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1 hour ago, dj_crisp said:

I wonder if Accurascale will have the same wheel size challenges with the 50 ;)

 

To scale or not to scale.

Bit of Shakespear there?

1 hour ago, PieGuyRob said:

It was more out of curiosity. I don't even own an Accurascale Deltic!

Strange that. I don't even have a class 37 ordered. Might be nice though. Pre-TOPS, split headcode, blue, RHS, if anyone is listening. 6772 if you can manage it.

1 hour ago, PieGuyRob said:

Will the class 37's wheels fit in a Deltic? Just asking for a friend.

Has the therapy session started?

12 minutes ago, JohnR said:

 

I make that 3 feet and 6.6 inches. That is a SHOCKING 0.4inches smaller! Totally unacceptable, please cancel my subscription, etc...

Well, drastic and immediate action was not what I expected. Just clarification from the manufacturer.

Just as well I made my apologies first, I suppose.

The noticeably underscale wheels supplied with Accurascale's 'Deltic' – only 3ft diameter compared to the altogether heftier-looking 3ft 7ins of the real thing – are one of its least attractive features. The way the loco has been designed, it is difficult if not impossible to replace them with wheels of the correct diameter and still negotiate tighter-than-scale curves.

As both Bachmann and ViTrains recognise, the wheels of a class 37 are also 3ft 7ins diameter. Would Fran like to confirm what diameter of wheels his model will use and if the same unfortunate compromise has once again been deemed necessary?

I apologise if this issue has been clarified elsewhere in the topic but I have been unable to find a reference.

Thanks,

Bob

2 hours ago, GRUNFOS said:

 

I will be replacing mine this weekend, if it successful then you can have mine.

 

Paul 

Hello Paul,

Thanks for the offer. Would you mind explaining what your plans are?

Regards,

Bob

PS My intention is to change the headcode but using the glazing from the model, as I have done on countless other models.

15 hours ago, westonp said:

I had one of the limited edition models arrive last week. It has already been returned. 
As well as the sluggish and growly motor (even after a period of running in and wheel clean) and non-functioning cab lights, mine was also missing a number of the solebar pipe stubs/fins at each end. As they were not in the box I assume they were broken off in the factory. 
The attached photos even show one missing in the Hornby magazine review. 
 

Has anyone else had this issue?

 

Needless to say with all the other faults/inaccuracies I have cancelled my other order and will be asking for a refund/credit for the returned one. 
 

There really is no excuse for a model as poor as this these days. 

I can't quite put my finger on it.

Contacted Heljan and had no response.

Contacted retailer who initially responded within 90 minutes to look for a spare part. After a week I enquired about replacement or refund and had no response.

28 minutes ago, MikeParkin65 said:

Very much liking this model - just got to decide which yet. Not sure if it has been mentioned before, apologies if it has but does anyone know if the green handles in the yellow panel and yellow handles in green on D57 are correct ? I’ve been looking through prototype images and have yet to find one painted like this. It was the only question that kept my card in my pocket on Saturday to be honest!

Green handles on yellow and yellow handles on green looks very wrong to me.

Bob

14 hours ago, Phil Bullock said:

Ah no… Dave is Chair of Saltley Mutual Improvement Class,  and Sid has his drivers exam next week. He dare not be seen reading anything other than rules and regs…. he has to get past the inscrutable Inspector Inglis, and Sid knows he will be twice as tough once he realises Saltley’s infamous Stan “Stacker” Steadman is his uncle…. 

Looks like the Sporting Life to me. You don't get rule books with pages that big. Unless he's looking at the rule book centre fold. I poster size photograph of the controls of Kestrel, with a red hot cuppa, waiting to be supped. Eee! I'd want for nowt else. 

26 minutes ago, Phil Bullock said:

Ah that’s what it is! 
 

 

Dave the driver is a confirmed non smoker, woe betide any second man who lights up in his cab. He’s such a fresh air fiend he even has his drivers side window open at 80 mph… 😀

And Sid is pawing through the Sporting Life for the runners and riders at the Gold Cup.

2 hours ago, w124bob said:

I can't repost Flickr images onto here(copy and paste issue)however a quick search for D64 or 45045 shows the nose end as normal,  no small hole. I've checked all my class 45 book collection as well as Rail-Online, nothing. So why it appears on the Heljan model is a mystery! It's very clear on the Rails of Sheffield images. Just checked and it's present on all versions with that headcode variation in green as well!

The plot thickens.

Thanks

1 hour ago, stovepipe said:

And this one - 45143.

 

Well I never. Question answered and confusion gone.

Thanks chaps.

Bob

Edit: Mind you, the hole in the model is on the other side to these examples but I'm satisfied.

35 minutes ago, Holmesfeldian said:

 

 

Some class 25s and 40s had a circular blanking plate on the nose ends from royal train duty to facilitate a radio communication wire from the train to the cab. See link below

 

Royal Trains

 

I don't recall a class 45 being used on Royal duty, however.

 

Thanks. IT's in the right sort of place.

Bob

On 05/10/2022 at 14:21, Modelu Chris said:

With thanks to Heljan for letting us borrow an EP of their class 45 we have been able to make a custom crew for it. 

