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8 hours ago, McC said:

 

Funnily enough the biggest challenge, we face nowadays is not in achieving accuracy of body shape, detailing, variations, bogie position and wheelbase or color matching, but rather that the customer will not compare to the prototype, but to models that have gone before, which are in many cases, quite wrong and part of our motivation to bring out corrections 😀

Cool. Class 33 then. 

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2 hours ago, Phil Mc said:

Another livery variation to do......

 

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Cheers,

Phil.


 

Preferred it in the livery it was in before with the small logos, shame it’s only a Hornby model…

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For me, this has to be the best look for No 8, though I've already got 3 LL ones on order, so I'll plump for a Laira Blue one when its turn comes.

 

50008 - Exeter C - 26/9/90

From A Ned's Perspective's Flickr page.

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On 16/04/2024 at 22:00, SulzerPeak said:

Its years of looking at models with the wrong rake and angle. Hours of filing the old lima model and custom made windows made a slight difference! The Hornby one was much better but still iffy.

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You'll need to do bit more filing to convert that coupling to a modern tension lock!😁

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5 hours ago, 97406 said:

For me, this has to be the best look for No 8, though I've already got 3 LL ones on order, so I'll plump for a Laira Blue one when its turn comes.

 

50008 - Exeter C - 26/9/90

From A Ned's Perspective's Flickr page.

 

No..... without the radio pod on the roof please, and preferably with the original round crest too. I like it but already have the Hornby Laira Blue version (R3050) so couldn't justify that.

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13 minutes ago, brushman47544 said:

 

No..... without the radio pod on the roof please, and preferably with the original round crest too. I like it but already have the Hornby Laira Blue version (R3050) so couldn't justify that.

 

I was meaning more from the livery point of view - I also failed miserably to find any earlier shots as I was after one without the orange cantrail stripe ideally. I’m not too fussed about the roof pods as they can be removed if need be, or added for that matter. I have a set of moulds made from silicone putty from a Hornby example. 

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53 minutes ago, 97406 said:

 

I was meaning more from the livery point of view - I also failed miserably to find any earlier shots as I was after one without the orange cantrail stripe ideally. I’m not too fussed about the roof pods as they can be removed if need be, or added for that matter. I have a set of moulds made from silicone putty from a Hornby example. 

Speaking of 50008, have you noticed that the right hand marker light in the headcode panel is non-standard (less opaque) and allows the light bulb behind to shine through more (at No 2 end only)? 50008 was like that from the early 80s and looking at the photos posted elsewhere today in the new HH livery it still is. Accurascale modelling that oddity in the Run 1 model would be a nice touch.

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4 minutes ago, rob D2 said:

Large logo all day.

Anything is else is like spraying poster paint on a Picasso 

 

That’d be a load of Pollocks! 

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15 minutes ago, The Meerkat said:

i have 3 on order,  br large logo and br blue and HH one

 

can i ask what does HH do,  are they just charter service where you can hire their class 50 or they like a new freight operator?

Straight from the horse's mouth. https://www.hansonhallrail.co.uk/

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Apologies if it's already been covered in the thread,

but has this livery variation ever been done RTR in 00 ?

I rather like it, just seems a little different from the mainstream LL, pre-tops, named etc.

COVER UP......

 

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15 minutes ago, Gary H said:

Apologies if it's already been covered in the thread,

but has this livery variation ever been done RTR in 00 ?

I rather like it, just seems a little different from the mainstream LL, pre-tops, named etc.

COVER UP......

 

That looks to me as if you need Accurascale's "D423", then do two things :

 

Renumber it to you chosen TOPS numbers and BR arrows.

Fit the MU jumper cables - which Accurascale may even supply within the box

 

As far as I can tell, the only BR blue versions in the initial run are D423 without MU jumpers and 50006 with nameplates on the bodysides.  I am surprised Accuracale haven't chosen a BR TOPS numbered example as transferred from the LMR to the WR - prior to naming and prior to refurb. 

  

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3 minutes ago, Covkid said:

That looks to me as if you need Accurascale's "D423", then do two things :

 

Renumber it to you chosen TOPS numbers and BR arrows.

Fit the MU jumper cables - which Accurascale may even supply within the box

Yes, thats the idea I'm toying with.👍

Another thought is central arrows and named. 50046 (as well as a few others) ran around in this condition for a time.

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42 minutes ago, Gary H said:

Apologies if it's already been covered in the thread,

but has this livery variation ever been done RTR in 00 ?

I rather like it, just seems a little different from the mainstream LL, pre-tops, named etc.

COVER UP......

 

 

This is the version that I want so I can also run it dragged by a Western after having failed! And no, using D423 as a starting point won't do.

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