Andy Mac Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 39 minutes ago, adb968008 said: Too late, the bunnies already out of that hat, indeed its out, and its brothers and sisters and they are all reproducing like rabbits everywhere. At least they are a bit more amusing to read than the ‘any updates’ question when the last 20 posts are all discussing the updates just released by the manufacturer…. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
markw Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 2 hours ago, spackz said: Is this not D2911? Or has it been renumbered? No this is not D2911, it is a similar loco supplied new to the NCB. https://chasewaterstuff.wordpress.com/2009/05/28/north-british/ 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatofludham Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 2 hours ago, creweboy said: making MUs is better choice but the cost of 3 or 4 car units has become so excessive that it has issues as well? Have a look at what Accurascale's Irish arm are doing with the Irish Intercity units which would suggest the answer to your question would be "no". Keen pricing for an ultra-niche model plus payment plans would suggest Accurascale could move into multi car unit trains and make every effort to make them affordable as possible. 1 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 97406 Posted September 8, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 8, 2023 Aside from my whistling aspirations, Class 81, and even Classes 82-84 would be great. 1 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
atom3624 Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 Agreed. 40 a must. 42 would be nice. 81 again would be nice - for me, I had the Tri-ang one in 1974 (and dual power options .... a thought?) Al. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
50025 Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 I’ve got a sneaky feeling Cavalex are going to do the 58. I thought their class 60 announcement was going to be this. Heljan 58 was ok, but did suffer from crude details, especially cab handrails. Mine seemed to lose a bit of its innards every so often as well! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
letterspider Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 Considerably better than the Hornby 58 but (livery errors asides) never seems to sell well. Short lifespan not many liveries - would it be a profitable choice? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Roy Langridge Posted September 8, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 8, 2023 On 07/09/2023 at 16:24, Giannis Halkis said: Surely the class 58 is the diesel most in need of bringing up to date? The Hornby one is positively ancient and the Heljan one? I had a couple and they were quite poor, they wouldn’t pull for toffee and the detailing is crude at best. Barely equal to the final Lima models in my opinion. G. My Heljan 58 will happily pull a full rake of 36 Cavalex HAAs, and they drag quite a lot. Roy 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig1989 Posted September 8, 2023 Author Share Posted September 8, 2023 I’m surprised 3 pages in and nothing from the boys on any updates etc cheers Craig Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Roy Langridge Posted September 8, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 8, 2023 9 minutes ago, Craig1989 said: I’m surprised 3 pages in and nothing from the boys on any updates etc cheers Craig Perhaps they would have preferred just one wish-listing thread, not three? Roy 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
atom3624 Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 1 hour ago, Roy Langridge said: My Heljan 58 will happily pull a full rake of 36 Cavalex HAAs, and they drag quite a lot. Roy My Heljan 58 is nearly as powerful as my Hornby 56, probably more powerful than my (previous issue) Bachmann 47's - definitely not a poor hauler. Al. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig1989 Posted September 11, 2023 Author Share Posted September 11, 2023 73/9 would be good as they would go with their sleepers and work up and around Crewe and out of tonbridge as well cheers Craig 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Covkid Posted September 11, 2023 Share Posted September 11, 2023 On 07/09/2023 at 15:04, wombatofludham said: The Class 310 and superficially similar 312 (different front end details and different arrangement of guard's van doors being the two main differences) actually covered quite a wide area, the 310s initially being confined to the WCML but did work up to Manchester, around Birmingham and out of London, so three of the most populous areas of the country, and in later years were regularly diagrammed up to Lancaster on summer Saturdays from Birmingham, whilst in addition to the small Birmingham batch of 312s, the later design worked the Great Eastern and the Great Northern where they replaced the 31s and Mk1 non corridor stock Accurascale are producing. The range of liveries is also extensive. So, a suite of tooling that allows the 310 and 312 to be modelled, in 3 and 4 car formations could tick a lot of boxes in terms of operational areas. More so than, say, the Mk5 sleepers or the soon to be withdrawn Nova 3 Mk5 push pull sets. Totally agree Mark IIRC the 310s worked as far north as Kings Lynn on the GE, in their second life, after replaced by 317s on the WCML. But not only that, I believe 310s were dragged by class 31s during weekend engineering work as well as class 56s on special www.flickr.com/photos/robertcwp/2207298120/ And class 37s www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/90s/900929_1.htm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted September 12, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 12, 2023 On 08/09/2023 at 13:54, jonnyuk said: really?????????? its a bloody good model already. there are loco's never produced that people would like or models from the 80's that need re-doing. Lets just stop assuming every model needs a refresh. Well said! However, if we are going down the route of asking for an upgrade to an already perfectly good model, how about a Hymek? The lack of sprung buffers on the Heljan/EFE one is clearly grounds for an upgrade... 