Cavalex - all new Class 56 in OO

[97406]

Echoing what others have said on this on this thread, the samples looked amazing and I look forward to receiving my pair. I am missing some 56 action in my fleet.

[newbryford]

On 26/11/2022 at 19:16, newbryford said:

Cavalex were kind enough to lend 56049 for a test run on Deadmans Lane. With a bit of luck, they'll let us give a good run tomorrow as well. And then I can accidentally pack it away with my stock.........

 

Somehow, Cavalex managed to retrieve their 56, but not without a struggle.......

 

In the time that we had it, it proved to be a superbly smooth runner with great pulling power, handling 20 bogie wagons with ease up and over the hump at one end of DL.

 

 

 

[rubber duck]

Looking superb, just a small point, should the handrails on 008 be blue, i know they were as built, but this has the later longer cab door handrail?

Regards Pete.

[adb968008]

Just to prove they were clean once..

 

 

no not the Grid,.. the MGRs… spotless.

 

though if you look carefully, it looks like the leading wagon had its logo the wrong way around…

 

Edited November 29, 2022 by adb968008

[cairnsroadworks]

Looking really smart. A minor query from me regarding the high intensity headlight on the large logo ones - is that the final version or also under review?

[RBE]

Just now, cairnsroadworks said:

Looking really smart. A minor query from me regarding the high intensity headlight on the large logo ones - is that the final version or also under review?

 

It's currently being corrected. The lens has not currently been produced as per our original CAD file.

[Grimleygrid]

18 hours ago, newbryford said:

 

Somehow, Cavalex managed to retrieve their 56, but not without a struggle.......

 

In the time that we had it, it proved to be a superbly smooth runner with great pulling power, handling 20 bogie wagons with ease up and over the hump at one end of DL.

 

 

 

 

Thanks Mick for letting us run 049 on Deadmans Lane, sadly I didn't get a chance to see it running.

 

I did wonder at one point if we would have to search your van before it left the hall!

 

Looks right at home on DL.

[Grimleygrid]

 

Our thanks to Warley Model Railway Club & Exhibition for a very enjoyable weekend at The NEC.
It was great to display our Class 56 painted samples at the show and talk about the details and features included on the forthcoming models.
Thank you to everyone that took the time to visit our stand over the weekend.
Thanks also to Richard Sulzmann and The Winchester Railway Modellers, 56008 was allocated to a local freight working on Redbridge Wharf.

[cairnsroadworks]

4 hours ago, RBE said:

 

It's currently being corrected. The lens has not currently been produced as per our original CAD file.

Smashing thank you for the speedy response. I knew you would have it under control. Can’t wait for these. 

[Mophead45143]

12 hours ago, rubber duck said:

Looking superb, just a small point, should the handrails on 008 be blue, i know they were as built, but this has the later longer cab door handrail?

Regards Pete.

 

I'd never spotted this detail difference before. Does the tooling allow for the as-built condition without the longer handrail?

 

Regards,

 

Cameron

[adb968008]

London Victoria isn’t the usual place you associate with a 56, but everyday this week 3W75 RHTT has been into platform 1 with 56081 and 69004..

 

Maybe this is one for me to model in the future ?

Edited December 2, 2022 by adb968008

[adb968008]

Just for fun, watch the departure, its like watching a HST… maybe is a HSFT..

 

 

[Grimleygrid]

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[wairoa]

Desperately trying to save up for one of these. They look impressive.

[PieGuyRob]

3 hours ago, wairoa said:

Desperately trying to save up for one of these. They look impressive.

I'd like 56001 in B.R. blue livery. I'm going to be patient waiting for it. I'd also like a B.R. large logo blue. I'd also like the various B.R. railfreight triple grey liveried versions, as well as, load haul and transrail. A sneaky civil engineers liveried version will do as well. Obviously covering the different build versions. Railfreight grey will do as well.

[Roy Langridge]

2 hours ago, PieGuyRob said:

I'd like 56001 in B.R. blue livery. I'm going to be patient waiting for it. I'd also like a B.R. large logo blue. I'd also like the various B.R. railfreight triple grey liveried versions, as well as, load haul and transrail. A sneaky civil engineers liveried version will do as well. Obviously covering the different build versions. Railfreight grey will do as well.

