soldier184 Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 I've just purchased a limited edition heritage green Bachman named ixion that is double bogie drive it had a factory fault out of the box and didn't run so I am waiting to ge i back at the moment so I think they may not have cancelled them Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iankemp Posted September 16, 2013 Author Share Posted September 16, 2013 I've just purchased a limited edition heritage green Bachman named ixion that is double bogie drive it had a factory fault out of the box and didn't run so I am waiting to ge i back at the moment so I think they may not have cancelled them Ah that will be the old style nose seam one then. Think Bachmann should release BOTH again but with revised nose ends. I think they could be good sellers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed-farms Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 Wouldn't think it would take that long. Bearing in mind all it would actually be is just a new nose plate for the tooling. They must already have at least 3 of these they use (disc, split and centre headcode variants) so another would not take too long I would have thought. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
the penguin of doom Posted December 29, 2013 Share Posted December 29, 2013 I believe non of the current Bachmann Peaks have detachable noses, so it would probably mean a new tooling for a sealed beam loco? Cheers. Sean. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueeighties Posted December 29, 2013 Share Posted December 29, 2013 Hi. Interesting thread. I was considering the possibility of producing some sealed beam nose ends with the correct seam line to fit a Bachmann Peak, but it would have to be a cut off the existing one and replace job as the Peak noses are not seperate mouldings and removable. It's just a bit of a gamble not knowing what Bachmann will produce, but they seem to have ignored this variant for ever......... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
'CHARD Posted December 29, 2013 Share Posted December 29, 2013 It's a very strange omission, I'll say that for them. I've got one of those limited edition (TMC?) ones lying around somewhere, with the seam. A guy at a German model railway show in Sutton Coldfield knocked it out for about forty quid. Who was I to argue. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
the penguin of doom Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 (edited) I will maybe have an old Replica body going spare, (minus nose sides (but not the Yellow part of the nose)), soon. If anyone would like it to work with and maybe look at producing something, they would be welcome to it once I've finished hacking it about. It is in a fictional Trans - Pennine/Provincial livery at the moment..... I believe the Replica nose is more proportionately correct than its earlier Mainline predecessor..... Cbeers. Sean. Edited December 30, 2013 by the penguin of doom Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
the penguin of doom Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 Just for a laugh..... The roof or ends never did get finished..... Cheers. Sean. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke_stevens Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 20131230_180542-1.jpg The roof or ends never did get finished..... Don't you mean "not yet finished"? I have a resin EM1 from DC kits that's in white primer with Provincial Railways striped and decals in the box. And a set of nameplates. For exactly the same reason. And somewhere I have a professionally painted Deltic in Intercity Swallow... Luke 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
45059 Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 Just for a laugh..... 20131230_180542-1.jpg The roof or ends never did get finished..... Cheers. Sean. Nooooo!!! Here's four of my peaks reworked from the Bachmann 45053/120. Not my work I regret to add, but that of a friend of mine. In numerical order you have 45s 059, 103, 105 and 122. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke_stevens Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Just for a laugh..... 20131230_180542-1.jpg The roof or ends never did get finished..... Cheers. Sean. This afternoon remembered this! http://www.fictitiousliveries.co.uk/photo.php?45201rr1.jpg so there is a prototype... Luke 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
the penguin of doom Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 I think it kind of suits it Luke, but I prefer the Black grills on my version. If they'd have survived a few years on the Trans Pennine route, who knows what liveries would be carried? Cheers. Sean. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThaneofFife Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 105 is how i rememeber the peaks best. non of ya high intensity headlight malarky........ 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinsley-toton Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Me too, prefer mine without headlights. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
the penguin of doom Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Aw, these line ups are just not fair......! I have 9 lined up waiting for hacking/detailing but just not enough hours in the day! Cheers. Sean. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iankemp Posted January 6, 2014 Author Share Posted January 6, 2014 I doubt Bachmann will Run Ixion again, it didn't sell well first time round, and required some moulding modifications which were unique only to Ixion in its preserved condition, which would need to be repeated on a new model. 45106, was also a very poor seller, though it wasn't helped by the fact the real loco caught fire a short while post repaint, and just as the model was released. 45128 wasn't much better, Peaks are a strange animal, they've always lived in the shadow of 40's. They may do better if the nose seams were corrected. I don't think it has anything to do with the fact the real loco caught fire. With the new style of chassis motors and also will be DCC ready it could be a good seller. It was due to the fact that chassis was the old mainline style, which was not that good. But with the improved version it would be better! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
the penguin of doom Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 (edited) What was wrong with the Replica nose seams Ian? I always found it bizarre that Bachmann missed them off some models as well as the exhaust ports on the early class 44 model. Probably something for another thread, but I read that the bodyside grills on the Bachmann models were also incorrect, but I don't see it myself. Cheers. Sean. Edited January 7, 2014 by the penguin of doom Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
the penguin of doom Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Having had a bit of a ponder about this subject, I decided to fire off an email to Replica Railways. It would seem they have a stock of 45128 bodies available. Not sure how many they have, but they quoted me £8.50 each. Not at all bad I think. Cheers. Sean. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iankemp Posted January 25, 2014 Author Share Posted January 25, 2014 They may do better if Bachmann did the run of Ltd Edn peaks again but in the guise of 45106 in green. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
45059 Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 105 is how i rememeber the peaks best. non of ya high intensity headlight malarky........ ..They were listed in numerical order, so that's 059 without the headlight- only the 45/1s received the headlights. And if you don't like headlights, you'll hate this!!! Tinsley tart anyone? 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
25901 Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Hopefully with the lack of new loco's to do and with the re tooled class 40 now done, Bachmann will see the light and re do the 45/0 - 45/1 - 46 in all liveries and maybe a few weathered Tinsley snail one's 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iankemp Posted July 27, 2019 Author Share Posted July 27, 2019 Well it seems that the model railway gods were listening to my question. It seems that the green monster will be done by Heljan I believe. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke_stevens Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 On 13/08/2011 at 18:52, Oldddudders said: I must be thick, but have no idea whether you refer to a Black 5 4-6-0, or a BR Sulzer Type 4 1Co-Co1. I'm afraid this new-fangled TOPS thing continues to confuse those of us of a certain age... New fangled?!? 45106 was released to traffic on 17th June 1961, so at 58 years old it's hardly new. The TOPS numbering system has been in use since 1970 so at 49 years old it's hardly new either. The OP also makes reference to the "Replica version" so as Replica never did a Black 5 (though it was considered) there shouldn't be much confusion for anyone born since, say 1946 Luke 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
truffy Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 I suspect that Ian was referring jocularly to the ambiguity of Ian's OP. The bigger question is why you're replying to a throw-away post that's soon to be celebrating its eighth birthday. I'd bake it a cake, but I don't like cake. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Tomlinson Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 5 hours ago, luke_stevens said: New fangled?!? 45106 was released to traffic on 17th June 1961, so at 58 years old it's hardly new. The TOPS numbering system has been in use since 1970 so at 49 years old it's hardly new either. The OP also makes reference to the "Replica version" so as Replica never did a Black 5 (though it was considered) there shouldn't be much confusion for anyone born since, say 1946 Luke Luke, you are of course quite correct. The problem is that some of us, well me at least, never really got past our formative years. I can't remember, not without a lot of effort anyway, what I did yesterday, but I do have a very clear recollection of visits to the likes of Tinsley, Toton and Old Oak circa 1970, even down to remembering some of the numbers! As for sectorisation and privatisation, well that's all very modern, and I'd have to live to a very old age to consider either as a modelling project. Yours, back in the 20th century, John. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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