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  1. Would go well with the Revolution Pullman coaches.
  2. Fantastic!!! Been waiting ages for this one.
  3. Received my BR Blue 128 this morning. Very smooth. Excellent, well done Revolution.
  4. Looking forward to 87012 in executive livery as long as they don't do what they did to the 73 & 86 and paint the top half black! I assume it should be dark chocolate brown but in the artwork for the twin pack it does look suspiciously similar to the grey on 87006. Plenty of time to research the correct colours so I will give Dapol the benefit of doubt and place my preorder.
  5. The new 08761 in 'Provincial' livery shows 'BR Scotrail' on the box label. I'm pretty sure it should be Provincial. There's a good video here at 40 seconds in with it on Tullis Russell wagons.
  6. After much agonising over the cost, went for the pair of new red stripe ones. I now have 4 and can replicate that scene at Saltley where you could see 4 in a row through the wire fence. The livery is exactly the same as the previous batch (58012 & 58023) except that the Railfreight logo on 58003 has been printed in red and silver like a nameplate rather than red and white as in the first batch - Fox Transfers on order! As in the first batch, you have to finish off the livery yourself! At the time of first release there was an article in MR by Ben Ando showing you how to do this. Here's my photos of so treated 58023 with the new ones 58003 & 58020. Back of the cab should be black not grey. Handrails white not silver, inc. ones on the solebar. Channel to be black right over the roof to bottom of cab to give that characteristic yellow pointy bit.
  7. A bit odd that the NR yellow and RSS 08s have ladders. Suppose being low numbers 417 441 they have the wooden doors and use a different tooling to the RES livery model. Been wanting a RES and Red Star version for years so very pleased.
  8. 58001,2 3 were built with slightly different details to the others so surprised they chose 58002 and 58003. It's all in the rear bottom corners of the cabs. I already have 58012 and 58023 which both have white cantrail stripes and I've made the as built 'd' handrails. I would have preferred one of the higher numbers in red stripe with orange cantrails and pods on the cab roofs with full shield handrails to stop drivers walking from one cab to the other using the footplate. I think it was 58036 onwards which had these details. Dapol supplied the full height shielded handrails with the Red stripe versions which is not wrong as most were retro fitted whilst still in red stripe livery.
  9. Had a quick look in the Platform 5 books to see 40012's last days history... Not much variation but did lose it's MW gear between May and Dec 1982. Working boiler right to the end. 10 Nov 1979 xb KD 17 May 1980 xb KD 01 Jan 1981 xb KD 01 May 1981 xb KD 01 Dec 1981 xb KD 17 May 1982 xb KD 01 Dec 1982 xbn KD 16 May 1983 xbn KD 31 Dec 1983 xbn KD 11 May 1984 xbn KD 01 Jan 1985 xbn KD withdrawn 08.02.82 20 May 1985 xbn CD 97407 reinstated for Crewe Station Remodelling 20.05.85
  10. Thanks for that. Looking through a couple of books, It was 40012 which came down to Southampton with a freight liner on 12th April 1984. I remember that day, just stepping off the school bus around 4pm at Winchester and seeing the class 40 heading back north with another liner. I had to wait nearly a month for the next copy of Rail Enthusiast and look in the yellow pages which listed the recent rare workings to find out what number it was. Luckily CJ Marsden's wife got the pic at Northam level crossing. The pic on this day shows the painted nameplate, front end number and all discs removed from the number 2 end. Picked up my model today. Put a little drop of Peco lube on the motor bearings and she runs sweet.
  11. A few months ago, BR Lines had 40141 bodies...looks like they're all gone. Is the name plate correct on this release? or does it depict an unofficial painted one by depot staff?
  12. Probably not! The NGS kit uses 2 Peco 10ft guards van chassis cut and shut together.
  13. Yes, we baulked at £40 for the Mk2 Coach, some retailers on ebay are selling the Shark for the same amount. £40 for a 2 axle wagon...we're in new territory!
  14. Thought I'd compare the NGS Kit with the new EFE RTR. I'd be happy to run these together in the same train. The EFE one is missing OLE warnings, the ship's wheel is missing the handles and the ship's wheel is set back further than the NGS one.
  15. Ben Ando wrote an article for ModalRail when the original batch came out. His method was quite simple IIRC. It involves placing a piece of platicard in the bottom of the fuel tank and reducing the height of the four corner pins on top of the chassis.
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