didcot Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 I do like the GWR livery. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold sjrixon Posted June 30, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 30, 2023 Just now, didcot said: I do like the GWR livery. Was just thinking the same.. I don't normally get dragged into what if.. But I'm tempted.. (I honestly wonder how many they will sell) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Trainshed Terry Posted June 30, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 30, 2023 So many to chose from. But I am think along BR Late crest. Terry. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold MikeParkin65 Posted July 1, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 1, 2023 Are the sound fitted versions factory fitted with stay alive? Thinking with such a short wheelbase it’s going to be an issue and a tricky job for the hamfisted amongst us in a small loco. Apologies if this has been mentioned up thread but I can’t see answer either here or on the Rapido website. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Kaput Posted July 1, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 1, 2023 1 minute ago, MikeParkin65 said: Are the sound fitted versions factory fitted with stay alive? Thinking with such a short wheelbase it’s going to be an issue and a tricky job for the hamfisted amongst us in a small loco. Apologies if this has been mentioned up thread but I can’t see answer either here or on the Rapido website. Hasn't been mentioned and unfortunately Rapido's track record of including suitable solder pads for stay alive on their Next18 fitted models suggests it won't be a simple addition. Thankfully more decoders now have the ability to directly connect to stay alives instead of sticking strictly to the Next18 spec and requiring the connections to be made on the PCB side. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted July 1, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 1, 2023 On 30/06/2023 at 12:30, sjrixon said: Was just thinking the same.. I don't normally get dragged into what if.. But I'm tempted.. (I honestly wonder how many they will sell) In some respects it doesn't matter how many they sell as long as it more or less equates to the number they order from the factory and they cover any additional costs they've incurred in doing that livery. And the same goes for any of the livery variants but pre-orders will have given Rapido the lead on the numbers. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted July 2, 2023 Share Posted July 2, 2023 (edited) Yet another thread on a new model I've somehow completely missed, (three so far in as many days!) but what a fantastic model it is. I'm sure a lot of my ex-colleagues over in the Old Oak facebook group will be buying at least one example, as they cut their teeth firing and driving the real things day in, day out on the 'ups and downs' in and out of Padd. It seems very reasonably priced too. My other half's late father took this shot at Padd c.1960, what a beast... Edited to add : with all the new high quality / recent GWR / WR releases in 4mm and 7mm, my head is about to explode! Edited July 2, 2023 by Rugd1022 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted July 2, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 2, 2023 On 01/12/2020 at 13:23, 5050 said: I'm tempted, sorely tempted, really tempted etc. etc...................................... How will it be for conversion to P4 and EM? Plenty of room between the valve gear and crossheads for instance? 1/8" axles? Drop out wheelsets? On 01/12/2020 at 14:59, Steamport Southport said: It was just that I noticed in the other Hunslet thread the "coreless" and "EM/P4" questions were already being asked. An etched chassis is an alternative if people really want to keep the body. People have been replacing RTR chassis for years. I hardly dare ask this at this stage, but is the model so designed, that the body can simply be unscrewed from the chassis and a substitute chassis (to EM or P4, I mean) be substituted? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium RapidoCorbs Posted July 2, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 2, 2023 3 hours ago, Captain Kernow said: I hardly dare ask this at this stage, but is the model so designed, that the body can simply be unscrewed from the chassis and a substitute chassis (to EM or P4, I mean) be substituted? I think the axles are 2mm diameter in the middle but the ends (where they fit into the wheels) are slightly smaller. The bufferbeams and cab floor are integral with the chassis (due to not having a running board to speak of) but I believe the cab upper assembly and the tanks are separate. