Andy Y Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 Graham Farish by Bachmann On display in the cabinets and Warley are the Dellner coupling variation of the Class57 and the first EP sample of the air-smoothed Merchant Navy. The MN shown here is the later of the three models which will be produced. Also on show are a brace of the Class 31s. Bachmann Branchline Several products are on the way to us shortly but not quite in time for the show and the following images are of the first production items shipped over for inspection. Dukedog Class 40 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. The side grille etches are supplied in the fittings pack for customer fitting if required (along with end ladders and headcode discs) dependent on the the number and date that the customer is modelling. Check prototype images for your own use and decide if they need to be fitted, D211 'Mauritania' in as delivered condition would have them fitted and I'd suggest a thin bead of Klear or similar along the inside edges of the etch would be the best approach. Polybulk The livery application and lettering on this is superb! Covhops Midland Brake Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BoD Posted November 23, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 23, 2013 Bump Nobody is reading it Andy. They are all at Warley. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelson Jackson Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 I'm very temped by the Midland brake van, the hand rails look absolutely superb, well done Bachmann. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJM Dave Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 There are some truly stunning models there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Prism Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 Thanks Andy. Nice pics. Looks like the cantrail on the Class 40 is finally correct! Could you post the Dukedog pics in the Dukedog thread, for continuity. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfsboy Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 Dukedog and Merchant Navy look great . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
90rob Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 The Dukedog seems to have a certain presence about it, just like the real one Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linners Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 Nobody is reading it Andy. They are all at Warley. Sadly I couldn't make this year's show, so many thanks for the news update Andy! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebell Model Railway Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 Really nice, can't wait for the Dukedog, having sold my kit one about 4 / 5 years ago after hearing it had been looked at, was hoping for it for Warley but still not long to go now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Prism Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 Oh dear. Looks like 9017 has got a wrong (flush-riveted) tender. Bachmann got it right on the EP! Edit: clarification now made in Dukedog thread. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenton Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 Hope they replace that joke representation of coal in the Duke's tender. But some pretty stunning work on the rest. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
paftrain Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 Dukedog and Merchant Navy look great . What a shame they're not doing the Merchant Navy in 00 too! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted November 23, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 23, 2013 Wonderful - thanks for posting Andy Covhops on order this weekend - plus a D211 for renumbering to D200 GFYE Phil Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 Thanks for posting those Andy.... just got back from Warley and was very impressed by so many items in the glass cases on the Bachmann stand, the N gauge 31 in 'as built' condition was particularly eye catching, even more so was the Midland Blue Pullman almost hidden from view sitting in the bottom of the case! The 40 on display looked very good, what little gap there is isn't really that apparent when you're looking at it form normal viewing angles. I noticed the grey on the roof looked much more realistic than the paler grey used before, and I think a touch more weathering around the exhaust ports and panel lines is all that's needed to finish it off in that area. The Dukedog looked very tempting despite me not 'needing' one... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dagworth Posted November 23, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 23, 2013 I'm VERY glad that I only bought a couple of the original 40s, that looks very tasty, and that Grainflow will certainly find a home with me. Andi Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 Wonderful - thanks for posting Andy Covhops on order this weekend - plus a D211 for renumbering to D200 GFYE Phil Apologies for veering off topic for a mo - did D200 receive full yellow ends in green Phil...? (I've not seen a pic of it like that but I've got one of it in the hard drive on the testing station at Crewe in 1970 in newly painted blue / full yellow ends...) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennyboy Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 The Farish 31 looks good, but on the version with the plated over nose it looks as if they have used a "trench" to depict the plating which kind of ruins the front. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
corax67 Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 The Grainflows look exquisite - will have to work out how to justify some though, maybe it's 'new layout' time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairburn Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 Apologies for veering off topic for a mo - did D200 receive full yellow ends in green Phil...? (I've not seen a pic of it like that but I've got one of it in the hard drive on the testing station at Crewe in 1970 in newly painted blue / full yellow ends...) I've considered a similar exercise, but in celebrity mode of mid-80's. Is D211 wholly accurate for that transition? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted November 23, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 23, 2013 Hi Nidge Am pretty sure that she was .... But searching for a photo hasn't unearthed one .....yet. She turned up at Worcester one lunch tine on a southbound class 6 that had Ashchurch traffic in it and would have gone through Abbotswood... As for is that model correct for D200 - as far as I know it was - but I stand to be corrected! Cheers Phil Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairburn Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 Phil, I've a recollection from somewhere deep in the memory banks that the initial 10 were a separate batch - again, I'm more than willing to be corrected. In stickler mode, didn't Vulcan deliver them with brass grilles to the horns? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 The Grainflows look exquisite - will have to work out how to justify some though, maybe it's 'new layout' time. Except they're not 'Grainflows' but 'Polybulks'- somewhat shorter wagons used to carry powdered minerals, such as china clay, lime, sand, urea and even coal. as such, they've visited much of the UK, from St Blazey to Mossend via King's Lynn and Aylesbury. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted November 23, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 23, 2013 D200 was GSYP in 67 see http://www.flickr.com/photos/norbet/3210346684/ - thanks norbet Still hunting but an awful lot of 80s shots of this loco to get past! Phil Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium cnw6847 Posted November 23, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 23, 2013 Stunning models especially the N gauge stuff, I thought they were OO at first until I read further!! Bachmann are really producing excellent stuff. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimbus Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 As for is that model correct for D200 - as far as I know it was - but I stand to be corrected! Not quite. The pilot batch of 10 had an extra horizontal strip each side on the main roof and radiator roof, matching and lining up with the edging of the removable hatch behind No1 cab. As far as I can make out, this was purely for aesthetic reasons. The first 10 also had a minor difference on the buffer beams - the buffers and drawhook were 1/2" lower/higher (I've forgotten which, and I don't think it'll bother many people!). The bogies underwent evolution as solutions were sought to the problem of frame fractures. The top profile in the region of the dragboxes changed, eventually with the side bearer pots being supported on wider stiffening flanges. A drawing issued in 1967 deleted small vertical oval holes, 2 each side, between the driving axles, which matched holes in the frame stretcher end plates. When bogie oil lubrication was replaced by grease lubrication, a boxed reservoir and pump, driven by a horizontal shaft from the middle axle on the driver's side, was removed. Stiffening channels were retro-fitted to the water tank sides. So, the model as shown has detail below the body suitable only for a post-1967 loco, and body detail for a production build example. But it certainly does not look a disaster of a product by any means! The Nim. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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