chrisf Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 I have a copy of the WR dmu allocation list dated June 1962. There were six 118 sets at Laira and nine at Reading. As I said, they were nomadic! Chris 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted February 2, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 2, 2018 Merco buckets matey. Both on the Seaton Branch you see, circa 1964/5. Available in any form RTR? Phil The old Lima class 117 can with very little work become a class 118. Most the work would be in cutting the brake off one of the Driving Motor Brake Seconds and adding some more seating bays to make a Diving Motor Second and a little bit of alteration to the headocde box. The Derby would need the same additional seating bays to its DMS and the cab roof altered plus the additional lights. Both would need their gangways removed and the resulting hole filled up. A nights work, then they sit in the box for years because they need repainting and have you tried getting that yellow lining on a suburban DMU neatly? Or if very rich you could do similar conversions using the Dapol 121 and 122 units, just cut off the rear cab build up the end as well as the above. Actually, Clive, the 118s were a bit nomadic in their early years and there was a significant presence of them at Reading. Yes, I know that the humble dmu is regarded with not a little scorn by some readers of this thread but surely they are as entitled as the mighty kettle to be referred to accurately. Chris Hi Chris I was being a little bit general, 117s were never common in teh west country where as 118s were seen more frequently. If these are 118s, then they might be close enough to the 117s that Bachmann are going to produce, I believe? Hi Tim Our mate Duckie can wait for the Bachmann 117, from my understanding of the press release, if I can remember that far back, they are going to do a 116 and 118 as well but the London commuter sets are first but that won't stop every ex G*R branch line having one. Not a WR unit but a LMR 127 I done years ago so I know what i am taking about with that yellow lining 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted February 2, 2018 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted February 2, 2018 Deffo can wait as it is years away from any appearance up The Junction. However I do have a blue Limbo set. Phil Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdvle Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 Our mate Duckie can wait for the Bachmann 117, from my understanding of the press release, if I can remember that far back, they are going to do a 116 and 118 as well but the London commuter sets are first but that won't stop every ex G*R branch line having one. Per http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/129822-Bachmann-announcements-2018-full-list/ the Bachmann 117 is in the tooling room. Don't think Bachmann have said anything about Classes 116 / 118 - they were to be part of the Kernow / DJM product which got cancelled when Kernow learned Bachmann were planning on a Class 117 / 121. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
timbowilts Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 I could commission Clive to do me a convesrsion if he is feeling kind and has not been bitten by the horses. P or you could apply a large file and some Plastic Padding to the top of the Indicator boxes on a Bachmann 117? (I can't do that as I need a 116 for the South Wales Valleys, look you) Tim T 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted February 2, 2018 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted February 2, 2018 Jenny A is on Saturday Live on Radio 4 @ 09.00 tomorrow. My tissue box is ready. P Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted February 2, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 2, 2018 Jenny A is on Saturday Live on Radio 4 @ 09.00 tomorrow. My tissue box is ready. P Brings a tear to your eye? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted February 2, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 2, 2018 Per http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/129822-Bachmann-announcements-2018-full-list/ the Bachmann 117 is in the tooling room. Don't think Bachmann have said anything about Classes 116 / 118 - they were to be part of the Kernow / DJM product which got cancelled when Kernow learned Bachmann were planning on a Class 117 / 121. That's were I read it. A 118 would be better for many ex G*R fans, but hey ho. As for a 116, once half of south Wales lost its railways they went all over the place, LMR, ER and ScR plus boundary changes meant the ones in Birmingham started to wander about a bit more. So why no 116? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted February 2, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 2, 2018 I could commission Clive to do me a convesrsion if he is feeling kind and has not been bitten by the horses. P Can do, I have some spare bits of centre cars so should be able to sort out a DMS for you. Class 118 or 116? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted February 2, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 2, 2018 (edited) Have a butchers at the class 125 I started. A 125 is a 116 with a different engine, they were fitted with Rolls -Royce engines, I ask you Rolls engines for the East End of London? Ian Beal and a Rolls Royce? Edit -forgot the link. Edited February 2, 2018 by Clive Mortimore 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Blue Streak Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 Did You blokes see the thread about the Hornby Hopper Wagons? It's good to see the design team at Hornby can keep a sense of humor despite all the uncertainty and upheavals in the recent past. Click Here 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted February 3, 2018 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted February 3, 2018 Can do, I have some spare bits of centre cars so should be able to sort out a DMS for you. Class 118 or 116? We need to have a Planning meeting! ta muchly. P Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted February 3, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 3, 2018 We need to have a Planning meeting! ta muchly. P Might need a coffee and cake. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted February 3, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 3, 2018 Might need a coffee and cake. Wot? No sausages? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted February 3, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 3, 2018 Wot? No sausages? How did you know I had a sausage sandwich last time Phil and I had a coffee? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted February 3, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 3, 2018 (edited) Why do restaurants have to refer to 'the team' instead of using the expression 'staff?' Edited February 3, 2018 by Captain Kernow Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted February 3, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 3, 2018 Why do restaurants have to refer to 'the team' instead of using the expression 'stsff?' You're lucky - down here more often than not they're the "crew". Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted February 3, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 3, 2018 Why do restaurants have to refer to 'the team' instead of using the expression 'stsff?' Everywhere is 'team' these days. I blame football. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted February 3, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 3, 2018 Everywhere is 'team' these days. I blame football. But in many sports it's not the "team" any more - it's the "group". Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted February 3, 2018 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted February 3, 2018 Telly Tubbies. Po. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Blue Streak Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 Telly Tubbies. Po. Indeed. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgman Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 Telly Tubbies. Po. Thanks for that, I get an ear worm every time I come home after visiting my grandson, he strangely enjoys the programme ! Double Po Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted February 3, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 3, 2018 We're 'avin' sausages for us tea. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted February 3, 2018 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted February 3, 2018 (edited) Thanks for that, I get an ear worm every time I come home after visiting my grandson, he strangely enjoys the programme ! Double Po This very sad, however I really enjoy seeing TellyTubbies. It is very relaxing IMO. So much kid's TV is loud, American, awful cartoon figures with huge eyes and silly shaped so called human bodies, and soooooooo loud. Bl##dy awful. Bah, humbug. I'm off up The Junction to move some track around. Phil Edited February 3, 2018 by Mallard60022 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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