RMweb Gold russ p Posted December 4, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 4, 2021 7 hours ago, russ p said: Glad to see reruns of the 35t tank and ballast hoppers . I was hanging on for the Oxford tanks but not sure if they will ever emerge now I think I misread this and looks like these are actually O gauge. Was hoping for reruns in 00 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted December 4, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 4, 2021 17 minutes ago, russ p said: I think I misread this and looks like these are actually O gauge. Was hoping for reruns in 00 Would have liked some more 00 B tanks but the product numbers were the give away. As for ballast hoppers …. A red herring. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dunsignalling Posted December 4, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 4, 2021 3 minutes ago, Phil Bullock said: Would have liked some more 00 B tanks but the product numbers were the give away. As for ballast hoppers …. A red herring. Would that be a Gulf Red herring? 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted December 4, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 4, 2021 Heljan offer these wagons in strange train packs but not individually or in wagon packs . Bit of a strange marketing policy. I have a few class 15s but not a great fan of Heljan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted December 4, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 4, 2021 45 minutes ago, Dunsignalling said: Would that be a Gulf Red herring? Might be 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DY444 Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 (edited) Puzzled by D6580 tbh. Happy to be corrected here but my recollection of it in green with the (prototype) push pull fitments is that it had no buckeye/rubbing plate and the waist level mu air pipes were fed by external pipes running up from the buffer beam. I thought it was converted to the set-up on the rest of the sub-class at the same time as it was painted blue. If I've got that right then it's not clear if the ends are to be re-tooled to produce the prototype arrangement but the image I've seen suggests not. In which case it seems to me that this will be an example of slap the livery on and forget about the fact that it never carried that livery in that condition and hope no-one notices. Tbh I thought we'd largely moved on from those days. I totally understand why the cost of re-tooling the front might be considered uneconomic for a short lived variant but then it would be nice if they'd resisted the temptation to just do that variant anyway. Looks like a favourite for the bargain bin to me. Obviously none of the above applies if the front is to be correctly represented. Edited December 5, 2021 by DY444 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThaneofFife Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 nothing in it for me - should keep Blandford 1969 content. His predictability I can report was unsurprisingly spot on. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulbb Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 18 hours ago, Phil Bullock said: Good to hear the Class 14 is being sorted …. Chassis was the weak point of an otherwise good model. Hope there will be room for chip and a decent speaker please. As its no longer a Hattons 'Exclusive' I guess it may reach a bigger market? Agree with Phils comments, is this from Heljan or Ben ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Downendian Posted December 5, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 5, 2021 Good move by Heljan to upgrade the Hymek with fan and body side etched grilles/footsteps and better representation of the roof horns, a very “Hymeky” characteristic. I will look forward to seeing images of the new model, however I cannot replace all my already large class 35 roster with new versions. Hopefully the floor level door handles will be included in the upgrade, and perhaps even losing the headboard clips for the early versions, none of which are in the advertised new models. A good model will hopefully become a great one, but also making sure the alpha numeric headcode is dimensionally accurate which was certainly not on the recent releases. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
D400 Posted December 6, 2021 Share Posted December 6, 2021 On 04/12/2021 at 15:02, D400 said: A long shot but I wonder if 3371: BR General Grey 33108 could be changed to NOT have an headlight, as to the best of my knowledge Heljan have done several General Grey 33/1s with headlight but never without! Well you can but ask! Edit: Indeed my brief research suggest that 33108 never carried General Grey with a headlight, it gained Dutch in 1990 before gaining its headlight early 92. Bruce Just a note to say I emailed Heljan regarding this and this was there response: Quote Many thanks for the message. It’s possible that this is a mistake in the catalogue. However, we will look into it and ensure that the correct body version is used when these models go into production. Fingers crossed @61661 Ben Jones is on the case! Regards, Bruce Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Francis deWeck Posted December 6, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 6, 2021 New Upgraded Hymeks....very welcome, long time since I took a ride in the cab of one in Old Oak Common shed (RIP), thanks to a very generous driver. Even went onto a turntable. Great times for a young lad. However, EFE doing Hymeks as well, confused of North Derbyshire, or what?! