RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted April 19, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 19, 2014 You'll find it much better to succumb to fate, close your eyes and think of England. Or Denmark. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
muddys-blues Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 Tyesley's 55994 escaped down to Gloucester yesterday afternoon Here she is at Abbotswood in the evening sunshine on her way back north IMG_0085.JPG Phil Stunning piccy that Phil Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sub39h Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 Spurred on by reivews of the 128 by Glebe Road Junction and Jenny Emily I decided to purchase one of Hattons' remaining Class 128s in RM Red over the weekend just gone. I can agree with all the reviews above that it is a stunning model but mine unfortunately has suffered with bits falling off in the box as well. The most notable of these is the buffer beam falling off on the end with the exhausts fitted. Because the exhausts are in the way I can't seem to find a way to reattach the buffer beam so I will be sending mine back for a replacement but Hattons have since run out of the 128 in RM livery which is unfortunate! They say they are getting more so I am hoping they do and I can swap it for a replacement. It looks a stunning model and despite me only finding a single picture of it anywhere near where I wish to model I have decided that on "my" railway they were used more regularly in my region. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold pheaton Posted May 1, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 1, 2014 If you havent sent it back yet, you can refit the buffer beams by removing the bodyshell, as the exhausts are attached to the bodshell and the buffer beams to the chassis, i would strongly reccomend using shims to remove the body as its quite tricky to do without knocking more detail off the underframe. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sub39h Posted May 1, 2014 Share Posted May 1, 2014 If you havent sent it back yet, you can refit the buffer beams by removing the bodyshell, as the exhausts are attached to the bodshell and the buffer beams to the chassis, i would strongly reccomend using shims to remove the body as its quite tricky to do without knocking more detail off the underframe. Thanks for that - if more don't appear at Hattons then I'll definitely bear this in mind but for the time being I'd rather it was returned for a new model. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Delamar Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 Class 128 Gloucester RCW Parcels Van No M55990 by Jodel Aviator, on Flickr Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnd Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 Class 128 Gloucester RCW Parcels Van No M55990 by Jodel Aviator, on Flickr Ah Manchester Piccadily, I remember them in Victoria departing up to Oldham past Red bank sidings with a couple of Vans on tow. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DropTheTap Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 My little "ugly duckling" (per Michael Delamar's picture above) arrived today and I'm blown away. I was a little reticent over the price and my finger hovered over the "buy" button at Rails website for a while, but it really is quite a splendid model indeed. No buyers remorse here whatsoever! M55990 will receive some "sticky bits", letters in her headcode and light weathering and be ready to go! I have a question though: I'm hoping to make use of the weathered blue version when I run later (1988- 89) period stock but I'm struggling to find any pics in blue livery post 1987. Did the remaining examples all receive post office red livery by that time? Any help much appreciated. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
45125 Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 Correct Ian SP (as seen on many units in the blue era especially) meant "Shopping Proposal" and was the date expressed numerically as month / year when the vehicle / unit was expected into works for a heavy overhaul. That usually coincided with a repaint, at the least a clean and varnish, but the letters never meant (despite what many spotters would have you believe) "Scheduled Paint". The two events were more or less synonymous. Anything going in for a classified overhaul on or around its SP date would come out looking almost like new. While I can't comment on the regime for the parcel cars the average SR EMU would have an SP around every 3 - 4 years alternating between a heavy C1 overhaul and an intermediate C6. The former involved a strip back to metal and full repaint, the latter only a clean and varnish. The external appearance was much the same upon release. Other overhauls classified C2 through to C7 also existed. IIRC C7 only occurred on the Waterloo & City Line stock though C3 was a common intermediate level. SP is shopping proposal date, however as there are different levels of shopping ranging from C1 to C6, painting would only be done when required. I have worked on DMUs that have had a C1 and not been repainted, just patched were required. Al Taylor Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BR(S) Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 I have a question though: I'm hoping to make use of the weathered blue version when I run later (1988- 89) period stock but I'm struggling to find any pics in blue livery post 1987. Did the remaining examples all receive post office red livery by that time? Any help much appreciated. Assuming the quoted dates are correct, these are all 1988: https://flic.kr/p/6SnuCR https://flic.kr/p/ccQwRS https://flic.kr/p/aTiTtV http://80srail.zenfolio.com/p342814911/h2AD06364#h333d7e5f Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DropTheTap Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 Assuming the quoted dates are correct, these are all 1988: https://flic.kr/p/6SnuCR https://flic.kr/p/ccQwRS https://flic.kr/p/aTiTtV http://80srail.zenfolio.com/p342814911/h2AD06364#h333d7e5f Thank you! Looks like 55991 received red livery whilst at Donny works in Summer '88, as later pictures would attest to. 55995 seems like a great prototype to me... