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YK 50A
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6 left after I bought one just now. I have to say, this is probably my least exciting or inspiring model railway purchase for as long as I can remember. I think my first Airfix aircon was a BSO, in the late 1970s. I'm buying a near 40 year old model - not much has changed other than the paint job - in preference to a contemporary one. Alun
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Remarkable! I didn't quite believe it, so I Googled the model number and it's also in stock at Kernow and Osborns, but Hattons have the best price. I might have one to match my Hornby release Airby's and pass them onto my son when Bachmann get round to releasing theirs. Alun
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So it was the re-geared bogies? As an aside, I have wondered about the varying performance characteristics of locomotives working in multiple (as opposed to tandem). Were there guidelines? For example, it wasn't unusual to see a Class 20 helping out a Class 37 (or 40) and it still happens with DRS. But photographic evidence would suggest it was much more unlikely to find a Sulzer Type 2 with the same. Although I can remember a Class 25 and Class 37 rasping their way through York on a freight c1980. Alun
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Hi both, I was wondering about that. My understanding (until now) was that the 37/5 basically had similar modifications to a 37/4, but without the ETH. In other words, no ballast added, that was the 37/7s. I'm not questioning your version, just trying to understand. Thanks, Alun
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Hello Derek, Out of interest, here is a photograph I took of one of those generator vans at York last year. Now in service with the VSOE. Best regards, Alun
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Out of interest and slightly off topic, are you doing anything with the underframes and bogies with the disk braked Mk2Zs? I only ask as I have several coaches sat in boxes waiting for me to do a Mk2Z Edinburgh/Glasgow push and pull rake. I wonder whether I will ever get round to it, but ho hum. Thanks, Alun
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Thanks Andy, Even stripped of paint, no glazing and with only one apertured modified, it's obvious how much your work will improve the look of the model. Are you taking orders? Alun
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I've just bought a chicken coop. How did that happen?
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A block button would be good!
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I said back in post 245 that something wasn't quite right with these models. It wasn't the vents or the sole bars, I can see that, it was the overall look of them. I've never been one for counting rivets and rarely get the measuring stick out, but the windows must be it. If each aperture is a scale 4" too narrow and too shallow, then that's a lot of inches. I know why my Airby's don't look right and it's mostly the tumble home (or turn under or whatever the correct term is). But to me, they look more like a Mk2 than the Hornby's do. It's a poor show from the same company that manufactured the beautiful Gresley and Stanier coaches. I know they're a good deal more expensive, but I would have preferred to pay the money, which is probably what I will do when the Bachmann's come out. Alun
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About half my collection has sold on eBay, a load more to list. Taken me years to get my hands on some of them. The boss better not change her mind about a garden railway.
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A little bit of History
YK 50A commented on Silver Sidelines's blog entry in Sixties Snapshots - 00 scale
It was called Camera Mart. I imagine it's still there, they have a branch in York. 271-273 Linthorpe Road will be forever etched into my memory. -
A little bit of History
YK 50A commented on Silver Sidelines's blog entry in Sixties Snapshots - 00 scale
That Princess sounds familiar! Fascinating, think I've seen the 8F before, and one or 2 other pictures. The Van B looks ok and I almost commented on the bogies when I saw your photograph on Flickr. Incidentally, my first (and only?) proper job was for a camera shop on Linthorpe Road. Alun -
The Airby Mk2Ds look fine with Bachmann Mk1s though. The buffers don't quite match up, but bearing in mind all the other discrepancies, I'll sleep at night! A BG and an RU is what mine will be running with until the Bachmann version comes along. Alun
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Hello, I had presumed 'headgeaf' was after a Hornby one to match his other vehicles. We're not all demons with an airbrush! Alun
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Hi, I was certainly given the impression by Hornby that all development on the ex-Airfix Mk2s had ceased. The Hattons website is a treasure trove of past, present and even never released products, and it does say "Withdrawn from 2012 range". However, the model is also still on the Hornby website, but it was due in the shops December 2012 - two years ago. I would like one too, but I won't be holding my breath, Alun
