xm607 Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 On 08/12/2022 at 12:53, Wheatley said: Mine arrived today, some sellotape to hold the posting box shut and a bit of packing within it wouldn't have hurt but nothing appears to be broken. The two humper was a one off, believed to be the prototype i think (but it's a long time since I read that so don't quote me !) Someone obviously tidied up the design (a bit) before the square production batch. The twin hump tender was a one off built at Cowlairs works, and used upon the waterside branch in Airshire, a real oddball as it had a steam pipe running over the top, there’s an interesting article scratchbuilding tenders in 7mm in MRJ no 117, which includes this one and the other Stratford boxy one. The only kit for this one is by Parkwood in N gauge, ( on fleebay) and they do the other two as well in resin. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cradley Bridge Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 (edited) I managed to buy 2 of the original versions when they came out. They look great with a bit of weathering on them. I ditched the lamps they came with and replaced them with Modelu 3D lamps… Edited December 10, 2022 by Photomunki 8 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted December 10, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 10, 2022 Is anyone else seeing the photo in @Trev52A post on the previous page like this? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold john new Posted December 10, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 10, 2022 (edited) 5 minutes ago, big jim said: Is anyone else seeing the photo in @Trev52A post on the previous page like this? Yes, but Trevor's image is not looking that today. I have seen one or two of those weird colour images sprinkled across several threads. Edited December 10, 2022 by john new 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halvarras Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 On 08/12/2022 at 21:24, Trev52A said: As this topic is current again due to the new batch now being available, I thought it might be worthwhile to upload this picture of mine of the northbound Anglo-Scottish Car Carrier. (It was previously uploaded to this topic - not by me - in 2013, but the picture in that post now seems to be lost.) A brake tender with XP headlamps! The Brush Type 4 had apparently failed and been rescued by a Type 2 which looks like it was commandeered off a freight, still with the DBT attached. I took this at Low Fell, Gateshead on 2nd August 1967 but I did not make a note of the locos involved! I would be delighted to hear from anyone else who saw this working who can supply the missing details. To my eyes the brake tender looks like the new weathered green version as offered by Dapol - how close is it? Cheers Trevor Interesting that the two locos and brake tender are still in GSYP livery (full yellow ends were around by then) yet by 1967 the entire train is already in blue/grey - including the six Newton Chambers car carriers on the rear. Thanks to Heljan one will shortly be able to recreate this train using RTR products! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Crepello Posted December 11, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 11, 2022 We could do with one of these in N gauge. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porcy Mane Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 On 10/12/2022 at 08:04, xm607 said: The twin hump tender was a one off built at Cowlairs works, Reading a few posts before and a good few after, from this post: you should get chapter and verse on the various guises of the Cowlairs tender. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted December 15, 2022 Share Posted December 15, 2022 On 10/12/2022 at 08:04, xm607 said: Looks like someone thought they could disguise it as a plate wagon ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckymucklebackit Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 While I was at the Glasgow Show the Hornby Magazine Stand were promoting and selling the Diesel Brake Tenders. I nearly bought one but hesitated which left me kicking myself after I got home so while under the influence of a couple of nice glasses of Glenfiddich I ordered one on Saturday evening and it arrived today. It is an absolute beauty, needing careful handling as there is a lot of fragile details, notably the lamps and brackets as a result it has been returned to the box while heavy work goes on on the layout. Jim 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Tomlinson Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 21 hours ago, luckymucklebackit said: While I was at the Glasgow Show the Hornby Magazine Stand were promoting and selling the Diesel Brake Tenders. I nearly bought one but hesitated which left me kicking myself after I got home so while under the influence of a couple of nice glasses of Glenfiddich I ordered one on Saturday evening and it arrived today. It is an absolute beauty, needing careful handling as there is a lot of fragile details, notably the lamps and brackets as a result it has been returned to the box while heavy work goes on on the layout. Jim I seem to remember that one of the criticisms of these was that the various handrails stick out too far, as do the brake wheels on the sides. I addressed this on my two from memory without much difficulty, as the handrails can be carefully pulled out, the holes drilled clear and then they can be pushed in properly. Or something like that! Anyone with a better memory care to comment please? John. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halvarras Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 1 hour ago, John Tomlinson said: I seem to remember that one of the criticisms of these was that the various handrails stick out too far, as do the brake wheels on the sides. I addressed this on my two from memory without much difficulty, as the handrails can be carefully pulled out, the holes drilled clear and then they can be pushed in properly. Or something like that! Anyone with a better memory care to comment please? John. I felt it necessary to do the same to mine, and it looks all the better for it. I positioned the handrails and brake wheels where I thought they should be and secured them from the inside with superglue. Mine was also missing a lamp bracket so I folded one up from scrap brass etch and superglued it into the empty socket. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
97xx Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 (edited) Saw that Key Publishing are still selling these for £36 or so, versus the whopping £130 I saw somewhere! Anyway, fancied doing some heavy weathering... Sorry about the desk as backdrop - not the most 'railway' of environments! It's surprising how under photography the green still looks so green - in the flesh it's a good deal darker and more subdued. Edited January 7 by 97xx 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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