Robert Shrives

Hi Well a 56003 in Loadhaul graces the N Diesel2 DDC trainset and lovely it is too!  Hopefully sales will blossom giving a dcc on board boost. The three telecscopic wagons are normal production ones but lovely all the same.

Well worth the a look and I am sure traders will split sets in time. Cheltenham models have done so already and sold out.

roll on the UK bodied ones..

Robert Shrives  

HI order forms now circulated £84 for coaches if preordered and discount for ordering loco ,coachs and DBSO as a set - good price 

Railtec transfers now offer alternative number sets already. 

Robert

Hi , Thanks for this - prompted me to follow suit but I have a BCK and BSK, looks like I can graft the middle parts of BSO into BCK  so only two cuts - one join down the side of a window and the other mid way between two "smaller" windows in the van area.  If this gets beyond the ponder stage I will post some pics here - if ok. Spare chassis to go under Caroline.

Robert  

Hi , looking good and like the idea hope you can make good progress

Robert

Hi , true but you can lose it ! T HST runs a treat and now you can get the clear coach bodyshells and the 23m type chassis for the motorised buffet car so possible to add more power if you need it.  The body shell has a corridor connection moulded on end unlike the other clear shells.  More bits and pieces of stock and buildings on Shapeways 3D printing site as well.

Robert    

Hi  These tomix couplers available on 153/156 spares pages at Dapol as well , I have fitted 170 with one to run with 153 in  London Midland livery, happily runs on 10" curves on Wareley club Broadwater junction layout.

Love layout pics good but in the flesh even better.  

Robert Shrives

Hi Ian Allan album for 1987 ( looking at two days ago and now not sure of year) has a lovely colour pick at Eastfield of DBSO  repainted with blue grey mk3a behind - showing Intercity ScotRail legend on side of coaches - will have to check again but looks like they did run.

Anybody futher with set numbers for consists. One set given in the Polmont Derailment report but this was a short lived set -sadly.

Robert Shrives    

Hi Ian Allan in Birmingham has 2 EPBs for £60 - 5 on bargain shelf this morning, had been six !!  

Robert Shrives

Cant wait for Dapol dave to get his MK 3 in Scotrail livery  plus of course the CO variation. Loco plus 4 or 5 Mk 3s look very good and ofcourse that well known rule applied - just started a second DBSO conversion ! ho hum

Robert

HI the HST middle vehicles landed today - lovely model.

Just need a bit of a board and more track ! 

Robert

Hi Ben ,

I have already "butchered" some ROCO wagons into timber wagons by using OTA stanchion sides- left with 4 RRA runners! But would enable making a better match for a short COLAS train.

Dave right about Parkside Dundas and bowed sides - I have had several kits in various gauges that are like that now I know why. I have found the type and softness of plastic varies. But that is part of the fun of modelling.

Robert      

Hi Ben ,

Good and quick work ! Will the stanchions be available separately - hope so anyway. (Got cold shoulder when asking about Osprey castings from chairman). .  Nodoubt Bernard`s work will be top notch and a fine set of etchings for metalworks.

Hopefully 10 will look good on Templedean with pair RFD 47s ( one dead in train to be correct !! ) - two were diagrammed to prevent line block and failure to deliver on time to Longbridge such was importance of contract to railway in the 90`s.

Robert   

Dave et al,

What a good start - yes to all errors as pointed out , one to watch is the roof vent pics show openside but CAD shows cowl, watch out for nose upper hadrails - D400 not have these- only one of course! possible that first version CAD has wrong MU socket drawn most pics show cube shape. 

Really looking forward to seeing these models , I wonder if the "fantasy liveries" carried in preservation have followers?

Load haul, TTG, and of course the RFD duplication seen at WSMR a whileago. or D400 with headlamp in tail lamp housing? I recall one loco being dual numbered and casuing a fracas is Wales when spotted by a fine JW!

