RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted January 15 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 15 (edited) On 15/01/2024 at 13:53, Erixtar1992 said: Ooh very nice! Be good to see that combo. which one did you go for? L48, the brake van is from a Radley kit, the other wagons are repainted and re-lettered R-T-R. London Transport engineering stock was pretty drab in all-over grey with only the brake van ends painted red. Edited January 16 by PhilJ W Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Smith Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 34 minutes ago, PhilJ W said: L49, the brake van is from a Radley kit, the other wagons are repainted and re-lettered R-T-R. London Transport engineering stock was pretty drab in all-over grey with only the brake van ends painted red. You may need another brake van, most formations had one at each end......SE Finescale for a white metal one (and a ballast wagon), RT Models for an etched one...... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted January 15 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 15 36 minutes ago, Jeff Smith said: You may need another brake van, most formations had one at each end......SE Finescale for a white metal one (and a ballast wagon), RT Models for an etched one...... I have the Radley kit of the ballast brake van in the stash, I suppose I'd better start building it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erixtar1992 Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 15 hours ago, PhilJ W said: L49, the brake van is from a Radley kit, the other wagons are repainted and re-lettered R-T-R. London Transport engineering stock was pretty drab in all-over grey with only the brake van ends painted red. Ah L48 you mean i take it? yeah it is pretty dull hey. Lucky they gave us a flash of red on the brake vans as you say haha. ive got 4 LU flat wagons myself that i need to do some work to so they run reliably 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted January 16 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 16 1 hour ago, Erixtar1992 said: Ah L48 you mean i take it? yeah it is pretty dull hey. Lucky they gave us a flash of red on the brake vans as you say haha. ive got 4 LU flat wagons myself that i need to do some work to so they run reliably Thanks, I meant L49, post duly amended. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venator Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 On 15/01/2024 at 00:10, Erixtar1992 said: Hopefully Rapido and CDC dont mind me posting, but CDC are now designing some Dreadnought coaches. These will compliment Met E class locos perfect! So surely more reason to order a Met 1 right? They look to still be available on the Rapido website. Does anybody have experience of running CDC coaches? I see they've been listing RTR Met coaches on Ebay and whilst I've bought loco bodies from CDC before I haven't purchased any coaches. Thanks in advance. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Smith Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 CDC appears to only have 4 wheel coaches listed at present. Presumably you just pop wheels into these but would probably need to add some weight. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted January 20 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 20 3 hours ago, Venator said: Does anybody have experience of running CDC coaches? I see they've been listing RTR Met coaches on Ebay and whilst I've bought loco bodies from CDC before I haven't purchased any coaches. Thanks in advance. 1 hour ago, Jeff Smith said: CDC appears to only have 4 wheel coaches listed at present. Presumably you just pop wheels into these but would probably need to add some weight. I have the CDC match truck (for the Sentinel diesel) and it comes ready finished with wheels and NEM pockets fitted, so I assume the coaching stock will be the same. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erixtar1992 Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 9 hours ago, Venator said: Does anybody have experience of running CDC coaches? I see they've been listing RTR Met coaches on Ebay and whilst I've bought loco bodies from CDC before I haven't purchased any coaches. Thanks in advance. They run well, only small issue i have had is the bogie retaining pins are just a press fit and have popped out a couple times, but you could always use a dab of glue. otherwise brilliant and i look forward to trying them with the Rapido Met1. 8 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Smith Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 So, in building the SEF F Class it has come to my attention that the Metropolitan Railway had square lamp brackets, these were changed to regular ones by LT. It looks like Rapido has chosen to only fit the LT type for all versions. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Jeremy Cumberland Posted January 22 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 22 7 hours ago, Jeff Smith said: So, in building the SEF F Class it has come to my attention that the Metropolitan Railway had square lamp brackets, these were changed to regular ones by LT. It looks like Rapido has chosen to only fit the LT type for all versions. "Standard type" might be a beter description. The old Metropolitan socket brackets were still being used post-war. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted January 22 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 22 11 hours ago, Jeff Smith said: So, in building the SEF F Class it has come to my attention that the Metropolitan Railway had square lamp brackets, these were changed to regular ones by LT. It looks like Rapido has chosen to only fit the LT type for all versions. 3 hours ago, Jeremy Cumberland said: "Standard type" might be a beter description. The old Metropolitan socket brackets were still being used post-war. Don't forget that these locomotives were in service for 60-70 years and over the years many minor alterations would have taken place. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Fair Oak Junction Posted January 22 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 22 To be fair, Rapido have clearly stated what condition these locos are in: 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Smith Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 Fair enough 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venator Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 On 20/01/2024 at 18:42, Jeff Smith said: CDC appears to only have 4 wheel coaches listed at present. Presumably you just pop wheels into these but would probably need to add some weight. Currently on their Ebay store they have Chesham and Ashbury coaches listed. On 21/01/2024 at 02:06, Erixtar1992 said: They run well, only small issue i have had is the bogie retaining pins are just a press fit and have popped out a couple times, but you could always use a dab of glue. otherwise brilliant and i look forward to trying them with the Rapido Met1. Lovely photo and a great advert for them. :) 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seaniom Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 I was wondering if there was any news on these beauties? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rapido staff RapidoCorbs Posted February 20 Rapido staff Share Posted February 20 (edited) 8 hours ago, Seaniom said: I was wondering if there was any news on these beauties? In the production queue, the factories are returning from Spring Festival at the moment so we should have things moving again soon. Edited February 20 by RapidoCorbs 1 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seaniom Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 Thanks very much for the update. I really look forward to these 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
suburbangorilla Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 (edited) On 20/02/2024 at 18:33, RapidoCorbs said: In the production queue, the factories are returning from Spring Festival at the moment so we should have things moving again soon. Any updates please? Getting fidgetty lol Edited April 12 by suburbangorilla 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rapido staff RapidoCorbs Posted April 13 Rapido staff Share Posted April 13 I am told the parts have been injected and are heading into the spray shop. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MatthewEWS Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 Is there an updated delivery estimate for Met 1 please? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rapido staff rapidoandy Posted May 24 Author Rapido staff Share Posted May 24 It is getting closer. The models are in the paint shop and nearly ready for final assembly. I hope to have more news in a few weeks time. Until then we published a new video today: 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
suburbangorilla Posted June 26 Share Posted June 26 How about now, please? Thanks in advance! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rapido staff RapidoCorbs Posted June 27 Rapido staff Share Posted June 27 On the assembly line currently. 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rapido staff Popular Post rapidoandy Posted July 12 Author Rapido staff Popular Post Share Posted July 12 Something rather special has arrived… 16 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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