MJI

14 hours ago, Dunsignalling said:

 

 

Hornby? Topical, too  the 68xx.

 

Accurascale and 37

8 minutes ago, atom3624 said:

Black 5 - only Hornby with several versions - and the old Keyser kit.

S15/N15 - only Hornby, but both are pretty decent models from my experience.

Hall - both Hornby and Bachmann - Hornby's runs nicer, Bachmann's looks nicer (paint finish).

B1   - both Hornby and Bachmann.  Bachmann's is old but looks quite good, Hornby's is newer.

5MT - only Bachmann, and it's quite old.

 

Those are typical GP 4-6-0 'steamies' as I know them.

Al.

They already do the best locomotive in that class.

27 minutes ago, RANGERS said:

To be fair to LR, the post 2007 engine issues were largely the result of having diesel engines foisted on them that were never intended to work in the kind of applications they ended up in.

 

The 2.2 diesel was pretty decent, not perfect but no worse than most of its peers of the time and capable of high mileages if looked after.

 

The Lion V6 was horrendous and just not up to the torque demands that were placed on it in Discovery and Range Rover configurations, though there’s enough examples around with moonship miles to suggest it could work. It was far from perfect in Peugeots and Jaguars but it tended to cause fewer problems.

 

The 3.6 V8 is well regarded though not without its problems and 4.4 V8 is considered as the best of a bad bunch but is a much underrated unit, smooth, reliable and very economical.

 

And then there’s the Ingenium units where this whole argument falls apart! 😂

It is why i am getting a new chassis for my 5 cylinder engined discovery

18 minutes ago, Metr0Land said:

Talking Pictures TV (Sky328, Freeview 082) Thursday 02May:

 

11am – The Hillman Minx in the 1960s
Made in the 1960s an astounding road race featuring Sheila van Damm; former owner of The Windmill Theatre and female motor racing competitor. She must drive non-stop and not below 40mph for 20 days.

 

No idea how good/bad this is but maybe worth programming the betamax.

Not recorded tv on tape since my loan dodgy box fried.

Copied a few dvds though.

It has outlast 2 pvrs supposed to replace it.

Pace owe me still. Terrible support forcing scrapping. Only buy humax now.

50s

Here goes.

Best of the type 4 for performance,  sound great ,100mph, i like the looks.

Oh and watch them pull a 15 carriage sleeper out of Plymouth into the cutting and under mutley plain.

Need another coat

MCV stls

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5760328

Need 4 packs of these.

https://www.cambrianmodelrail.co.uk/store/C305-Etched-tie-bars-for-9-0-wb-wagons-p95280253

As the STL is a modified MCV one.

4th 10ft ready to prime

Took me ages but

SW standard white TOPS panel

OL outline one worn off

NT no TOPS panel

For interest 10 MCV clasp brake gear, 4 MXV converted from something else with 10ft wheelbase, and 20 MXV with Morton. Printing 10 this weekend.

With ABS like and standard mix, more flexible. But ABS like not rigid enough for bodies.

A rake of mineral wagons.

Printing

Curing

Painting.

About 1 hour per wagon to fit bearings, buffers, wheels, brakegear.

Even though they turn from resim to wagons here, I consider it more like kit building.

My 1982 deck is very robust despite being a portable.

Also great picture quality.

One problem is that with vcrs they got quite poor build quality by late 80s.

I still have a working 1982 deck.

Was not too bad, just pad by a few minutes.

57 minutes ago, The Johnster said:

I like my clocks to show the right time if possible, and flashing LED displays drive me nuts (back in the 80s I seemed to be the only person in the known universe who bothered to set the clock on his vcr).  There are two battery analogue clocks that don’t though, the layout ‘Cwmdimbath Time’ clock, and one laid on it’s back with the 12 pointing due north, set to 13 minutes after GMT, astronomical time for this longitude; the real time, just to show that I know what the real time is and of absolutely no practical use whatsoever, just because I like that sort of stuff.  

My VCRs had the correct time on them, but I hated when one drifted a few seconds out, had 3 on the go (all used).

9 hours ago, Downendian said:

No they’re not - I’ve recently purchased 3 sets direct from Dapol - the cheapest option.

I used to use them as they WERE my local model shop.

I got my Baby Warship from there.

1 hour ago, Enterprisingwestern said:

 

https://www.dccsupplies.com/shop/class-52-oo-lifting-eye-fret/

 

Mike.

Are they still selling as shop has shut.

29 minutes ago, BVMR21 said:

The Bachmann model isn't really that good, detail is very clunky, the mechanism is not the best, DCC ready variants are rarer than hen's teeth, and generally speaking, the model is rather elderly now.

 

If a new Small Prairie and 57xx Pannier are viable RTR, one does find it unlikely that a 2251 class loco, with provisions for DCC (sound or otherwise) plus a range of other things, would fail to sell.

 

The same goes for a new tooled Hall class, quite frankly the Bachmann model sucks, and the Hornby model is again not worth the paper the price tag is written on. And whilst I echo sentiments that an Aberdare would be good to see (there is a kit available for said model) how many people actually need an Aberdare on their layout? Compared with say a 2251, or a Hall?

 

Though I do not see a 2251 as an immediate imperative, unlike say a Stanier 8F with the Swindon variants, or a Hawksworth County, it is still something that needs to be pointed out as having a rather dated tooling.

This is not me saying that 2251 must be done immediately (same again with the Hall), or that the Aberdare shouldn't be done (I honestly believe to the contrary that it should be done), but more me saying I fail to see how it wouldn't sell if produced to more modern standards.

 

However, now Accurascale has 2 Great Western locos, some passenger carrying vehicles surely cannot be undesirable? The Sunshine stock seem to the coaches crying out in my mind, given Dapol are working on the Toplights, and with Hornby having other Collett coaches as well as the Hawksworths in their range, it would certainly provide a good variety for GWR rakes of coaches, mish mash stuff together.

First spend a day at SVR, then Didcot.

I would push for early 30s flat ended stock due to no one has every done it, plus 6913 was mainline registered.

Another mineral wagon source.

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5878139

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5760328

11 hours ago, Reorte said:

Not sure if this is really for the game thread but there's an obvious link - anyone else watched the Fallout TV show? Without giving anything away I think they did an absolutely cracking job of it. I've seen some of the criticism and whilst I don't think some of it's entirely invalid personally it didn't really get in the way for me, and overall it deserves the very good reception it seems to have got.

Not yet, I need to resubscribe and pay the £3 fine.

I did try VPN but they cost a lot.

31 minutes ago, St Enodoc said:

No, but knowing that the C77 has a fictitious number might be...

I had to look up to find that, 1155 was highest number.

13 hours ago, Tony Wright said:

Good evening Al,

 

Seen before a few weeks ago, but maybe forgotten by now............

 

 

Is this the same diagram as one of yours? 

 

Built by Peter Lawson from a BSL kit, I'd originally asked £50.00, but now I'm asking £40.00.

 

 

Another ex-GWR carriage from a BSL kit, also now £40.00.

 

 

And a much-detailed/modified/weathered RTR autocoach, now £30.00.

 

Anyone interested, please PM me.

 

Regards,

 

Tony. 

 

Is knowing

D95

C77

A33

Sad?

40 minutes ago, cctransuk said:

 

Be aware that part of shank was inset into the streamlined body; if fitted with the full shank length visible, they are to long.

 

Hence Lima's short shanked buffers.

 

CJI.

Thanks , i will try mjt first tomorrow and get a few other bits.

It got left due to fiddly windows, cutting slide covers, and my ongoing eye stuff.

BTW need laser zapping now.