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold MikeParkin65 Posted July 3, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 3, 2023 (edited) On 01/07/2023 at 10:46, Kaput said: Hasn't been mentioned and unfortunately Rapido's track record of including suitable solder pads for stay alive on their Next18 fitted models suggests it won't be a simple addition. Thankfully more decoders now have the ability to directly connect to stay alives instead of sticking strictly to the Next18 spec and requiring the connections to be made on the PCB side. I've had it confirmed both via a pleasingly prompt reply to a contact form from the Rapido website and from a response to a FB post that these models do not come factory fitted with Stay Alive - the reasons given being that the wheelbase length (50mm), the weight (315g) and the pick up design all indicate that it wont be required. Personally - knowing how similarly short wheelbase locos perform on my p-way I'm now going to wait for the user reviews on here to come in before committing - if I miss out so be it as this is a nice to have rather than essential for my layout setting in any case. Edited July 3, 2023 by MikeParkin65 Typos corrected 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Rugd1022 Posted July 3, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted July 3, 2023 Photo by Mike Peart : 1507 at Old Oak in 1962... Photo by Ben Brooksbank : a nice overhead view of 1504 taken from the (now long gone) staff footbridge outside Old Oak on 27th April 1963... 20 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Budgie Posted July 4, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 4, 2023 On 03/07/2023 at 13:08, MikeParkin65 said: if I miss out so be it as this is a nice to have rather than essential for my layout setting in any case. You don't have to miss out. You could buy one, and hang on to it until you know it is all right. If it's not then it should be a simple matter to sell it to one of those that did miss out, while turning a huge small profit at the same time. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post RapidoCorbs Posted July 21, 2023 RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted July 21, 2023 Good news everyone! The 15XXs are on the high seas! At last, all 3.5 tonnes of pannier tank models have departed the factory and are making their way to Kent aboard a large water craft. That's a lot of diecast! If Triton so favours us, we hope these to be in the UK in September. 32 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rovex Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 Sure I've got one of these on preorder. Trouble I forget who've I've ordered these things from. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
didcot Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 Looking good. It's going to get expensive soon with the imminent arrival of these, Thunderbolt, Railmotor and Manors. I will be waiting by the letter box to intercept the credit card statement at this rate. 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GernBlanstonShow Posted July 22, 2023 Share Posted July 22, 2023 Thank goodness, I've been getting childishly impatient for mine after seeing the impressive finished examples! 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edge Posted July 22, 2023 Share Posted July 22, 2023 Got 1501 on order from Kernow - but am kind of hoping they don’t get sent out yet. I’m running out of money and can’t afford it until end of September :) judging by the rough six week timeframe given I think I’ll be alright, but I’ve got two P2s, a leader and a railmotor all paid for and awaiting delivery myself, so its safe to say that it was expensive for me recently :) 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium cornelius Posted July 22, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 22, 2023 Argh I didn't want a BR one but the unlined black looks fantastic. 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Ian Hargrave Posted July 22, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 22, 2023 10 minutes ago, cornelius said: Argh I didn't want a BR one but the unlined black looks fantastic. Don’t they just…..and just as I fondly remember them on the buffers at Paddington. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted July 23, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 23, 2023 16 hours ago, Ian Hargrave said: Don’t they just…..and just as I fondly remember them on the buffers at Paddington. Mine will have to get a South Wales identity - just to keep me on my toes. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted July 28, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 28, 2023 Modelu have announced in their latest newsletter that they are planning on doing a crew for this loco. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TheSignalEngineer Posted July 28, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 28, 2023 On 23/07/2023 at 11:14, The Stationmaster said: Mine will have to get a South Wales identity - just to keep me on my toes. Fortunately a few got to Wolverhampton Works for attention. It was common for Oxley or Stafford Road to use 'foreign' pannier tanks on local trip workings for a few days before returning to their home depot. A 15xx was even photographed on a passenger working at Worcester. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Hamlin Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 How’s the boat going Corb’s? 😀. I feel we need some Manor like fervour on this thread too. 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium RapidoCorbs Posted August 10, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 10, 2023 We don't want to reveal its position for fear of enemy action. 1 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northmoor MPD Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 9 hours ago, RapidoCorbs said: We don't want to reveal its position for fear of enemy action. Hornby’s submarines patrolling the high seas? 🧨 ⛴️💥 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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