rapidoandy Posted January 15, 2022 Author Share Posted January 15, 2022 3 hours ago, gwrrob said: Have you @rapidoandy any examples shewing the sheet rail. I was thinking maybe 28666 should have one. The sheet rail is an item for customers to fit - as such the factory hadn’t fitted them to the photos. When I get the samples I will fit some up to show everyone. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 2 hours ago, Andy Hayter said: .... OT but I bet you never went to H&M a few streets down from Euston Station. Cramped but full to the gunnels with all sorts of gems - and Gems. I accept as a retail experience it was in some ways lacking but as a source of goods probably impossible to beat at that time. Depends what you want from a 'retail experience' .... talking to and learning from the guys at Hobbytimes, Kings Cross, Hamblings, W.&.H. & Victors, to name but a few, was a fantastic experience ! ................... and retail ? - yes I've still got boxes and packets of bits with many of their labels on ! Anyway, back to Rapido wagons again - looking very good and I am so glad I too pre-ordered. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRyan Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 These are now on the way according to Rapido’s facebook page. Very excited to receive the three I’ve ordered! 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted February 7, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 7, 2022 On 24/01/2022 at 14:10, SRyan said: These are now on the way according to Rapido’s facebook page. Very excited to receive the three I’ve ordered! Some are already here. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted February 7, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 7, 2022 7 minutes ago, gwrrob said: Some are already here. You've bought how many?? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 9 minutes ago, The Stationmaster said: You've bought how many?? Enough that Rapido were able to proceed with the project and make no other sales by the looks of things. 3 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted February 7, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 7, 2022 20 minutes ago, The Stationmaster said: You've bought how many?? Greed is good Mike. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 And how many dozen Accurascale Manors do you have on order? 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Mikkel Posted February 7, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 7, 2022 40 minutes ago, gwrrob said: Some are already here. A Nod to Kent! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted February 7, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 7, 2022 13 minutes ago, woodenhead said: And how many dozen Accurascale Manors do you have on order? Wrong thread (which is one way of not answering a question) 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted February 7, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 7, 2022 17 minutes ago, woodenhead said: And how many dozen Accurascale Manors do you have on order? All my money has gone on their Deltics. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post rapidoandy Posted February 7, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 7, 2022 Indeed we do have a few here in the UK :-) Andy 20 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wainwright1 Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 18 hours ago, rapidoandy said: Indeed we do have a few here in the UK :-) Andy Awaiting my order eagerly from my local dealer. Like the bus rally in the background. Now all we need is a Rapido London RT. Pretty please. All the best Ray 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted February 8, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 8, 2022 24 minutes ago, wainwright1 said: Awaiting my order eagerly from my local dealer. Like the bus rally in the background. Now all we need is a Rapido London RT. Pretty please. All the best Ray I would say agree apart from the RT. Not that I didn't like RTs - of any of their varieties although I much preferred London's trolleybuses to the i/c engined machines - but I wouldn't buy one (unlike the forthcoming Bedford OB which I eagerly await and which, like these wagons, I will order via my local model railway purveyor). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr chapman Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 A bit late in the day, but can you tell me if the nem pockets were designed at the correct height for a kadee? Certainly not the end of the world but perhaps something to consider going forward Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bishdurham Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 An RT would be nice! Might actually buy one of those. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dunsignalling Posted February 8, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 8, 2022 1 hour ago, Mr chapman said: A bit late in the day, but can you tell me if the nem pockets were designed at the correct height for a kadee? Certainly not the end of the world but perhaps something to consider going forward If they are built in accordance with the NEM standard, the height will be right! I don't expect this outfit to repeat the howlers perpetrated by others. I'll almost be sad to remove them to fit my preferred "proper" (#146) Kadees. John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 ....... or PROPER three-links ! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dunsignalling Posted February 8, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 8, 2022 44 minutes ago, Wickham Green too said: ....... or PROPER three-links ! I've been too clumsy to contemplate those for anything but O gauge or static display since ever! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merchant Navy Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 Another vote for the departmental black five-plank wagon. So striking to behold - and a useful addition. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium rprodgers Posted March 12, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 12, 2022 @rapidoandy Is Rapido still working it’s way through orders for the SECR liveried 5 and 7 plank wagons….or is the remainder of the full production run still in transit? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pre Grouping fan Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 6 hours ago, rprodgers said: @rapidoandy Is Rapido still working it’s way through orders for the SECR liveried 5 and 7 plank wagons….or is the remainder of the full production run still in transit? I think as per the recent video they are still at the docks in the UK. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rapidoandy Posted March 12, 2022 Author Share Posted March 12, 2022 They are currently somewhere in Tilbury docks. We hope to have them this week but it is likely they will arrive at the same time as a container full of APT-E models. Logistically we can only deal with on at a time so the larger APT-E load will be dealt with first followed by the Chathams. Not long now! 8 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rapidoandy Posted March 31, 2022 Author Share Posted March 31, 2022 Hopefully many of you will have received your SECR wagons. We would love to know what you think and see your photos of them on your layout Don't forget the order book for the next batch of SECR designed wagons closes tomorrow! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 45655 Posted March 31, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 31, 2022 I ended up buying rather more of these than I originally intended... For what it's worth I'm very impressed. They have a nice bit of weight to them and run well, and the brake gear in particular is exquisite. I hadn't appreciated that the SECR was building wagons with brakes acting on only one side this late in the day. The SR brown colour is a bit brighter than Bachmann's and Kernow's but I'm reminded of the comment by a Lancing paint shop foreman (quoted in one of the SR wagons books) that this was "the same as Pullman umber". I am however going to have to do some serious weathering as they would never have looked so pristine in real life! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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