S.A.C Martin Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 No 31A, not just you. Will upload a photograph to show mine (also sans lamp irons on the tender). Had not noticed that before! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 31A Posted February 10, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 10, 2013 Thanks Simon, I thought I was going mad! How odd - at least an opportunity to add some more robust metal ones that I can hang lamps on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.A.C Martin Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 As promised, the rear of my Leicester City's tender: How very tiresome. I will make up some new lamp irons posthaste, left over from my last set of A4 trial etches. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 31A Posted February 10, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 10, 2013 Thanks for the picture Simon - curious isn't it? In reality the lower lamp irons were attached to the flat part of the tender running plate rather than the vertical rear of the tank, so one way to make them might be to bend some strip into a flat bottomed 'u'-shape and glue one of the legs to the inside of the rear of the tank, having first notched the bottom of the tender back to accomodate the flat part of the 'u' (hope that makes sense!). I often use straightened out staples for lamp irons, they're pretty strong and not too wide - it's easy to make them over scale. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tom F Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 As promised, the rear of my Leicester City's tender: CIMG6052_1.png How very tiresome. I will make up some new lamp irons posthaste, left over from my last set of A4 trial etches. What is the tall structure in the background Simon....looks almost like a Coaling Cenotaph! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.A.C Martin Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 What is the tall structure in the background Simon....looks almost like a Coaling Cenotaph! That is my suit for work, hung on the back of the door! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tom F Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 That is my suit for work, hung on the back of the door! Haha, from this angle it's shape does seen to resemble Top Sheds Cenotaph! I intend to get a Sandringham later in the year....could be tempted for a footballer too perhaps. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
robmcg Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 what a lovely model....! In forward gear, main line passenger service .... must have been away from the GE section. maybe even my GC line... or will I have to re-name and number? Rob edit; added my old Hamish... passed fireman...likes these engines, likes to get a clean fire, with little and often, and let the motion of the engine do the rest. looks nice close up... what a fine model! edit; just narrowed the running plate ever so slightly. I notice the lamp brackets on the back are not quite right but we cannot see that! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
orford Posted May 6, 2013 Share Posted May 6, 2013 Coming in a bit late to this one - but does anyone know where we can get/buy suitable air-pumps as fitted to the LNER 'Sandringham' version, to enable us BR period ex-GER modellers to pump-up our re-names? There seems to be a total lack of suppliers of the simple plain air pumps as used on GER engines (of which the Hornby 'Sandringham' version appears to be just about right) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwealleans Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 Alan Gibson, 247 and DMR all spring to mind at once. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernard Lamb Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 Wills, SE Finecast or whatever they are known as ? They used to do one with the J39 kit. Bernard Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Hamlin Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 Is there anyone else like me hanging out for a B17/6 with early crest standard tender? Perfect GC locomotive! I am sure they would sell like hot cakes Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 31A Posted October 5, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 5, 2015 Not particularly that, Mark, but it did occur to me the other day that there are other possible variants that haven't been offered yet - I'd like a Westinghouse-fitted one in BR livery, for example. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium brushman47544 Posted October 5, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 5, 2015 When I've asked similar "change of crest" type questions at shows, the likes of Hornby and Bachmann seem to expect modellers for whom an early or late crest matters to make the change themselves using transfers. Only if the particular combination is expected to sell well are we likely to get all the livery/crest/tender etc. combinations. So send Hornby an email and hope others do too... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
45568 Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 I'd like a Westinghouse-fitted one in BR livery, for example. :P Have to admit, I'm waiting for 'Gilwell Park' to do do 61645 'Suffolk Regiment'! Cheers from Oz, Peter C. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwealleans Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 There's never been any need to wait... Waiting for a cheap footballer on Ebay to do 'Middlesbrough'... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewartingram Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 Following the D16/3 introduction, I discovered my Claud tenders (2 examples) were very lightfooted with their tenders. This led to bouncing around, and intermittent electrical pickup. I added ballast wieght to the tenders (Blutak) which vastly improved thing. So looking at the B17 with the similar GER type tender, it too was light; another loading with Blutak has improved it. Stewart Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 31A Posted October 5, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 5, 2015 SAM_0767.JPG SAM_0768.JPG :P Have to admit, I'm waiting for 'Gilwell Park' to do do 61645 'Suffolk Regiment'! Cheers from Oz, Peter C. Very nice, Peter - I could indeed do something like that myself! Just hoping they might do it for me, and save me having to negotiate the numerical minefield. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
45568 Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 @ jwealleans... I believe quite a lot of people are waiting to 'do' Middlesbrough' !!! On a serious note, Swinger notes this as a particularly unreliable machine! Have a look on UK Ebay, trains/railway models in worldwide mode, there are several B17/6 for sale in Hong Kong. Cheers from Oz, Peter C. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold toboldlygo Posted December 2, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 2, 2015 R3004 B17/4 Serlby Hall now showing in stock at Hornby and imminent at a certain Sheffield box-shifter.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pint of Adnams Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 Already in stock at Bure Valley Models, priced at £106 - damn this site, why can't I paste the url Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold toboldlygo Posted December 2, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 2, 2015 Already in stock at Bure Valley Models, priced at £106 - damn this site, why can't I paste the url You mean like this http://www.burevalleymodels.com/p/283/R3004---BR-(Early)-Class-B17-Serlby-Hall-Weathered---DCC-Ready Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pint of Adnams Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 Yep - thanks very much. I think it might be an aversion of the forum s/w to MS Explorer (any version), but I have not been able to 'reply to quote' nor 'cut' nor 'paste' since this version of RMWeb was installed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold toboldlygo Posted December 9, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 9, 2015 I had a parcel arrive from Hornby yesterday.. ... no it's not an illusion it's a B17! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold toboldlygo Posted December 9, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 9, 2015 A couple of decent quality pics, taken in natural light. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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