RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted November 23, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 23, 2013 Nim that's just about the most detailed post I think I have seen even on here - many thanks So post 67 - which is my period - forthcoming D211 is correct below the body The roof rib you mention - is it the one spanning the gap between the cab rainstrip and the cantrail grilles at the cooler group end on here http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=d200+class+40&FORM=HDRSC2#view=detail&id=B45E828E82FECA633762F0D9F56D42E0C0697FF3&selectedIndex=41 But missing from here? http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=class+40+diesel&qs=n&form=QBIR&pq=class+40+diesel&sc=4-15&sp=-1&sk=#view=detail&id=0CE305DB0A0CD15A1C7A53600A6FA37E48595442&selectedIndex=79 Kind regards Phil Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 It's uncanny how threads get started unnoticed until they are several pages long. Anyway that Class 40 looks flippin' smashin' as does the Dukedog. Well okay, they are all fine models in 2mm and 4mm showcasing the best RTR can offer in 2013. The moulded hand stranchions on the Dukedog cab look just the part while retaining daylight behind them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TomE Posted November 23, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 23, 2013 Thanks for the photos Andy. The Merchant Navy looks fantastic. Hoping a rebuilt version follows in next years releases! Farish also had on display painted Duchess samples, which looked fantastic. I tried to get a photo but the rotating display they were on was moving so fast the poor iPhone couldn't focus quick enough!! Tom. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-BOAF Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 I presume the big announcement from Bachmann will be happening tomorrow? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairburn Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 Nim that's just about the most detailed post I think I have seen even on here - many thanks So post 67 - which is my period - forthcoming D211 is correct below the body The roof rib you mention - is it the one spanning the gap between the cab rainstrip and the cantrail grilles at the cooler group end on here http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=d200+class+40&FORM=HDRSC2#view=detail&id=B45E828E82FECA633762F0D9F56D42E0C0697FF3&selectedIndex=41 But missing from here? http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=class+40+diesel&qs=n&form=QBIR&pq=class+40+diesel&sc=4-15&sp=-1&sk=#view=detail&id=0CE305DB0A0CD15A1C7A53600A6FA37E48595442&selectedIndex=79 Kind regards Phil Bachmann are really upping the ante in the EP stakes, that first pic shows the CCT is well advanced too. Well done Barwell!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
34theletterbetweenB&D Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 Hope they replace that joke representation of coal in the Duke's tender... Every one of the all newly tooled steam tenders since the Super D has had a specimen of this, it's the ballast weight cast into a representation of something unalike a coal heap. Just pops out and real black stuff goes in. I mourn the loss of the modelled coal space, consequent on some perceived demand for space in tenders for a loud speaker. Is there really more demand for inadequate sound provision than there is for realistic appearance? What a shame they're not doing the Merchant Navy in 00 too! Perhaps policy has changed, but the intent mentioned some years ago was to have both N and OO versions of everything produced; they might lead off in either scale. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted November 23, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 23, 2013 Phil, In stickler mode, didn't Vulcan deliver them with brass grilles to the horns? The grilles were not polished brass but appear from my pic of one to be painted however the circular rim was definitely polished metal (I think brass) on the very early locos. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimbus Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 Nim that's just about the most detailed post I think I have seen even on here - many thanks So post 67 - which is my period - forthcoming D211 is correct below the body The roof rib you mention - is it the one spanning the gap between the cab rainstrip and the cantrail grilles at the cooler group end on here http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=d200+class+40&FORM=HDRSC2#view=detail&id=B45E828E82FECA633762F0D9F56D42E0C0697FF3&selectedIndex=41 But missing from here? http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=class+40+diesel&qs=n&form=QBIR&pq=class+40+diesel&sc=4-15&sp=-1&sk=#view=detail&id=0CE305DB0A0CD15A1C7A53600A6FA37E48595442&selectedIndex=79 Kind regards Phil Thanks for the kind words! Yes, that is the strip in question. While I'm here, I might as well mention that it is highly likely that the model bogie side plates are too far apart. A bogie built correctly to scale, even fitted with Exactoscale's commendably slim tyres, would have the pony tyres rubbing on any over-scale paint coating, on anything less than about a 4'6" curve, while the pony axle end on one side touched the front of its horn gap, with its opposite partner touching the rear of its gap. It's that tight! The Nim. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr chapman Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 That merchant navy looks the business. Cant wait for the first detailed large southern engine in N. These are going to to fly off the shelves! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Flying Pig Posted November 23, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 23, 2013 I was glad to see the Covhops coming on in N, though clearly not as advanced as the 00 models, since I fancy a couple to go behind the 31. I can live with mild trenching on the latter (and will deploy filler if I can't) but I really need a decent unrefurbed blue 31 to go in the drawer with the rest of my stock for my projected opus. Andy's pics of the Peds are welcome as they were tucked into the corner of the cabinet when I saw them and not that easy to view. Wot no Deltics though (parp vroom ). Class 40 40_1s.jpg Yes, there's a clearance necessity for curve and incline accommodation accounting for the bogie/body gap but from normal angles as seen below it's reasonable. On the subject of bogie clearance, does anyone else think the Farish 37 samples have been lowered a bit compared to the original batches? Farish also had on display painted Duchess samples, which looked fantastic. I tried to get a photo but the rotating display they were on was moving so fast the poor iPhone couldn't focus quick enough!! I didn't even try but the Coleman 8Ps are looking excellent. Any possibility of a cabinet raid tomorrow, Andy? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
