DapolDave

Hi Paul,

 

It would be logical to go with what we have first so I will 'tentatively' say the 21 first, then while tooling build slides into the tool to allow variants further (excuse the pun) down the line :-)

Cheers

Dave

Sometimes things like these happen and make your day.

 

Paul has certainly made mine, that's for sure.

PM sent and dialogue started :-)

 

Cheers

Dave

I believe steam have kept back 'some' of the batch for such an eventuality.

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Dave

If its got hewed screws I doubt DCC supplies can do much to be honest. I'd think Steam is your best port of call.

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Dave

It is normally the case that a ltd will include a few extras over the top of the number of certficates, I have previously ended up buying one of these additional locos well after the original release sold out, when the commissioner decided to sell them on (I guess after the year warrenty had expired)

Only 400 of these supplied I'm afraid, as under the 'W' warranty scheme replacement parts and chassis for repair etc are/will be available through our spares / repairs / warranty agent DCC supplies.

Cheers

Dave

Can you define 'negative reply'? As part of my job I work in university and other archives all the time. 9 times out of 10 they don't know what they have in their collections. These places are generally on their knees: they don't have the staff to go through their collections and catalogue them. Or when they do, the collections are so vast that they can't remember what they have: in the U of Edinburgh a minor - minor - theologian had a 186-page catalogue devoted to him! At one National Library I had to actually fetch a book off their shelves that stated in black and white that the library possessed the collection that the librarians denied they possessed. I've visited one (sic) library that told me what they had in their collections; the rest of the time it was me telling them. Have you actually searched their catalogue? Or asked them to provide you with a copy? It might be that my title of 'Doctor' and my university affiliation would open more doors/grease more palms. Let me know if you want me to contact them for you.

But I'm puzzled/miffed that you announced the model without ascertaining whether it was actually feasible - i.e., whether drawings existed. You don't seem to have a next move, and people are, rightly, cancelling their orders.

Hi, we didn't announce before we ascertained the feasibility.

Indeed our announcement was based on what we thought was a reliable source claiming to have ALL the NBL plans we required for both this loco and he D600. In reality he only had 'some' D600 plans.

 

My next move is to complete the 121 & 122 models satisfactorily while trying (still) to source NBL plans for the 21/29, so I resent your 'no next move' comments, as this business is all about having a 'next move' or plan B.

It just so happens that out 'next move' / plan B is to move up the 121 & 122 while we continue to try to source the relevant drawings.

 

My own thoughts are that with the Mitchell doesn't have the relevant NBL plans ( and recently someone has tried in person on our behalf with no joy) or they aren't catalogued. Indeed the NRM insist they have relevant drawings but they definitely aren't catalogued yet.

 

Now in either case, we cannot make either body prioritise the cataloging of these drawings so we can use them for a model. But if you feel you can use leverage to get them, then please do, and I look forward to receiving copies.

 

Dave

Which lights? Directional or cab, analogue or DCC?

Cheers

Dave

Dave has already stated it's too late to make any changes to the n gauge one but then he has also said it does look better than the 4mil one

Jim

Yes, but I am an N gauge modeller (the gauge of kings ;-))

I'm sorry Jon020,

 

This affects the Blue ones as they are currently 'in country'.

 

i can only suggest if its such a deal breaker you cancel your order and wait for the next run sometime in the autumn if they prove popular.

this will have the added bonus of freeing up a model for someone else.

 

Cheers

Dave

Hi guys,

 

And thanks John.

 

As you can imagine i have had no cause to actually open up a Western production model yet and i dont have any to hand either which is a pain.

The Western was specified as clip in cab fittings, not (and i mean NOT (are you listening in china)) clip then glue into place.

The first and second EP models had this clip in feature and so did the approval decorated models i received originally.

 

you can imagine after actually specifying the clip in cab etc, and seeing it on the cad/cam and on the model, my frustration with then now gluing the successful clip in methon into place as well!! Grrrrrrrrrr

 

Anyway, i've fired off a mail to China in the last 30 minutes (Friday 11.50am here now), and will get answers and an assurance it wont happen on future models, either for clients or stockists.

cheers

Dave

I think the glazing is part of the main bodyshell.

Nope,

 

its a separate plastic part.

None of the cab is glued (unlike the 22's) so removal is easier.

 

cheers

Dave

Morning everyone,

 

China have informed me that they can leave the black rubber seal painting off the headcode glazing, but cannot due to the fineness and difficulty paint the black around the aperture of the opening on future models.

 

whats do you all think? Should it be removed or not. Your choice.

cheers

Dave

Hi S.A.C Martin,

 

I have deleted my petulant posts of yesterday, mainly because i feel they have no place on this forum as they were plain wrong.

 

cheers

Dave

WWII?? Are you using predictive text by any chance, DD?

Blinking I-pad predictive texts.

Mind you perhaps 'Western Ruhr' would be a nice name

Hi Geoff,

slight confusion on my behalf here.

If you are referring to battery box clips we are doing both types.

BR blue at launch should have the later ones, but revisiting for earlier ones on re-runs WWII happen sooner or later.

Cheers

Dave

It's the photos in Hornby magazine which first drew my attention to the prominence of the lip.

 

Another minor fault is the presence of red route restriction dots (early) on a locomotive with Talisman clips (late).

 

Of course, if the blue model is to be D1005 it would also have lost the headboard clips on one end by the time the Talisman clips were fitted.

 

Geoff Endacott

Ah but the fact that the model comes with no name or number plates fitted means if D1005 is not your bag because of the clips then you can choose your own individual preference or the livery.

 

Cheers

Dave

University archive department were contacted personally by me, but I got a negative reply.

Hi Andy,

Your reading is incorrect.

 

The NRM have been contacted and are searching for us, and we have tried the Mitchell library a few times but with little joy.

 

As for the basic work, this started some time ago and ran, for a while, concurrently with the 22 project.

At the moment the 21/29 model development is on hold until more details come to light.

Cheers

Dave

The 21/29 has been widely advertised as being put back further due to lack of workd plans to follow (we'd rather wait and get it right than not and muck it up), so a couple of months ago we made the decision to hold back further and bring another model scheduled for later, forward (class 121 + 122).

Cheers

Dave

There's 3 impressions with Cheddar Gorge nameplates, 1 in sand, 1 in green and 1 in maroon.

The sand one is in a cabinet on the mezzanine leading to the NRM search engine.

 

Each one incidentally had cast cycling lion emblems in different places, and 1 had 2 on1 side.

 

Cheers

Dave

Mmmmmm I was born just too late only definitely seeing Westerns outside Swindon in April 77 :-(

However better to see some than none at all, like the 22's, 42+43's and 35, and 600's (apart from Ark at Barry).

 

I hope some really great layouts come from the Westerns and 22's in both gauges.

I fancy a shed someplace fictitious with sound fitted hydraulics burbling away.

 

Yummy

Dave

Well they will look different, but to be honest I would say that. Lol

A couple of polite requests for those who are buying a Dapol Western, as I can't possibly justify one for Bromley North.  Please can someone with a Heljan Western do a photo comparison and can someone do a comparison with a photo of the real thing, where the two are compared at the same size.  Cheers. 

Not sure that's a waste of time to be honest!

That's true, some of the names were less inspirational, almost as if they were struggling towards the end to think of more, but some really do capture the spirit of the times... 'Enterprise' being one of them in my opinion.

 

The list I am most interested in is one I heard about ages ago - I think it may even have been published in Railway Magazine - where the names did not have the 'Western' prefix at all but were mostly places across former GW territory. Anyone seen it, or got a copy?

Ah, good old "Cheddar Gorge" :-)