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I bought a kit when they first appeared, at the Nottingham show a couple of years back. Still not put it together yet - but then I have no idea where the kit is now anyway...
The overhead was certainly available for power on 'Carstairs' (as an alternative common return) if each rolling stock owner chose to use it. Having gone to all the trouble of erecting the OHLE and scratchbuilding the pantographs to go with it, it would have seemed ridiculous not to.
was all the fiddle-yard wired too in that case? did that not really get in the way of the non-public viewing side?
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The 97407 models also carry a premium price for the additional 'weathering' over the plain releases. Bachmann will do a plain BR Blue one with discs sooner or later
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Easy target youngster !
I'm in favour of great western ETH namer from the 80s like 47500 great western or Great Britain or similar....
Heljan did SS Great Britain in blue so I'd be surprised if Bachmann did the same one unless they picked a different livery
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But they probably would because there are no diesels left to model.
However, it is a gap that needs to be filled, it seems odd you can model the modern WCML but pre 1990 is very difficult RTR and pre 1980 has way too many gaps to make a representative layout.
maybe there aren't many diesels left to pick, but if they're rising to the top of 'most wanted' list in that category then they must surely get made at some point
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I wonder how much longer it'll be before more of the AC Electrics are produced, bearing in mind Classes 81-84. 87, 89, 91 occupy 7 of the top 11 spots in the Diesel, Electric and Gas Turbine locos section
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Has anyone heard from DC kits recently? I'm not getting any replies to emails over the last couple of weeks.
They're possibly busy in the run up to Warley and being in 'exhibition season'! They were at the Wigan show a few weeks back
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for all the talk of additional design resources being assigned to clear the Bachmann backlog, there doesn't seem to have been much visible movement of lots of the longer-term new models!
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Hello all,
I found time to nip into Smith's today and grabbed the latest magazines.
I had a flick through to see if they had reviewed the TEA tankers with, I admit, a degree of trepidation. While I believe we have produced excellent models, there is always the chance others may disagree.
Luckily all the reviews are very positive indeed:
BRM's editor Ben Jones writes: "Our sample ran faultlessly, the decoration...is simply oustanding."
Interestingly, Ben also makes a good point about credibility, pointing out: "...their record of delivering quality models...has helped them overcome the fears of potential customers."
In Model Rail George Dent says: "These models are exquisite...a benchmark for quality, fidelity and value."
And in the Hornby Magazine Mike Wild says the tankers have "a 'European' finesse," and he very kindly adds: "Revolution has delivered a quality product, and there is much more to come."
So once again, thanks to everyone who has supported us so far and, if you're interested in any of the new items we are offering from the Class B tankers to the Class 92 electric, you can pre-order with confidence!
Cheers
Ben A.
You might find it worth re-visiting a new batch of TEAs quicker than you'd expect now that folk have something physical to see the quality you're producing and with those reviews its bound to encourage more purchases ... but that is a downfall with crowdsourcing and it being your first model if they're all sold.
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Looks like a Class 47/7 on a push-pull rake, probably early 1980s from the BR Blue with a black headcode panel livery
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By way of example to jjb's point above, my son decided on Saturday that his medieval kings would ride a n (old) carriage. We duly stopped the model train. The medieval King, one of which he's called King George and the other King Edward after the locos...,has, if you recall Blackadder III, a fairly heroic ' stance' to ride his horse. As luck would have it, this gait allows the King to balance neatly on the roof of a carriage rather as you might ride a miniature railway in the grounds of a stately home. We then proceeded to waive flags, blow whistles until the king's got to their station. Whatever's designed, kids will use their own imaginations to make it do something they want.
Picture below illustrates - apols for the awful quality!
I'm sure its only going to be a matter of time before I have Barbies (not mine might I add, my daughters) riding in my wagons!!
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Here you go Flood, came across this when researching 47/7's.
HTH
Ken
Of the Mk3 sleepers used only in Scotland, were they always in Blue and Grey livery even with the Scotrail Sleeper branding? Am I right in thinking none of them got Scotrail livery i.e. to match 47716 in the picture?