black and decker boy Posted November 24, 2013 Share Posted November 24, 2013 Bachmann just keep on delivering great freight stock. The 40 looks great too. I think I need a second job! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr chapman Posted November 24, 2013 Share Posted November 24, 2013 Looking at the MN sample is the chimney solid? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
reevesthecat Posted November 24, 2013 Share Posted November 24, 2013 I presume the big announcement from Bachmann will be happening tomorrow? Ok I'll bite- what big announcement not seen anything mentioned in the press about an announcement (for the announcement)!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
darren01 Posted November 24, 2013 Share Posted November 24, 2013 The Duke dog looks fantastic and i can not wait to get one, thanks Andy for putting the photo up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Multiple identity account 2 Posted November 24, 2013 Share Posted November 24, 2013 Looking at the MN sample is the chimney solid? Seems like it..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Fatadder Posted November 24, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 24, 2013 Shame about the need for a speaker spoiling the tender innards, I certainly prefer to be able to vary the coal loads. Looking at the photos of the polybulk, I think one of those will be my first modern purchase in a long while. Hopefully the duke dog is now almost in the shops... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Ian Hargrave Posted November 24, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 24, 2013 Ok I'll bite- what big announcement not seen anything mentioned in the press about an announcement (for the announcement)!!! Me too...shan't sleep tonight.Ah,me,life is so full of expectations. Never mind,not only did I see Star yesterday,I actually reached out and touched it....and now The Barwell Magicians bring us gifts ? My cup runneth over! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve1023 Posted November 24, 2013 Share Posted November 24, 2013 Seriously liking that class 40 and the N Merchant Navy. Was D211 on the WCML on was it a GE machine? Steve Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leachsprite4 Posted November 24, 2013 Share Posted November 24, 2013 Any chance of the farish stuff being copied into the farish pages? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted November 24, 2013 Share Posted November 24, 2013 Seriously liking that class 40 and the N Merchant Navy. Was D211 on the WCML on was it a GE machine? Steve Just had a shuftie at Roger Harris's allocations book Steve, D211 was a WCML machine from new... Willesden, Camden, later Crewe North and the 'Westyern Lines' allocation pool. From May '78 though it went to Healey Mills! Having looked at Andy's pics again that darn Dukedog is drawing me in big time, I can feel a 'Bradford Barton moment' approaching! And the re-jigged 40 has got the doors to the book cupboard creaking open once more.... somebody make it stop! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted November 24, 2013 Share Posted November 24, 2013 DCC is like 'multiculturalism' innit where the majority have it rammed down their throats. Personally I would prefer Bachmann to produce a proper coal space and if the small minority wants to fit speakers, then hack it up. Far preferable to the majority having to build coal spaces out of plastkard. Regarding Class 40 horn grills, definitely brass. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul.Uni Posted November 24, 2013 Share Posted November 24, 2013 I presume the big announcement from Bachmann will be happening tomorrow? I thought that the only announcement we were going to get from Bachmann was the next collectors club model, which is the Royal Train Staff Sleeping Car. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted November 24, 2013 Share Posted November 24, 2013 Only just noticed that the 40 has wire cab door handrails, a very nice touch that and quite subtle. Only two of the three headcode variants were on display at Warley yesterday.... presumably the centre headcode box version is also in the frame...? The split box version looked nice in blue anyway. I didn't really pay much attention to the Covhops but now I've looked at the photos I'm very impressed. Bachmann are certainly the wagoneer's friend these days. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted November 24, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 24, 2013 Just had a shuftie at Roger Harris's allocations book Steve, D211 was a WCML machine from new... Willesden, Camden, later Crewe North and the 'Westyern Lines' allocation pool. From May '78 though it went to Healey Mills! Having looked at Andy's pics again that darn Dukedog is drawing me in big time, I can feel a 'Bradford Barton moment' approaching! And the re-jigged 40 has got the doors to the book cupboard creaking open once more.... somebody make it stop! Just wait 'til you see it move Nidge - nothing to beat the peculiar magic and grace of an outside frame 4-4-0 on the move (although a really good inside frame single might be as good?) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted November 24, 2013 Share Posted November 24, 2013 Well I've seen City Of Truro on the move 'in the flesh', but that Dukedog has a very 'physical' presence in Andy's pics so I can imagine just what you're getting at Mike. Like I said earlier, I don't really need one but the draw is too much not to have one... etched numberplates, some real coal in the tender, a set of much abused fire irons and a wash of Humbrol dirty black beckons with this one methinks... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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