Coach bogie Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Wot..... no WORTH VALLEY liveried version???? http://www.flickr.com/photos/wiseman2007/6930292108/ Mike Wiltshire 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted April 18, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 18, 2012 I will definately pre-order 30069, just as soon as I figure out which number is my MR subscriber number :/ If the ordering is via Kernow worry not - they have a list of subscribers and all they need is your name to check against the list. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold toboldlygo Posted April 18, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 18, 2012 If the ordering is via Kernow worry not - they have a list of subscribers and all they need is your name to check against the list. Thanks for that Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CWJ Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Wot..... no WORTH VALLEY liveried version???? http://www.flickr.co...007/6930292108/ Mike Wiltshire Bachmann did a limited edition KWVR-liveried model of No. 41241 (the KWVR's Ivatt 2-6-2T) so you never know! I doubt very much that the brown and silver livery would go down well with the majority of modellers as well as it might with KWVR supporters Cheers, Will Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dibber25 Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 That's the first I'd ever heard of a Longmoor USA tank! I knew they had plenty of Austerity tanks (the Hunslet ones). Do you have a photograph of WD300 (which I understand was named Frank S Ross and built by Davenport)? Was it identical to the Porter and Vulcan ones? I gather a photo of this tank was sold on e-bay last year but can't access it any more. How long do you have to wait for a Longmoor version? Possibly the second batch - with the emphasis on possibly at this stage. It depends how quickly people buy the first batch but we do have one person in the office who favours a Longmoor example. CHRIS LEIGH 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edge Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 (edited) That'll be one in USATC Grey, one in Br Green and the Longmoor one please. And a couple of sentinels too! Thank god I model preserved railways no other excuse to run this stuff together Edited April 19, 2012 by Edge 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JZ Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 I'm sure one of these found it's way to Tolmouth for the Harbour/quay branch. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium brushman47544 Posted April 20, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 20, 2012 (edited) Great news. I've already pre-ordered 30064 in BR lined green, but am slightly confused. Model Rail magazine says its in BR lined green, but the MR Offers website says: "MR-104 Dapol USA 0-6-0T Steam Locomotive number 30064 in BR Lined Malachite Green livery with late crest." Presumably the reference to Malachite is a mistake and it will be bog standard BR lined green. If not I will have to cancel my order and wait for a later batch. Edited April 20, 2012 by brushman47544 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Y Posted April 20, 2012 Author Share Posted April 20, 2012 Presumably the reference to Malachite is a mistake and it will be bog standard BR lined green. It's not a mistake; the green used (and someone more knowledgeable than I will confirm) was, I believe, lighter than standard BR green and closer to Malachite. See http://www.semgonlin.../cd_30070-1.jpg http://www.flickr.co...don/5029428819/ http://www.flickr.co...ton/5512188775/ Best shot: http://www.flickr.com/photos/16749798@N08/3163782173/lightbox/ 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRman Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 The lined green is the BR(S) version of malachite with yellow lining. They never wore BR standard locomotive green, nor orange/black/orange lining. See http://www.modelrailoffers.co.uk/images/prod_37895.jpg . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham_Muz Posted April 20, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 20, 2012 I concur with Andy the green used on the USA tanks was never Brunswick (to which I assume you mean by bog standard) but closer to Malachite and it was certainly referred to as such. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium brushman47544 Posted April 20, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 20, 2012 Thanks for the clarification. I would only have seen the loco based at Guildford shed and not in ex-works condition. As long as its the livery they wore then, I'm happy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 The MREmag & RMweb 00 wishlist poll results certainly confirm that the 'Yank' tank is a great choice. Congratulations ModelRail and Dapol. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dibber25 Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 Yes, the Southern Region green ones were malachite. They were departmental repaints - a sort of last stand by the Southern - they would NEVER have used 'brunswick green' that smacks of GWR!! CHRIS LEIGH 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted April 24, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 24, 2012 I am in contact with some American 00 enthusiasts about this model and they are asking if it would be possible to convert the model to 19mm gauge. I presume it will be convertable to EM or P4, if so it should be possible to convert to 19mm. