jamieb

There's a building on the road from Telford to Bridgnorth,between the river and the cliff that looks like it should be a railway station but I think it was some kind of waterworks

Can you all stop with the petty bickering please,it seems to be an ever growing phenomenon here.I come on this site for entertainment, not to endure grumpy middle aged men arguing over toy trains!

I know it's unlikely but an unpainted/grey primer version would be fantastic,even if available direct from Rapido only?

I'd reckon £400 for that

I think the idea is you buy several examples and mix and match to find the version that suits

Well that's one of the most random postage stamps ever! Do you think they chose U1 because it was close to UI (Union Island?)

Your maths are out here! There isn't a 2mm difference in wheel size,it's 2" on the prototype which is 0.66mm on the model,well within 'worn tolerance limits' should they decide to go that way,although that does depend on what diameter the Dapol 5'8" wheels are in model form If they are oversize they'll be no good for an 81XX, if they are slightly undersize,they may get away with it!

As I see it, there are A LOT of locomotive classes that haven't been made in RTR ,or not even had kits available.Some are quite large classes,not withstanding the DX goods mentioned before,but locos such as the Fowler 7F, the Fowler/Stanier 3P tanks already alluded to, on the Southern there's the U/U1 classes,Q class 0-6-0, C2X, the LNER has J classes everywhere,K4,B16,all sorts really, whilst glaring gaps in the GWR are Saints and County's,both done to a lesser standard in the past.Im not a fan of continually updating perfectly serviceable models from the past but these are in need of it,however I can't see another GWR 4-6-0 appearing so soon after the Manor AS are probably leaning towards locos with preserved examples ,as most manufacturers do for obvious reasons.If they choose something already made before but in need of an update, likely candidates are an 8F or a D49,something new may be a K4 or Gordon Highlander,which would please the SECR fans too.An older style pannier tank would go down well too,2021 anybody? But please no Bulleid Pacifics/Patriots/57XX/A3 etc,there are decent enough models out there,let's have something new

Oh dear.....an I or a K class is likely to release the moths from the wallet...

I'd have a DX goods but I suspect I'm in a minority as they barely made it to the 1930s

The fact that there is no sample photo of the 81XX suggests to me that the wheels will be the correct diameter and this variant is still awaiting a completed sample

Can I have one of these please to go with the Chaldrons. Failing that,how about a Midland 2F, the one with the round top firebox, not the deformed Belpaire version!

No, impatience is bad manors

Looking at it,I think the lack of rivets on the model is what makes the ends look slightly out compared to the prototype photo

Well,I've received one of the first production samples today and I have to say that despite all the hype,to my eyes the detail looks a bit on the 'clunky' side

As others have said, the body still stands up pretty well.I'd rather see new prototypes that haven't been done before,or those that are old and unsatisfactory by today's standards ...and yes a 3P tank or a MR 2F would be nice.... But my point is ,every update of what is in essence a perfectly good model,just pushes the 'never beens' further down the line, and stretches the pockets of the customers even further

There's probably been a Scott, but unlikely to have had a Walter! (Although I'm sure Love Island has had its share of Wallies!)

Unless things have changed since I lived there,it's a bit of a wasteland for model shops. Kemp Models closed in the late 1980s and there's not been a specialist model railway shop since. There's one in Eastbourne I recall,in the other direction there's Gaugemaster near Arundel

This may be of interest to anyone contemplating having a go! Unfortunately some of the photos disappeared in the great crash

This shows what a minefield these GWR engines are as I found a picture yesterday of 3262 in the early 1930s WITH a top feed..the GW were very inconsiderate to future historians with all this swapping of boilers!

I would make a semi- educated guess to it being 3262 ex St Ives. This engine had the 'eyebrow' windows, top feed and the small Dean 2500(?) gallon tender as seen in the photo. The name would fit in with the reasons for removing some names (because the GWR obviously reckoned it's passengers were too stupid to differentiate) There's a couple of pics on the web,this loco was rebuilt into Dukedog 3215,the only example with this style of window, and pictures of this are a bit easier to come by

Seems obvious to me that there's no coal in the tender because it fell out when you ran the loco upside down! Was it on Jenny Kirk's railway from the Hornby program ?

It could be something amiss with the DPD system, but most probably just an unfortunately timed coincidence. I get these quite often from different sources,this morning an Evri delivery driver apparently missed me at 4am!

So in theory,could you use P4 wheels for the inner pairs?

Be careful with these messages from DPD and others.Many are scams to get money from you ,you can often tell by how they address you on the text.Only genuine ones will have your real name ,scams may just say Dear Customer or similar