peteskitchen

 Hi,

 Does anybody know if any of the parallel boilered Patriots received post war straw lined LMS black livery?  

 Thanks,

 Pete.

Thanks so much for that, information passed on! 

 Cheers 

 Pete. 

On 08/05/2021 at 17:07, Dragonfly said:

Just a note to let anyone know who doesn't already, that Les has now retired and Haslington Models will not be reopening.

 

I was heading out that direction today, so had a quick look on Google first, and saw it was listed as "permanently closed", and a drive through the village confirmed such to be the case, papered up windows. I made a couple of enquiries and found that, on medical advice, Les has had to make the difficult (but ultimately correct) decision to put his health first, hang up the price labeller, and not reopen after the last lockdown.

 

So (not that he reads internet forums, I'm sure), I'd like to wish Les a long, happy and enjoyable retirement, and give my thanks for all the many times over the years he's made the trip to that end of town worth it with a bargain or two. A sad loss to the hobby, particularly in second-hand stock.

 That's a real shame. I visited a good few times over the years for models and bits n bobs. The chip'ole there wasn't too shabby either. 

 Asking for a friend....does anybody know of a well stocked model shops in Paris that are easily accessible by public transport? (He's after Portuguese and German models, not British outline). Google searching for model shops brings up lots of shops that don't seem to stock model railways, or if they do, it's not their primary stock. 

 Thanks

7 hours ago, Edna Clouds said:

Me too! Current puzzle is what to do about the bogie with the guard irons being at the back while the coupling housing is at the front. I suppose simply snip off the housing - it's not really needed - and re-fit the bogie t'other way round.  Cracking model with very nice sound. Happy chap in the playpen today.

 I snipped the NEM pocket off and tided it up with a file and put it back on the right way round. Next I will delve into the lighting as I would like the marker lights on the front to light up read in reverse and go off forwards.

As a South Yorkshire lad, it would be rude not to

Thanks Roy. Will that have to be reapplied over time or is it pretty permanent? I still would have to open up the model though to stop the lights working whilst traveling forwards.

3 minutes ago, zr2498 said:

Are you running with DC or DCC? DCC chip will probably have a function to turn cab lights off as well as turning tail lights off.  This works fine with the DCC sound decoder. Front marker lights are a different matter.

I'm running dc. I'm wondering if there might be a microswitch on the blanking plug like Dapol class 22s? Nothing in the instructions I can find 

Is there any way of turning the cab lighting off? One of my pet hates! Also the front red marker lights are not red and light up going forwards as well as backwards. I think a modification will be required there. A diode will sort the direction but I've yet to have a peep to see they can be coloured easily or not. 

 Otherwise a beautiful model. I'm very pleased with her. 

I don't have one so I don't know....but what was wrong with the old Bachmann 20?

2 hours ago, coastalview said:

Aren't KRM a Canadian company based in Edmonton Alberta?

Aha! that would explain it. I didn't know they were based there.

I'd be interested to know how somebody in Canada managed to get their GT3, but nobody else has?

On 15/01/2021 at 21:37, D826 said:

 One diesel loco ticking over.....pheeewwww  .....Should have tried Marylebone 1970 - 1992 ish - inhaling blue diesel fumes from idling 115s. 3 or 4 of em belching out blue smoke like a Trabant on speed.

 

Always needed a couple of paracetamol by the time I got back to Aylesbury !

 

  When men were men and diesel was an expectorant ! (I have my tongue firmly in my cheek).

 

Cheers

Matt

And the class 15 clagging on the blocks on carriage heating duties! 

19 hours ago, Wheatley said:

They can stick as much soundproofing as they like on the depot, the vibration coming from these things at low idle is massive.  Coming off the Harrogate trains in York in the morning you could feel the 68 sat in platform 2 while you were walking down platform 8. I'd be complaining if these were parked outide my house all night. 

Reminiscent of Metrovic Cobos
 I wonder of there's a case to make the manufacturer change the engine mounts for something more shock absorbing. That sort of undamped heavy vibration fatigues all sorts of things in the long run. 

9 hours ago, spamcan61 said:

I'd expect nicer looking crankpins, rather than small screws, for that money!

 I thought the valvegear looked pretty awful for that sort of money. However I can imagine the body fittings on that would take some considerable time and effort to manufacture and to fit properly.

17 hours ago, D9001 said:

 

Are any of the larger and wealthier manufacturers - Hornby, Bachmann, Heljan and Dapol - giving any of their profits to help restore the original locos of their models? 

 Heljan gave a donation to Bury hydraulic group  when they did the class 14 for Hattons, and the same again to the Class 15 Preservation Society (who are restoring the CoBo) when they did the class 28 also for Hattons. When the Little Loco company did it's O gauge class 15 they donated ALL the profits to the Class 15 Preservation Society. Sadly the guy running that outfit became ill with cancer and as far as I know the company is in hibernation now.

18 hours ago, The Stationmaster said:

It's actually Gooch valvegear (also smetimes called Gooch Stephenson because it is very similar to Stephenson gear and looks much the same at a glance)

It's the actual Stevenson's eccentrics part I'm on about. I imagine they will be very difficult to model effectively and reliably.
 Also do you know if there are any other surviving locos that have Gooch valve gear? As it is I believe that Bellerophon is the oldest loco in the world with piston valves, having a unique valve gear would make it even a more special loco.

It will be very interesting to see how the Stevenson Eccentric valvegear works on Bellerophon. Has this ever been done before in model form before, maybe a foreign outline model? and if so how successfully does it work?

Seems that it's a missed opportunity to waste the effort of a new model of something there there is already a good model instead of filling a gap, for example a 3mt 2-6-0 to go along with the lovely looking 2mt 2-6-0.

55 minutes ago, Hilux5972 said:

And? They’ve never done a King in the experimental purple livery or a Castle in the Apple Green, or a Castle with the early BRITISH RAILWAYS branding on the tender. Keep suggesting and it will get done eventually. They hadn't done an apple green A4 until a few years ago. And then they did one. 

 They could do a Scot in Apple Green too. IIRC Mainline did one in the 80s

15 hours ago, Pmorgancym said:

Looking in the Railroad bits, Hornby have short memories about repurposing Thomas moulds out of license.  Do you think Bachmann will react?

 The Thomas model was modified from the old Hornby LBSC E2, and it's now returned as an SECR J2? I'm confused! Or have I missed something?

Surprisingly, the Chinese made Hornby class 29s from about 20 years ago had better printing than the Dapol one of the worksplate. They really look like the aluminium NBL diamonds. Oddly I think the number on the worksplate of the Hornby version is one from a class 22, not 21. Apologies for the Hornby one being slightly out of focus.

I'm quite surprised that Kernow haven't done some more of these fine locos considering how well they sold out last time. We've more D6xx's on the way which is most welcomed.  I would love to get my mitts on 10203 in it's final guise with a SYP which I don't think Kernow did. Interesting fact that in the last 18 months by far the most models I have bought or ordered have been from start up or shop based manufacturers with the exception of Dapol. Not bought a single new Hornby or Bachmann loco in that time.

Really nice to see a further production run of these. I'll be buying D604 for sure. Cossack was a really shy beast. I don't think I've seen more than a couple of pictures of it ever. I only ever saw Ark Royal for real in a very sorry state at Barry in the late 70s as a kid. I've always loved them ever since that day.

 Does this mean that Heljan have abandoned the Hymek and class 58s?