 

These will be available on our website soon. 

 

 

Confusion.

I have just received and unboxed Coldstream Guardsman and a quick inspection revealed what I thought was an unpainted spot on the nose, just to the right of the left hand lower grab handle. Identical at both ends, so obviously intentional.

Looking at the engineering sample, the first photograph, above, shows that there is a hole in that position. I can't find any evidence of it from a very brief review of photographs of class 45s.

Can anyone enlighten me?

Thanks,

Bob 

11 hours ago, Phil Bullock said:

Dear Inspector Mortimore,

 

Honest Guv …. I mean, you expect me to run a timetable on the LM/WR with no Peaks or hydraulics and class one trains made up of composites with no catering vehicles? The punters won’t have it… the LMS van police would have nowt on the ensuing scrum 😀

 

But scaling of scenery would be much easier as you say. The non railway topography had to rise from zero elevation at the rail over rail bridge to 5 inches at Norton in a distance of 72 inches …. A gradient of 1 in 15 I reckon! We will have to import Welsh farm livestock with legs on one side shorter than t’other ….. Lincolnshire flat land types would never cope!

 

Cant see it catching on meself…. But we may find fewer 4mm models as a result of certain manufacturers 1:120 production. But I don’t buy it from

 them these days, they don’t make anything for me…. 
 

But the King of Bash Street could always see what other Mk1 coaches he could produce from a CK and BCK! 😄

 

Eeh happy modelling, back on the scenery today ….. although Slaati Blaatvast would not be impressed, not a Fjord to be seen.

 

 

 

 

He got an award you know. For his fjords.

Hurry up or you'll be late.

25 minutes ago, blueeighties said:

Like that very much

As I recall, the dullest sounding named peak but always nice to see it after all these years.

Mind you, D60 would have brought even fonder memories.

Bob

Phil,

I had better start planning a week away with the wife to coincide, then we can stumble across a model railway exhibition we could go to.

"Do you fancy a couple of hours looking a trains, pet?".

While you're there, it's our 40th anniversary tomorrow. We'll be having breakfast at the Kettle Sings. Long way from Durham for a full English but I'm sure it's worth it.

The evening will be spent AT the Moody Cow, hopefully not with one.

Bob

While everyone is rightly agonising over the missing cab-end handrails on the latest batch of Dapol class 68s, I'm surprised no one appears to have noticed that on 68026-34 the prominent roof-mounted air-conditioning units at each end should be black and not grey as supplied.

One positive thing here, it'll put a stop to those opportunists buying large numbers of Accurascale models and hawking them on internet auction sites at ridiculously inflated prices, only days after their release. As is happening with the Deltic.

I wouldn't be surprised if orders are cancelled by such individuals, thinking that the loss of deposit is preferable to having a cupboard full of models they can't ship for any more than the RRP.

My approach has been, buy far more than any railway is ever likely to need. Then build the railway. Establish how many you actually need once the railway is operating. Then struggle to try and convince yourself that 90% of everything you love needs to go.

An alternative would be to build the railway first then buy what is needed to provide a convincing and entertaining service. It also eliminates the emotional turmoil associated with the first method.

Having said that, a famous sage of this manor described layouts into two categories:

 1. A model railway where it is designed to reflect the operations of a railway. Having a purpose.

 2. An opportunity to run trains.

Nothing wrong with either but ultimately number 1 will provide greater satisfaction. However, the approach will have some influence over how many locos/trains you'll want.

For approach 1, you'll need to have enough to fulfil the service to be provided on the railway.

For approach 2, you'll need considerably more so that you don't become bored of the same trains going past.

My railway, once finished, will fall into approach 2 and will involve some emotional turmoil when it come to the cull.

I am determined that my next railway will be approach 1, but I don't think I'm clever enough to do it convincingly.

Bob

14 minutes ago, Phil Bullock said:

I think that will depend on how many crew we have at any time ! 
 

Essentially it’s 3 routes -  B&G and OWW, then the third superimposed on them as a dumbbell with reverse loop at both ends . 
 

I think it’s 4 minimum to cope with the amount of stock to put out… one driving in each direction on Up and Down B&G and OWW . Jacks of all trades … driving signalling and stock / loco changes although hopefully not too much of the latter given fiddle yard capacity. Careful liaison needed to avoid conflicting moves although visible semaphores should largely prevent that and trains taking the third route would transfer operator on the Abbotswood to Norton curve.

 

if we ever have the luxury of number 5 then a signalman…. And number 6 yard man/rotating spare…..

 

Dies that sound like a plan? 

Put me down as the Bobby.

14 hours ago, Phil Bullock said:

Operating this one May be a bit more complex ! 😀

Phil,

What are the plans for operating the railway? Will you have drivers and signalmen (people) or will you have Jacks (and Jills) of all trades.

I won't complete the saying.

Bob

2 hours ago, Phil Bullock said:

Track laying has now progressed from Norton Junction as far as the entrance to the high level OWW fiddle yard… 

 

Crack on, bonny lad. Crack on.

16 minutes ago, Enterprisingwestern said:

 

It's all that QC!

 

Mike.

Quietly Confident.