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dunsignalling Posted December 6, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 6, 2021 1 hour ago, Francis deWeck said: New Upgraded Hymeks....very welcome, long time since I took a ride in the cab of one in Old Oak Common shed (RIP), thanks to a very generous driver. Even went onto a turntable. Great times for a young lad. However, EFE doing Hymeks as well, confused of North Derbyshire, or what?! AIUI the one in the EFE box is the old Heljan version. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamingWales Posted December 7, 2021 Share Posted December 7, 2021 (edited) On 04/12/2021 at 10:35, Willoughby Glen said: 1420: Train Pack - BR green D9553 with 4x BR Black ‘Dogfish’ ballast hoppers Just noticed this in the announcement and a bit of an annoyance. I'll certainly take the Dogfish wagons but have no need for a Class 14 Edited December 7, 2021 by SteamingWales 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
47606odin Posted December 7, 2021 Share Posted December 7, 2021 Typical modifying the 37, but not actually rectifying any of the roof or bodyside mess ups. Luckily I have an MM1 shell to be built to correct the one I have, so shall not be buying another Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mol_PMB Posted December 7, 2021 Share Posted December 7, 2021 I’m still amazed at @Blandford1969 ‘s prescience ;-) 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Blandford1969 Posted December 7, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 7, 2021 8 minutes ago, Mol_PMB said: I’m still amazed at @Blandford1969 ‘s prescience ;-) Lol, if it were Facebook someone would probably have also posted the photo of someone eating popcorn as well. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phatbob Posted December 7, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 7, 2021 On 04/12/2021 at 11:08, Phatbob said: Yay! Original green Slim Jim. That'll do nicely. (On the assumption that it has the original type exhaust and isn't just a relivery). D6586 and D6591 now ordered from my local model shop (Grimy Times in Warrington). Now the worst part, the wait! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Roy Langridge Posted December 7, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 7, 2021 35 minutes ago, Phatbob said: D6586 and D6591 now ordered from my local model shop (Grimy Times in Warrington). Now the worst part, the wait! I thought the worst part was normally the price after that wait... Roy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phatbob Posted December 7, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 7, 2021 1 minute ago, Roy Langridge said: I thought the worst part was normally the price after that wait... Roy I'm hoping that Father Christmas will bring me plenty of Bank of England Gift Vouchers from generous friends and relatives to cushion that blow. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PenrithBeacon Posted December 7, 2021 Share Posted December 7, 2021 On 04/12/2021 at 22:21, Dunsignalling said: Would that be a Gulf Red herring? To what period does the Gulf Red apply, please. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dunsignalling Posted December 7, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 7, 2021 9 minutes ago, PenrithBeacon said: To what period does the Gulf Red apply, please. IIRC it was applied between 1962 and 1964, when it was replaced with olive green. I don't think all that much of the engineering wagon fleet can have received it, though, as photographs are pretty thin on the ground. John 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
No Decorum Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 On 04/12/2021 at 16:37, Clive Mortimore said: Phew they are not doing "Hawk". Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NXEA! Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 (edited) On 03/12/2021 at 07:53, PaulG said: GER/LNER J69 0-6-0T, or is that what Hornby are going to announce in January!?? Paul Do you know something we don’t?! I’m sure it was you that said a manufacturer was working on a J69... If so it evidently isn’t Heljan. I await 1st January with interest... Edited December 10, 2021 by NXEA! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dunsignalling Posted December 11, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 11, 2021 7 hours ago, NXEA! said: Do you know something we don’t?! I’m sure it was you that said a manufacturer was working on a J69... If so it evidently isn’t Heljan. I await 1st January with interest... The Hornby announcement has been announced to take place on the 12th.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NXEA! Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 17 hours ago, Dunsignalling said: The Hornby announcement has been announced to take place on the 12th.... Hadn’t seen that, thanks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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