rich34

Do you know, id totally forgot about radius of curves and clearence, what a dumbass, my curves are equall to 2nd 3rd and 4th radius, does anyone know if that may be a problam? Also if anyone has a Hornby breakdown crane could they tell me the overall height of the model from rail height. Got two road bridges to get it under too. doh Rich

Hi Rich

 

There was a thread on an earlier incarnation of RMWeb where one of the Forum members had done some research on the Hornby crane and found the jib is scaled significantly shorter than the real thing. He had made a new jib master and cast some in resin, unfortunately I have searched for this thread and can;t find it any more but it will be worth bearing in mind if you decide to go ahead with your project. In any event good luck, I have to say breakdown cranes always look good on an exhibition layout and attract a lot of attention.

 

Ian

Thankyou, ill investigate, the idea first came to me as part of my plan to get my 7year old nephews attention to modelling, but the ideas really grown on me, its the sort of train that looks good either running or just sat in a siding, and its a break from oil tankers or mk2s for my 40 and peak.

Had a email from hattons today saying they ve decided to cancel this years yellow crane so its definatly gunna be red

Hello, me again sorry, thanks for all the help so far gents, very much appriciated and i cant wait to get started. Anyone any ideas of running numbers for stock? Gunna get the new red Hornby crane and titivate it a bit, but the three coaches ( including the gresley ) and tanker will be an airbrush jobby so ill need authentic running numbers. Will use fox transfers as normal but how can i find actual numbers out as i wasnt born till 1977 and by the time i could go out on my own said prototype had gone On a slightly more extreme note, the class 40 im gunna use is a dcc sound model, is there any way of sound chipping the crane? Rich

What colour would the water tank be?

bloody hell , just seen the price of Hornby gresleys, think ill be using a Bachmann mk1!

Thanks everbody, this is all a great help, cant wait to get started, got my sound fitted 40 ready and waiting

The Cowans Sheldon 75 ton cranes were built as steam powered and painted red. They were converted from steam to diesel, uprated to 76 tonnes and came out of works painted yellow. The trains consisted of a living van, a tool and packing van and a jacking van. On the Eastern Region, the red vans could well have been Gresleys, and were replaced with Mk1s after the cranes were converted, so you could have a red steam crane with red Gresley coaches, a yellow diesel hydraulic crane with yellow Gresleys or yellow Mk 1s.

So if i go with red ill need a water tanker and if yellow i wont? Think i like the red option best, though at the moment im tempted to do both! looks like my air brush is gunna be busy, would there be a brake van used at all?

I don't know if these photos help.

Pilmoor is on the ECML, Hotchley Hill is on the Great Central at Ruschcliffe Halt.

 

 

 

Dvaid

What type of coach is the one in the centre?

Thats brilliant, a massive help thankyou thats my next few weekends planned out

Hi, can anyone tell me or better still show me the correct formation/s for a breakdown, re railing, train. ideally i want it to be based around a Br blue class 40 and a modified and detailed Hornby breakdown crane. I notice hornbys new model is red and the previous was yellow, is this dependent on region? if so what colour is for the eastern region? many thanks for your time and anticipated advice, Rich