stevegr

On 17/10/2022 at 22:01, RedgateModels said:

certainty covers more of the transition era from steam to diesel. I built one a while ago for an article in the April 2015 BRM, used a Bachmann chassis though 😂

 

Actually a Costi is a bit harder they had smaller boilers and when rebuilt that's why they were 8F.

Do you want to find out there's a market for TT:120?

Let Hornby do the finding! lol

Then join that market if there is one.

It's always been a kit although that's not really what it is.

More a unassembled/unpainted Peco BR 20 ton brakevan with the ducket missing and part's to make it look more like SR one.

Due to Hornby being a rather underhand company when it comes to competitors I have decided to think about it............a bit....

Myself I always go to the railway station to catch a railway.......

I would suggest that the variations could be covered by someone else just like Crownline in the old days.

I personally am taking my Rovex Princess back to the model shop, it's never worked right.

Or I would do if the shop hadn't closed in 1978.......

Hornby 100 years?

Should it not be Rovex 80 ish years or Wrenn not that long? lol

I have a split chassis Ivatt  2-6-2 Bachmann over 15 years old that has recently started to wheel slip mainly on points and gradients. I have bought a new set from Bachmann and installed them but the wheel slip still occurs ,take the body off and all is ok. Could the retaining body screws distort the chassis ? as that is all that I can think is happening.

 

regards

 

Terry

I think you actually found the problem here.

Just do the screws up to hold the body on the chassis.

No tighter.

Reference wise these photos by Steve Jones on Flickr might help.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/tutenkhamunsleeping/albums/72157625197320866

You do have to scroll down a bit! 

Is it me or has no one mentioned Garth Model Co on Whitchurch Road?

Lendons as I lived in Llanishen was my model shop, Mr James or the James in James and Lendon ran it and was always helpful and would happily show me what ever I wanted to see that he had in stock.

Dispute the fact my pocket money was only 50p!

James and Lendon was a bicycle (James) and model shop (Lendon), something happened to Mr Lendon and Mr James took over the modeling side or so the story goes.  

I may have missed it but here's my bit.

The Lima body has bunker steps on both sides of the bunker, when they should only be on the Firemans or left from front side.  

The chassis that 56XX body is designed for is actually from the Farish General  Purpose tank or the old Farish 94XX Pannier.

A few people over the years have modded the GP tank over the years to represent a Rhymney Railway Class S or S1 tank a couple lasted into the 1950's.

Here's an example of Grandfather rights at Ewell West station near Epsom on the South Western.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bridge,_Ewell_West_Station,_Surrey_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1778314.jpg

When the platforms were extended the road over bridge got in the way so they dip under the bridge to create headroom and are only about 5 ft wide! 

Trains that don't stop there go through the station at 70 mph......

I would drop an e-mail to the Great Western Society.

info@didcotrailwaycentre.org.uk

Can I post a 'What signals I need for my layout' question here?

This is the best photo I can find of the roof.

It also shows that the grills are different as well.

http://class47.co.uk/c47_zoom_v3.php?img=1151052388200

The problem here is that you are asking two smooth surfaces to stick together.

Glues whatever they are don't like that sort of surface.

So you need to 'key' them or make them rough.

Or a bit of rough sanding or filing should do the trick on both surfaces.

Also a 2 part epoxy would also give a better bond or stick of the surfaces than superglue.

Actually none at all, they don't have a representation of the Auto Gear on the bufferbeam or below it that a auto fitted one has in real life.

Although you need to find one that has top feed fitted, the sand box fitted central to the leading axle and the livery of your loco.

Then it's just a case of a different numberplates.

Coed Ely Collery?

No clue at all.

Thanks to the pointed out lack of sheep......Bri.

Also what's my mum got to do with it Paul?

Although she lives in Tonyrefail these days, so not that far from that shot but a bit above it may be?

Personally I think that Railtour has gone around the Quarry Loop from Llandaff or if you are a bit more modern Llandaf and if you are even older Llandaff for Whitchurch!

I feel I should also point out that in a lot of cases on this thread at best I was 11 and you could find me on BTM on a Saturday afternoon looking at what was on BBR.

Ah! the old days, mum was happy for me to get a bus into the city centre and then stand around on a large railway station, I was at best 9!

Yep, someone didn't notice the signal......

Until Richard posted.

Change of mind...

Herbert St, Tyndall St behind the camera!

Well it's the same bridge!

Herbert St leading to Tyndall St.

Bute Road behind the camera.

In between Queen St and Bute Road Stations.

Er Cardiff.