DapolDave Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 I was perusing 'Looking Back at the Westerns' and found them, i havnt checked any more books but its interesting that they are like it though. cheers Dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin_l_jones Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 Mine's arrived and it certainly looks the part, well pleased run in tonite.... Nicely packaged:- 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 (edited) I was perusing 'Looking Back at the Westerns' and found them, i havnt checked any more books but its interesting that they are like it though. cheers Dave Found one in A.Wyn Hobson's 'Last Years Of The Westerns' showing 1013 coming out of the fog at Droitwich on 'The Cornishman' tour 13/11/76 with the white marker lit up on the right hand side. Some Drivers used them and some didn't! Another little front end quirk on certain jobs was that Cornish crews tended to be a bit lazy in putting up the correct headcode, resulting in the Down Rivo running round as 6B59 or the Up Milk running as 1A45 etc! As for the red light on the secondman's side of the cab front - there are several shots online showing Wizzos on the blocks at Padd with them lit up, ready to drop down to Old Oak after bring one up from the Sou' West. Edited February 28, 2013 by Rugd1022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted February 28, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 28, 2013 wouldnt the lights be changable as to what side they want the red or white on? like they did with brake van lamps when next to running lines? I'm fairly sure that they weren't as they had a red lens cover 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 Just been on to my guvnor Steve Wainright who's in the Diesel Traction Group and heavily involved with D1015 - I asked him about the switches for the white / red lights and got the following reply which perhaps only sheds a little bit of light (pun unintended) on the matter... ''One switch for both tail lamps and a seperate switch for the white markers and another for the headlight, all modifications from the original arrangements of course''. D1015's 'mainline preservation' headlamp aside, I think from this we can deduce that originally there were just two switches - one for the white light and one for the red. Whether or not it was possible to have both lit at the same time I've yet to discover! Steve refers to two tail lamps on D1015 so it must a modern requirement for it to have two lit up when running light engine these days. A bit confusing, but more anon, hopefully! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 (edited) Superb shot of Western Prince at Truro here with it's white marker light on (scroll down a bit).... I have a feeling this could be Prince's very last passenger working on BR, five days later the 'Western Tribute' tour ran and that was it... http://www.cornwallrailwaysociety.org.uk/cornwall-railway-gallery---2-main-line-scorrier-to-plymouth.html (It's well worth coming back to this site as it's updated and full of gorgeous West Country gems!) Edited February 28, 2013 by Rugd1022 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D1030western musketeer Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 (edited) rugd yes if you find them let us know. my 1st sighting was 1030 western musketeer back in october 73 believe it or not came in light engine from st johns into bedford midland on a satuaday then left towards luton possibly to pick up empty stone wagons from leagrave. on stone workings they use to run round at midland and do the same and go down to leagrave having come up from bletchley.seen a few pics at leagrave/luton and even kempston but alas none at bedford.. regards. richard. Edited February 28, 2013 by D1030western musketeer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy1963 Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 Mine's arrived and it certainly looks the part, well pleased run in tonite.... Nicely packaged:- Oh that does look the dogs dangly bits. Superb, I can't wait for my Maroon one to come... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted February 28, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 28, 2013 (edited) CMC only had green ones on Weds - is that still the case I wonder? Phil Edited February 28, 2013 by Phil Bullock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin_l_jones Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 Oh that does look the dogs dangly bits. Superb, I can't wait for my Maroon one to come... I'm humming about a weathered Maroon one myself to go with the Bachmann maroon weathered coaches, can run with this one as well I presume... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jim s-w Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 Oh that does look the dogs dangly bits. Superb, I can't wait for my Maroon one to come... What does? The box? (i assume thats what you mean as you cant really see the model. Cheers Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the-gog Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 I've uploaded some shots of my Entrprise to Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/welsh_snapper/sets/72157632869016445/ I took it outside to snap in the better light. RWJ 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DapolDave Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 Out of interest, what was the good price? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dilbert Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 Out of interest, what was the good price? Hopefully, the reply will be a 'good price'... dilbert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jim s-w Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 Uh oh Its the tradition on RMweb for everyone to start claiming the model is a failure as soon as the discounts start! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Y Posted February 28, 2013 Author Share Posted February 28, 2013 Uh oh Its the tradition on RMweb for everyone to start claiming the model is a failure as soon as the discounts start! It's not often you get to witness the birth of a fallacy. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jim s-w Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 (edited) Its far from the birth Andy - its been the norm for months - the class 85 thread and discussion on the 350 have both been allowed to go down that route as well as some of the recent steam locos. Of course nothing concrete to back any of these 'poor sales' discussions up. Edited February 28, 2013 by jim s-w 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Higgs Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 Out of interest, what was the good price? 99.00 is the price on the CMC website. A touch cheaper than Hattons and Rails are quoting. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleefy Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 99.00 is the price on the CMC website. A touch cheaper than Hattons and Rails are quoting. Chris Heh. That didn't last long, they're priced at £106 now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Delamar Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 again, sorry if its a well know shot or been posted already. thought it was a nice shot.. D1008, D6309 Plymouth Laira 6/7/1967 by Glevumblues, on Flickr 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 No need to apologise Mike, that's rather nice..! I think the '2C24' headcode on Harrier would have been an Exeter - Paignton job or some such, probably a (booked) fill in turn between the longer mainline jobs. Interesting that there's a Brush Type 4 lurking behind the 22, they were still fairly new to the area then and the Hydraulics had had a very firm grip on pretty much everything for the previous five or six years once steam had been banished west of Newton Abbot. Looking at the pic again as I type this, it reeks to me of 'modern image'... B) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torr Giffard LSWR 1951-71 Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 Aft'noon all, A Dapol Western from Cheltenham Model Centre will arrive with David Rodgers (at Ultrascale) sometime next week. This will allow him to check exactly what is required for the conversion packs. Cheers Dave 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted March 1, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 1, 2013 Some nice person has one of the Steam limited edition 'Western Enterprise' listed on ebay. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=151004510747&fromMakeTrack=true&ssPageName=VIP:watchlink:top:en Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted March 1, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 1, 2013 Kernow have the BR green Western Sovereign in stock. http://www.kernowmodelrailcentre.com/product/33611/4D003002_D1003C_Dapol_Class_52_Diesel_Hydraulic_D1038 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
campaigner Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 Some nice person has one of the Steam limited edition 'Western Enterprise' listed on ebay. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=151004510747&fromMakeTrack=true&ssPageName=VIP:watchlink:top:en And there was me hoping to keep this quiet in the hope of bagging a bargain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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