cctransuk Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 Biker Grove Shock, horror !!! Surely that's Byker?!? (Not a denizen of the Northeast, obviously). Regards, John Isherwood. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyram Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 Yes and Byker Grove was also a Youth club and not a school! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
69843 Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 If one needs fictitious names for a King Arthur.....Sir Robin and Sir Not-appearing-in-this-film are good choices! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyram Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 Before long we will be calling for a Battle of Britain class named "Biggles" or a Jubliee called "Kyrpton". 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
69843 Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 34111 Biggles.....works for me! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyram Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 I wonder what other fictional names we could come up with - perhaps we could pass the best onto the new owner of the 9F at the Great Central ;-) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 How about some more fictional names for the Schools: Waterloo Road Summerdown (from Channel 4 series "Teachers") Watkins (as above) Borstal 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
69843 Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 Well, the Deltic is due out soon.....surely there's some names to be had there. Joey is a possible (if out of tradition) choice Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiffy2 Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 Sir Cumference? Hard Knocks? Unseen Academy? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Howe Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 Unseen Academy?I wonder how many on here know where that one comes from? Made me smile anyway, thank you Archchancellor! Cheers Phil 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCuckoo Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 As any fule kno, nigels favorite is ye olde trane "flying scots-man", but "St Custards" for a skool would be topp 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted April 24, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 24, 2014 Shakespeare could provide a few names as well. Sir Toby Belch anyone? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Adam1701D Posted April 24, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 24, 2014 I've always fancied naming a Q1 after my Staffie, Grappa. They are both black, ugly, incredibly strong and have a certain charm. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.A.C Martin Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 Is there any hint of the D11 yet? I note the Deltic is forthcoming. Looks surprisingly good. Worth a punt for anyone who wants to build done half decent deltics on the cheap? Honestly, seeing a GBL D11 would make my year. So much that can be done with that GCR tender. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Brasher Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 Schools class Stowe together with its little brother Repton. I bought my Stowe from W.H. Smiths at Swanage this morning using the self service till. The assistant told me that they had sold very well although there are about four left. She told me to press the "I have brought my own bag" button as they did not have a bag big enough. Although the Schools class did not run on the Swanage Railway that I am modelling I have already got an Airfix kit built Schools and several Hornby ones. I used to live at Orpington where I often saw Schools locomotives. I used to record their numbers in a notebook. Before the Hornby model came out members of the Orpington and District Model Railway Club used to motorise Airfix kits using a Kemilway chassis kit or build Wills kits. It was a pity that the Airfix ready to run Schools never came out. Airfix had problems with production delays like Hornby have now. The decision not to produce the Schools had nothing to do with the introduction of the Hornby model because the Airfix model was going to be much more accurate than the Hornby model and would have appealed to a different market. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Brit70053 Posted April 24, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 24, 2014 Sir Cumference? You refer, of course to Lord Seagoon ! Hat , coat etc. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WD0-6-0 Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 Just for fun, you could have Humphry Davy School my school named after... Yep you guessed it that famous scientist that would be a very different name for the schools class. Rhys Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 ...Before the Hornby model came out members of the Orpington and District Model Railway Club used to motorise Airfix kits using a Kemilway chassis kit ... Craftsman, not Kemilway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium TheQ Posted April 24, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 24, 2014 With the amount of comment we are getting for each loco as it comes out / Before it comes out could we be in for a record thread length? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Brasher Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 I am just wondering if you put a Great British Locomotive in a display case with some ready to run 00 gauge locomotives whether anyone would be able to identify the ready to run locomotives. The Great British Locomotive Schools class probably looks better than the Hornby tender drive version. For collectors who never run their locomotives but just keep them in their boxes or in a display case they may be better off with some of the Great British Locomotives. Certainly the Great British Locomotives Schools class looks a lot better than my attempt at building the Airfix kit and is probably cheaper taking inflation into account. When I lived in Orpington the estate I lived in had roads named after schools so I have a special fondness for the Schools class. At the primary school was an illustrated book of locomotives and I knew the names of the Schools class locomotives before I learnt my tables. I lived at 45 Malvern Road but other nearby roads included Charterhouse Road, Eton Road, Repton Road and Winchester Road. There was a secondary modern school at Charterhouse Road and every parent did their utmost to prevent their children from ending up there. I was repeatedly warned by my parents, grandparents and teachers that if I continued to get distracted by railways I would go to Charterhouse School and end up doing some menial job. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 With the amount of comment we are getting for each loco as it comes out / Before it comes out could we be in for a record thread length? Even longer if combined with the "eBay madness" thread.... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiffy2 Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 Have any subscribers had any experience of sending a real dog's breakfast back for a replacement? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 Have any subscribers had any experience of sending a real dog's breakfast back for a replacement? What, a replacement dog's breakfast? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiffy2 Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 It would be preferable to my 28xx... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiffy2 Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 Hi, If you bought it from a retailer you need to take it back to the same retailer as its covered by the Sale of Goods Act and would be deemed as 'not fit for purpose' if not a correctly complete model as you have every right to expect. The retailer is responsible under the Act not the manufacturer. If its a subs copy direct from GBL then of course the responsibility lies with them as they are then the retailer. GBL should be able to replace faulty subs copies as the models are also sold though their website so they must hold stock. Hope this helps. Regards I'm thinking that's the case, but I'll end up having to pay return postage, and that means it isn't worth the bother - as it was a loco I didn't want all that much anyway and it owes me £8. I think I'll just break it down for spare parts. It's a pretty awful example, though, and if any of the Southern locos are like that they'll be going back. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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