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Indeed, there is a link to it on page 1 of this thread! Alun
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Well, they will be a good deal cheaper than the Bachmann's, but how many people in the RailRoad target market want a rake of blue/grey coaches? I mean, if you buy the Limby Deltic, are you really going to care that the coaches have 100mph bogies, train air brakes and ETH? I've never read an autopsy on the Hornby Mk1s, having made a significant investment in the Bachmann's, it wasn't relevant to me. Are they similarly flawed? They at least look the part at my local model shop. NPCCS aside, the only Hornby coach (other than Airfix origin) in my collection is the Gresley buffet. Lovely looking vehicle, but it is wrong too. The eBay market for Airby Mk2s isn't saturated yet, so it's not just me that's hanging onto them. It impresses me no end what the likes of Flood, Brian and Bob are capable of, but I would rather spend 35 quid on a model that looks like what it is supposed to than £25 on one that doesn't, particularly when I have something that will do the job already. Alun
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What I do know is that Hornby rushed the Mk2Es out, not that it should be an excuse. A very big bird (well a bloke actually) told me at the Ebor show last Easter that they intended to beat Bachmann to market. He also said they would be a good product. That's why Hornby never released some of their Mk2D variants, the blue/grey BSO springs to mind. While I can't comment on the specifics as well as some, the Hornby Mk2Es don't look quite right to me. My Airby ones don't look quite right either. So why spend my money? I'll wait and see if the Bachmann ones are worth the upgrade, that they should match my Mk2As will probably be the decider. Alun
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Quite! Bachmann aren't averse to footwear malfunctions, roughly half of my Mk1s have had bogie swaps, and if a B4 is close enough to a B5, then friction dampers might be close enough to hydraulic. I'm surprised I missed the dampers until Mick's post, I had a look to see whether Temperature or Stones fans had been replicated then moved on to watching what Brian, et al, were doing with the shells and sole bars. Scale wise, it's not my main area of interest any more, and having been blessed with 10 thumbs and no fingers, I will be keeping my Airby Mk2Ds for now. Alun
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Hi Mick, I might have got this completely wrong, but as built, wasn't it just Mk2Fs that had B4s with hydraulic dampers? Obviously a good number were retrofitted later. Handy if you have a thing for air cons wearing Network Rail yellow! Alun
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Hi, I've been following the thread with interest, but the above is a bit over simplistic. It was train air brakes and in most cases ETH and 100mph footwear that were important. I can't claim to be an expert with other regions (or any region), but Mk2Ds and Mk2Fs were mixed up on the ECML. Also, it wasn't unusual to see 2 catering cars (for example, an RB adjacent to 2nd class and an RU adjacent to 1st class) or an RB or RKB with a Mk1 RUO. Further, there are plenty of pictures around with more than 1 BG, and although there was clearly an effort to keep aircon stock together, an earlier Mk2 BSO, BFK, TSO or FK was often seen in an otherwise aircon rake. Deltics and Generator class 47s couldn't power the motor alternator sets on Mk2Es, but they were used on the ER, interregional trains from circa 1980 with 45/1s, class 47/4 conversions and class 50s. All the best, Alun *** EDIT - I see the typos after I hit the post button! ***
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Looking out of the window and imagining a garden railway in the rain. Boss!
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Very nice, been a while since I've seen it, not sure whether I noticed the double arrows or not! The Scarborough and Whitby Railway would be sustainable these days, hindsight and all that. I do intend to walk the line sometime, but I've been saying it for a few years. Alun *** EDIT - a typo, as per ***
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Hi, Different Alun, I was the one that posted about 107s in the "other" thread. Subscribing to this out of interest, not sure I will be able to contribute very much, and also I want to see what happens with this project of yours - will be quite remarkable. For now, I'm sure you've seen the disused stations entry for West Cliff (with a fine picture of an early 3 car 101) and the other stations on what became the Teesside to Whitby line. Also a 104 and a later 101 at Guisborough, and possibly my favourite place on earth, here and here for 108s and another later 101 at Robin Hoods Bay. Is this the class 03 on a demolition train? Good luck, Alun