Why was I left thinking “What did the Romans do for us” after reading that?

 

Roy

[Grimleygrid]

On 29/11/2022 at 09:25, rubber duck said:

Looking superb, just a small point, should the handrails on 008 be blue, i know they were as built, but this has the later longer cab door handrail?

Regards Pete.

 

Good morning Pete,

 

Sorry for the delay in replying. 

 

56008 will have the shorter as built handrails and painted blue on the final models.

 

Hope that helps.

[billywhizz]

Looking forward to seeing these up close at the DEFine Modellers day on the 7th Jan at Risley. 
Regards. 
Bill. 

[Southwich]

9 minutes ago, billywhizz said:

Looking forward to seeing these up close at the DEFine Modellers day on the 7th Jan at Risley. 
Regards. 
Bill. 

We’re hoping to have some EM/P4 wheelsets by then as well so hopefully we’ll be able to run them!

 

Kind regards,

 

Will

Edited December 8, 2022 by Southwich

[RBE]

4 hours ago, Roy Langridge said:

Why was I left thinking “What did the Romans do for us” after reading that?

 

Roy

I read that as what did the Romanians do for us when I first saw it, had my head in 56's too long I think. 🤣

[WCML100]

Some livery suggestions for the next run!

 

All I'd love to see and each having slightly different cab end features too! (I'd buy one of each!) 😃

 

 

 

 

 

[pharrc20]

A quick question from a non-Class 56 expert. Can the CM - 56023 - TGCS model of 023 in Coal livery be renumbered back to 013? I am guessing it can as it is from the same Romanian batch, but not I'm not too well up on the detail differences other than what is described on the Cavalex website and in this thread. 013 was the first 56 that I ever saw passing through Peak Forest in May 1991, when believed to be running light from Earle's Sidings, Hope to Buxton, possibly for refueling as low on fuel. It would have worked in to Earle's with a loaded coal train for the cement and works.

Cheers Paul

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[RBE]

10 hours ago, WCML100 said:

Some livery suggestions for the next run!

 

All I'd love to see and each having slightly different cab end features too! (I'd buy one of each!) 😃

 

 

 

 

 

Hi we can do the fertis liveried loco however we cannot do the cutaway buffer beam as yet as that would be a further cab tooling on top of the 4 that we have tooled already. We considered it at the beginning, however it's a very small number of locos for the extra investment at this stage. Maybe further down the line we will add it as an option.

[RBE]

22 minutes ago, pharrc20 said:

A quick question from a non-Class 56 expert. Can the CM - 56023 - TGCS model of 023 in Coal livery be renumbered back to 013? I am guessing it can as it is from the same Romanian batch, but not I'm not too well up on the detail differences other than what is described on the Cavalex website and in this thread. 013 was the first 56 that I ever saw passing through Peak Forest in May 1991, when believed to be running light from Earle's Sidings, Hope to Buxton, possibly for refueling as low on fuel. It would have worked in to Earle's with a loaded coal train for the cement and works.

Cheers Paul

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hi Paul, 023 & 013 were very similar so renumbering should be fine for those two locos.

 

There are many many small differences between the class 56 locos though so if anyone is looking to renumber any of the locos that we do, I would suggest a good old Google fest in order to ensure that the details all match your intended loco. We have gone to the nth degree to ensure that each numbered loco that we produce has exactly the correct details for that loco in the livery and period of the model.

[pharrc20]

5 minutes ago, RBE said:

Hi Paul, 023 & 013 were very similar so renumbering should be fine for those two locos.

 

There are many many small differences between the class 56 locos though so if anyone is looking to renumber any of the locos that we do, I would suggest a good old Google fest in order to ensure that the details all match your intended loco. We have gone to the nth degree to ensure that each numbered loco that we produce has exactly the correct details for that loco in the livery and period of the model.

Thanks for confirming, no problem in doing the numbers and wotnot. Had a good look on Flickr and couldn't see any differences between 023 and 013 so thought hmm.

Cheers Paul