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The problem with the Class 67 is that not as many modellers address the ever changing NOW, which is where the 67 fits in. Most people seem to want nice steam locomotives and to look back to a time when things seemed less difficult. An angular diesel box, even if its well executed and highly detailed isn't going to cut the mustard. Even under Rule 1, its more likely that a P1 (the very definition of a Large Green Loco!) would be preferred over a class 67.
I think it depends where you look. I was at the Wigan show the other week and was surprised just how many current day layouts there were. Admittedly it is incorporating the 'North West Festival of Diesel and Electric Layouts' but there were significantly more current day than BR Blue, Sectorisation or early Privatisation era layouts.
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Congratulations on delivering your first product.
Any sign of scaling up the Class 320/321 into 00 gauge yet?
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"All people whatever their age still love steam locos" would be definitely. But I wrote "People of all ages still like steam engines for whatever reason". That is not a sweeping statement.
'Liking' and 'buying' could be two entirely different things though. I 'like' steam engines, but they'll make up less than 1% of what I 'buy'
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I think it was on flickr I stumbled across them in a group of some kind. Cant find them right now but some useful photos might be here
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Hope its ok to resurrect this thread. Thinking of buying one of the DC Class 303 kits to build at a later date, having built many kits in plastic/brass/aluminium etc, having looked at the DC website my only concern is around the glazing, or more precisely is flush glazing available or possible? Or are the sides sufficiently thin to compromise this need?
Secondly I would consider using Bachmann LNER coach bogies on the non powered vehicles, are these correct for the 303 (thinking particularly around the axle boxes)?
Would appreciate any pointers and be interested to see photos of completed models from anyone who has built one?
Cheers,
Martyn.
The sides in the kit are plastic rather than etched or resin so are reasonably thick ... perhaps 1.5mm from memory
I found somewhere on the internet a series of pictures where someone has found a refurbished Class 303 in Strathclyde livery in the Ayrshire platforms of Glasgow Central where they've gone along and taken photo after photo of the details along the side of the unit from the opposite platform, perhaps 50 photos in total. If you can find those it might answer your question about the LNER coach bogies
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I dont really think its about one manufacturer or another 'calling dibs' on a particular loco or class, but models need to sell in large enough quantities to pay back the investment required in designing and producing such beautiful models. Some popular or common types will have enough variations to support more than one manufacturer producing models and everyone makes money.
But should models not sell in enough quantities then it could be disastrous, particularly for the smaller manufacturers and DJM as an example is really only starting up in comparison to the more established producers. If more than one manufacturer is competing for the same sales then both could lose out.
Hands up who wants to gamble their house on how many of a particular new model is going to sell well.
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On a wander round the trade at Wigan Exhibition on a Sunday, I felt that Blue boxes were thin on the ground and Reds predominated. That's all small traders.
There was a lot of both on the Saturday so perhaps a fair amount of blue boxes were sold
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I find it very surprising if people are cancelling orders when there is only one announcement actually on the table. Orders cancelled with DJM could put that option at risk where there is no guarantee when or if another option would surface. Crowd funding must be quite different to normally released competing models where the one to market first could fulfill demand leaving the second arrival unwanted and left on the shelves. Where money is being committed in advance those are firm orders and a duplicate splitting the market could make both unviable. I'd hope some co-operation could avoid too much being lost on either side. If lawyers become involved, they will be the only ones that win!
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Wow!!! Just Magnificent work!!
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I live in Newton-le-Willows so Warrington Bank Quay is very familiar!! Fantastic subject for a layout!!
Are you going to have electrics double-heading steel coil trains for swapping to diesel haulage over to Shotton or will that be too early for your timeframe?
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Thanks Dave.
It could be an extremely exciting couple of years for those of us modelling WCML.Unfortunately, it looks like a Virgin class 90 is miles away given that the first Bachmann Class 90 releases haven't even made it yet! Hopefully I'll be able to get Oxford Rail Virgin MK3s and Virgin 86s and 87 from the mystery manufacturers.
Its about time too after they've been consistently ignored for years!!!
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ah ok, I hadn't noticed the masts extending that far out, I thought they stopped nearer Edge Hill where the London line splits off
thats a pretty substantially constructed bridge going over there in the photo!
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quality control only applies to kettles. Diesel and electrics get any old rubbish thrown out