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venator Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 As a working volunteer on the Kent and East Sussex Railway, I have overhauled one of these locos (65 Maunsell) and am seeing the other one (DS238 Wainwright) starting to get overhauled. Fantastic announcement! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRman Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 (edited) Put Venator down for two models! Edited April 29, 2012 by SRman 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37255 Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Wot..... no WORTH VALLEY liveried version???? http://www.flickr.co...007/6930292108/ Mike Wiltshire I hope not, already got that in mind as a project! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonhall Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 It's not a mistake; the green used (and someone more knowledgeable than I will confirm) was, I believe, lighter than standard BR green and closer to Malachite. http://www.flickr.co...ton/5512188775/ Careful - that ones a Yugoslav 'copy' and dosn't have all that much in common with the real deals. Jon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venator Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Put Venator down for two models! If Dapol release more variants then I'll keep buying! Maybe there's a chance Dapol would release one or both of the K&ESR's preserved USA Tanks? Certainly the K&ESR's have seen more use than the KWVR's and the Bluebell's put together! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJM Dave Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Hi Venator, Nowt to do with Dapol, we are making it for Model Rail and as they own the tools they can have made what they want, when they want. Mail Model Rail and put forward your suggestions, they are a great bunch who will listen. cheers Dave Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venator Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Hi Venator, Nowt to do with Dapol, we are making it for Model Rail and as they own the tools they can have made what they want, when they want. Mail Model Rail and put forward your suggestions, they are a great bunch who will listen. cheers Dave Thanks Dave, I will mail model rail as you suggest. Awesome project, I've been waiting for this for year! I think it will be a success because most people in Rolvenden workshop will be buying one!! Venator Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted May 3, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 3, 2012 Bloke in a pub told me that one if these was trialled at Wadebridge to replace the BWTs. Obviously there were no records or photos but that's good enough justification for me...... ;-p 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Delamar Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 (edited) At one time they all did And a note. For those wanting an excuse to run one. My source is "The story of tHe Southern USA tanks" by Kevin Robertson. Several locos were temporarily loaned in 1955 to the LMR for shunting duties. 30061 to Kentish Town and 30066 to Rugby and Bank Hall Liverpool. 30061 was later lent again and ventured to Cricklewood I didn't know about the Bank hall loan, that is interesting. it wasnt the first time they where used in Liverpool however, in 1943 5 USA dock tanks where used on Liverpool docks. USA numbers 1304,1313, 1967,4396 and 4400. returning to the USA authorities in 1944. many more where offloaded at Liverpool and sent away coupled into goods trains to storage sites. I wonder if the 5 used where fitted with spark arrestors, smoke deflectors and bells which where required on Liverpools dock lines? Edited August 29, 2012 by michael delamar Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Delamar Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 funily enough I was reading Tony Wright's article in Railway modeller nov 1997 the other day on how he built the SE Finecast kit, i remember the article well as I quite fancied one at the time, even though I was still in school back when I first read it. also because of the feature in Railway roundabout 1958 on Southampton docks I quite liked them, I remember my dad's opinion on them, something along the lines of "thats the most god awful thing ive ever seen" anyway, thinking to myself id quite like one of them, but it doesnt fit in with what I normally model which is Liverpool in the 50s/60s. but discovering the loan of one to Bank hall for a couple of months in 1955 has made me think id like one even more so I think ill order one of these, the early crest version in BR black and renumber it as 30066. some pages of the book mentioned by nnich is available to read on google books as a preview, luckily it has the page which descrives the move up to Liverpool and also a nice pic of 30066 just not long before it was loaned out.. page 33... http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Irb97iYIMyIC&pg=PA32&lpg=PA32&dq=usa+tank+30066&source=bl&ots=QZnVK9YeNz&sig=wjz7W-SJZiOS1vumzFyxm3Wh-rc&hl=en#v=onepage&q&f=true 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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