birdseyecircus Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 (edited) From Facebook Paul Edited March 6, 2021 by birdseyecircus Title change 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courtybella Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 Dare I hope for the mythical HEA coal wagon...... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Hal Nail Posted February 25, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 25, 2021 8 minutes ago, Courtybella said: Dare I hope for the mythical HEA coal wagon...... A pre-announcement of an announcement of a previous announcement? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveb860 Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 8 minutes ago, Courtybella said: Dare I hope for the mythical HEA coal wagon...... But that's already been announced, albeit a long time ago. This implies something new. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courtybella Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 28 minutes ago, steveb860 said: But that's already been announced, albeit a long time ago. This implies something new. When is a previous announcement so long ago without the actual announced product arriving, that it can be classed as a new announcement of the previously announced product? I think 8+ years could just sneak into the new announcement Category. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 (edited) 53 minutes ago, Courtybella said: Dare I hope for the mythical HEA coal wagon...... Agree, but not holding my breath.... Edit: if it's a Class 22, I'll forgive them. But somehow I just doubt it's going to be anything I would want.... Edited February 25, 2021 by F-UnitMad 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brossard Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 A lot of fuss for a mere wagon methinks. Must be a loco. John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piemanlarger Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 Two reasons not to get excited : Its not a 56xx What ever it is I'm not likley to live long enough to buy it lol 1 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courtybella Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 48 minutes ago, brossard said: A lot of fuss for a mere wagon methinks. Must be a loco. John I don’t know, modern wagons are like hens teeth. A range of wagons using a common chassis...HEA to start as the base, with evolutions into MEA, MFA, MHA etc ? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickb4141 Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 Class 68 maybe, as something modern to accompany the class 66? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brossard Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 1 hour ago, Piemanlarger said: Two reasons not to get excited : Its not a 56xx What ever it is I'm not likley to live long enough to buy it lol Well GWR is well served by the three main manufacturers, I would hope for something like a BR standard tank. I do agree though about living long enough to see whatever it is, Dapol seem to take eons to actually deliver something. I was a bit excited when the Vanwide and Palvan were announced...I can't even remember when. It was before the plague so that makes it an eternity. Still no sign. Ditto for the Mk1 coaches. John 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickb4141 Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 40 minutes ago, brossard said: Well GWR is well served by the three main manufacturers, I would hope for something like a BR standard tank. I do agree though about living long enough to see whatever it is, Dapol seem to take eons to actually deliver something. I was a bit excited when the Vanwide and Palvan were announced...I can't even remember when. It was before the plague so that makes it an eternity. Still no sign. Ditto for the Mk1 coaches. John According to Tower Models site, the first of the Dapol Mk1’s are on the water, so shouldn’t be too much longer now! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium NCB Posted February 25, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 25, 2021 56 minutes ago, brossard said: Well GWR is well served by the three main manufacturers, I would hope for something like a BR standard tank. You can't have enough GWR. A 1361/1366 would be nice 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GNR Dave Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 They've done Southern (Terrier) GWR (several) and LMS (Jinty) so it must surely be the turn of the LNER. C12 for me please. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Hal Nail Posted February 26, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 26, 2021 (edited) 11 hours ago, brossard said: I would hope for something like a BR standard tank. I thought Lionheart had already formally announced a standard type 3 - I remember pointing out on a thread fairly recently that it was still built at Swindon, if not actually GWR! When the revamped cheaper prairie was first discussed, Richard said he wanted to do a loco of that size for each railway but that was a long long time ago now, probably pre Dapol. Edit: found the thread now - they put an ad in the Gazette saying were starting development. I think Dapol and Lionheart are treated as separate brands for things like this though. Edited February 26, 2021 by Hal Nail Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brossard Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 Well OK. However that announcement was ages ago and there has been no update. One might conclude that the idea had been dropped. There is no mention on the Lionheart site. There is a 45XX though(sigh). The point is that the market needs steam locos that are not GWR. John 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Hal Nail Posted February 26, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 26, 2021 10 minutes ago, brossard said: Well OK. However that announcement was ages ago and there has been no update. One might conclude that the idea had been dropped. There is no mention on the Lionheart site. There is a 45XX though(sigh). The point is that the market needs steam locos that are not GWR. John It was Nov 2020 that they said research and development has started. With a bit of luck this is something else as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brossard Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 Yes I found the thread. However the first inkling was around 2016: https://www.facebook.com/pg/BR-standard-class-3-tank-664170726986248/posts/ John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piemanlarger Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 1 hour ago, brossard said: Well OK. However that announcement was ages ago and there has been no update. One might conclude that the idea had been dropped. There is no mention on the Lionheart site. There is a 45XX though(sigh). The point is that the market needs steam locos that are not GWR. John I think if Dapol have had good sales on their previous gwr locos such as 14xx 57xx etc then another gwr loco could also sell well. Given the option to purchase the Heljan / Minerva gwr stuff and it's quite easy to get into 0 gauge and build a gwr / brwr layout these days. That's what happened to me! Personally I think tank engines will sell better than (big) tender locos as room at home is of course limited to most. I do concede it would be good to see other regions catered for but at the same time not at the expense of gwr. Thus what's needed is for Hornby and bschmannto fill the gap in the growing market?? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben B Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 Fingers crossed for an Austerity tank loco; the promised DJM one now no longer being on the cards, it would give a short-wheelbase 0-6-0 to appeal to a wide variety of industrial modellers, military modellers, those doing preserved lines, and with a bit of BR-ification, the Eastern Region and bits of Derbyshire... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brossard Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 33 minutes ago, Piemanlarger said: I think if Dapol have had good sales on their previous gwr locos such as 14xx 57xx etc then another gwr loco could also sell well. Given the option to purchase the Heljan / Minerva gwr stuff and it's quite easy to get into 0 gauge and build a gwr / brwr layout these days. That's what happened to me! Personally I think tank engines will sell better than (big) tender locos as room at home is of course limited to most. I do concede it would be good to see other regions catered for but at the same time not at the expense of gwr. Thus what's needed is for Hornby and bschmannto fill the gap in the growing market?? I do get that GWR stock sells well. The iconic GWR BLT is hard to resist for many. I also agree that smaller locos are more appropriate for indoor layouts. Hard to justify a Pacific on a 20' layout. However, GWR is not the be all and end all for the hobby so the manufacturers need to try to balance that. I have been hoping to see Hornby and/or Bachmann step up to the 0 gauge plate. No sign yet though. Hornby has had it's issues of late so I'm thinking they are trying to consolidate and not over commit. Bachmann did have their brass range some while ago. It would be good to see them use their injection moulded expertise in 0 gauge just as Dapol has done. This is going to be a long thread of speculation before the week is out. John 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Kris Posted February 26, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 26, 2021 If they want to stick with the GWR theme then why not move away from locos and produce a RTR toad. I suspect that they could shift quite a few of these. 2 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Flashheart Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 Class 142 Pacer. Rob 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kubes Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 1 hour ago, Kris said: If they want to stick with the GWR theme then why not move away from locos and produce a RTR toad. I suspect that they could shift quite a few of these. To be fair the GWR Toad is one of the obvious low hanging fruit in the market. I'm surprised that one hasn't been done yet. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert John Davis Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 If we can dare to dream beyond the GWR, I sure would like to see an O gauge version of their forthcoming OO Wainwright Class D. Honestly, they would be very smart to focus on another LBSCR steam locomotive that would match well with the coming Stroudly coaches... something bigger than the A1. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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