grant you, but good enough for many people. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmthtrains - David Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 I couldn’t resist. David 10 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
didcot Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 Looking forward to my Alice arriving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted December 17, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 17, 2022 (edited) My Bachmann micro 6 pin decoders haven’t arrived yet so I thought I would see if the slightly larger Dapol imperium Micro 6 pin (as I had one) would fit in Britomart. It does though a piece of Kapton tape was needed between the upper decoder surface and body. Edited December 17, 2022 by Tony_S added bold to micro. I think the bigger 6 pin wouldn’t fit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted December 17, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 17, 2022 All Quarry Hunslets are in stock at Lord & Butler, Cardiff and selling well. I may or may not have had a slight financial incident involving Nesta......... Rob 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted December 17, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 17, 2022 Well ‘Alice’ is a thing of beauty! runs well with the Bachmann chip in it, I think it may be binding slightly every now and again when starting up as it stalls and a slight jiggle cures it but it doesn’t happen every time, and I’ve not run it in properly, hopefully leaving it on the rollers for a bit will make a difference 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold CotBob Posted December 18, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 18, 2022 17 hours ago, NHY 581 said: I may or may not have had a slight financial incident involving Nesta......... Could this lead to new Chronicles? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted December 18, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 18, 2022 9 minutes ago, CotBob said: Could this lead to new Chronicles? Oh, most definately !! Not idea how it will look yet, mind you. Rob. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold CotBob Posted December 18, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 18, 2022 (edited) 11 minutes ago, NHY 581 said: Oh, most definately !! Not idea how it will look yet, mind you. Rob. I have been heavily influenced by a series of images and posts on Facebook like this: This is the type layout I will be building, once I have finished paying for all the locos I have on order this Christmas. Edited December 18, 2022 by CotBob Just adding a bit 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quarryscapes Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 On 17/12/2022 at 13:00, CotBob said: You are correct, though some of those will be hard to notice. For many name and works plates would be enough, not accurate, I grant you, but good enough for many people. I know and my inner rivet counter is howling in pain at the thought! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold CotBob Posted December 19, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 19, 2022 3 hours ago, Quarryscapes said: I know and my inner rivet counter is howling in pain at the thought! I am most sorry for having done that to you ,no inner pain was intended with my post ;-) 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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