😉😉 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted September 12, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 12, 2023 But seriously, I would definitely buy one or more of these - Hudswell Clarke: 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super-Sloth Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 9 minutes ago, Captain Kernow said: Well said! However, if we are going down the route of asking for an upgrade to an already perfectly good model, how about a Hymek? The lack of sprung buffers on the Heljan/EFE one is clearly grounds for an upgrade... 😉😉 I genuinely don’t know which of my rolling stock has sprung buffers and which does not. Never understood how or why this is perceived as purportedly a mark of “quality”? -Jon. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted September 12, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 12, 2023 10 minutes ago, Super-Sloth said: I genuinely don’t know which of my rolling stock has sprung buffers and which does not. Never understood how or why this is perceived as purportedly a mark of “quality”? -Jon. Generally, I don't think that sprung buffers add all that much to OO models, but they can be useful in P4, when doing a propelling movement, where the tighter clearances and smaller flanges mean that derailments are possibly more likely. The Hymek, however, has fairly long buffers and these, when taken with the use of 3-link or screw-link couplings, can sometimes cause problems on the sharper radius curves. Some RTR models that do have sprung buffers have them set too hard, in other words, it takes an unprototypical amount of force to compress them. 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve1023 Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 Class 33. All types. Finally we would have a new generation Crompton that would be right. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Downer Posted September 12, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 12, 2023 What will we wish for when all the diesels have been done right? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wairoa Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 Class 43 HST please. I said please. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Roy Langridge Posted September 12, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 12, 2023 21 minutes ago, wairoa said: Class 43 HST please. I said please. I am expecting that from Bachmann now after they announced the prototype HST power car. Roy 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albie the plumber Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 2 hours ago, Captain Kernow said: Well said! However, if we are going down the route of asking for an upgrade to an already perfectly good model, how about a Hymek? The lack of sprung buffers on the Heljan/EFE one is clearly grounds for an upgrade... 😉😉 Not to mention the pathetic apology for a fan grille . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted September 12, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 12, 2023 1 hour ago, Downer said: What will we wish for when all the diesels have been done right? Industrials. Apologies if someone's already canvassed for this, but there is a distinct gap in RTR provision of these, pre-Sentinel/YE Janus centre cab jackshaft drive diesel mechanicals from the 1950s or even late 40s, produced by the likes of AB, Fowler, North British and such. A revisit of the D27xx once produced with a completely ficticious underframe and in H0 by Playcraft/Jouef might be a starter idea, or reworking any of the Hornby toys with Smokeyjoe-based mechs. Since it was Hornby that took the first plunge into full-fat industrials with the W4 Peckett, I am a little surprised that this move apparently hasn't occurred to them, but their trainset culture has probably obscured any such thought, as in 'we've already got panelled clerestories and an auto-trailer which sell well with good margins, why should we tool up for better ones'. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BR Blue Posted September 12, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 12, 2023 14 minutes ago, Albie the plumber said: Not to mention the pathetic apology for a fan grille . and they could not even centre it properly 😁 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Islesy Posted September 12, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 12, 2023 20 minutes ago, The Johnster said: Since it was Hornby that took the first plunge into full-fat industrials with the W4 Peckett Oh the tales I could tell on that subject, and the work it took to keep the project alive… 2 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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