Keep up all the good work Dave

Thanks

Robert

(CJM loco almost in my paws ! )  

Hi looks like the 5 car pack for trailers plus motorised buffet now for ordering from Tscale. com

Robert

Hi, I emailed Hattons several weeks ago pointing out duplication of codes and titles of vehicles, they expressed concern and would contact Dapol for clarification.

hopefully Dave can equate the planned older numbers and how they relate to renumbering in old scheme . the new scheme and those on the long range radar - as others ought to be here fairly soon !

Thanks

Robert  

Hi gang,

Time to get the money out. I have recieved the ER blue grey HST , power cars  E43076/77 TF  E41077 and TS E42151, power cars show swt 254011 power cars have roof cowl on exhaust . Livery well applied and body shell correct for it. A good pic of sister 254012 on ECML with stock , no TGS at that time! dated 16/5/1980...The coach legend is well sized and correctly positioned the shell as is know has the CDL light moulded on but not an issue when painted over.

Go on you know you want one !!

Robert  

Hi gang , saw tagged unit yesterday - shame nobody saw fit to hid it away asap even if behind another unit in sidings to stop the advert for the "excellent" security and the t**ts that did the evil crminal deed. As noted festive cheer removed for the criminals

Robert   

Hi , check out T-gauge .com site

robert

Hi Gang,

At Warley Show were a number of HST trainset packs with 120 and 132 mm rad curves and PWM controller £149.50 - sold out at show ! Importantly were the prototype pack of 5 coaches inc buffet - TRUB as the extension pack - retail possible £80, Reason being the buffet car to include a third powered chassis ! The printing was great with the Inter-city 125 legible.....

All need now is a 50 and mk2s or similar and the Bath Spa layout could take off! I prefer the idea of the bit of straight track between box and middle hill tunnels- the even for Brunel over scale tunnel mouths would look great !

Robert

hi gang 26040 arrived today, lovely model and great runner . Bits bag has two ploughs! ,headcode discs, magnetic couplers, dummy Dapol buckeyes hoses, dummy scew and MU cables.

To watch however is that ND145J is a green D5326 with small yellow panel and very nice too! but not as shown in cat where it is a 26003 in blue. Unannounced change it seems but good for green diesel period modellers. Logical as it makes for two green and two blue releases.

Robert

Hi nothing spoken about FGW at open day and I do not recall any on shelves- but the happy scrum buying did prevent super close checking.

ND122J VT set now in paws, quick internet trawl shows both PC 43094 and 43104 correct for 2001 VT era. - less namelate on 43104! coaches are TS42322 and TF 41168. these are again great rendition of livery with a lovely matt dark grey roof - might be VT dark grey but better than gloss black seen on 00 offerings!

As expected run very well . I will have to look at the options on the various extra yellow some power cars got just to vary the stock!

Get them while you can !

Robert Shrives

Hi gang,

latest VT HST pack here - well at postie but he did try to deliver today ! Dapol Dave has reported on Dapol club N group that MK3s are around corner with WSMR on display at openday last week and noted that the pretendolino artwork proved for production - which means unless a rocket under chinese production rates and some airfreighted that they will miss Warley, but perhaps some will have arrived. Given HST has broken cover ! who knows !!

Robert

David ,

I am sure that Klear has seen a change in make up and current stock might be a problem, perhaps greater and better minds can advise on what to look for?

Like the work done and certainly 4 intermediates on delivery would suit me. And given my luck I am sure to finish in time for Dapol to get finger extracted !

Robert

Hi At Dapol open day on saturday suggestion was weeks away with two containers , one in UK at docks and other on seas so hopefully some will arrive intime for Warley - but which was not a given... Openday for members had some good offers on remainng stocks but mK3 coaches good selection of eXec livry and newly arrived XC stock but very few Grand Central and not that many EMT. Boxed HST sets had just a fist full of XC sets and GC sets but reasonable numbers of others - well 10 or 12 boxed so dont hang about.

Robert

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