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted May 13, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 13, 2014 Class 128 Gloucester RCW Parcels Van No M55990 by Jodel Aviator, on Flickr Looks like a non standard font for the headcodes? Mike. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium brushman47544 Posted May 13, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 13, 2014 Looks like a non standard font for the headcodes? Mike. Looks to me like the font used in the two character headcode boxes of first generation DMUs when new, so presumably standard at that time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium keefer Posted May 13, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 13, 2014 Maybe just re-used blinds that were in 2-character boxes, when the latter were being removed/plated over? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted July 11, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 11, 2014 Stunning piccy that Phil Cheers Craig Heres an action shot - 6.45 in on this vid https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgUTdd7XwyY Will try and do one next shoot without the class 20/22 cacophony! Phil Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
railroadbill Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 That is one superb video, Phil! Apart from the 128, the baby deltic is very impressive. Saw your demo on the BD thread but is even better on the layout. Also, do both the 20s have sound chips? Bill Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted July 12, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 12, 2014 Hi Bill Many thanks for kind comments Yes indeed both 20s are chipped - with them both fitted you get the lovely (!) syncopation as they drift in and out of phase. We always disable the horns on the rear loco too otherwise they sound a bit OTT And yup very pleased with the BD - worth the work to get the installation right and Bryan's sound file is excellent - got him to change the horn from the distinctive big deltic ones to class 20 as per advice from this fantastic resource. Cheers Phil Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
railroadbill Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 Hi Bill Many thanks for kind comments Yes indeed both 20s are chipped - with them both fitted you get the lovely (!) syncopation as they drift in and out of phase. We always disable the horns on the rear loco too otherwise they sound a bit OTT And yup very pleased with the BD - worth the work to get the installation right and Bryan's sound file is excellent - got him to change the horn from the distinctive big deltic ones to class 20 as per advice from this fantastic resource. Cheers Phil Originally thought that the BD with the prototype's high reving engine would sound like a hooligan riding an unsilenced motor bike but in fact it comes over as excellently distinctive. I've enjoyed running my Heljan model but sound would really add a lot. Also, the twin 20s sound a lot better together than other sound chipped 20s I've heard. Re the 128, does that have a "generic dmu" sound chip? Anyway this is an encouragement for me to get down to it and find the time to fit my Bachmann 47 with its sound chip as next project....(that slow revving sulzer sound) :-) Bill Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
russellwar Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 4 new versions released today http://www.ehattons.com/stocklist/results.aspx?searchfield=Heljan%20128 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lyneux Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 No photos yet though... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted August 1, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 1, 2014 Hi Bill Sorry for not replying earlier That's Howes Bubble car sound file - you might think the gear changes are more suited to a branch line trundle than the main line blast the 128 does on Abbotswood, but effhilective none the less Cheers P Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BR(S) Posted August 1, 2014 Share Posted August 1, 2014 No photos yet though... Pictures now on the Kernow website, Heljan codes 8920, 8921, 8922 and 8923. I didn't realise Heljan were releasing this batch with gangway doors, which is what I was waiting for. Does anyone know of a prototype picture of the "Scooby Doo" marking on 8922? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
muddys-blues Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 Pictures now on the Kernow website, Heljan codes 8920, 8921, 8922 and 8923. I didn't realise Heljan were releasing this batch with gangway doors, which is what I was waiting for. Does anyone know of a prototype picture of the "Scooby Doo" marking on 8922? Hi, I have just tried googling but at the moment I am coming up with a blank, I know it is definitely correct, and from what I can remember it looks spot on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
railroadbill Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 Hi Bill Sorry for not replying earlier That's Howes Bubble car sound file - you might think the gear changes are more suited to a branch line trundle than the main line blast the 128 does on Abbotswood, but effhilective none the less Cheers P Thanks for that, Phil, sounds good to me, sound chip for a dmu worth a try. cheers, Bill Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
owentherail Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 Hi, I have just tried googling but at the moment I am coming up with a blank, I know it is definitely correct, and from what I can remember it looks spot on. Is there a picture of a 128 in a book standing in Reading station with "scooby" written in dirt on front. Tho the Heljan model is on both ends I think. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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