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Recognise that you want to land the HUO successfully - and it looks like you will - but can we expect some sort of roadmap for follow on products over say the next 12-18 months? As you have recently given Irish scene modellers? 

An unmade Jidenco 4 wheel GWR Tool van just sold on eBay for £41 even though it is apparently still in production under the subsequent Falcon Brassworks branding for just £22.

Interesting thread. Class 116's also appeared on the Barnstaple and Minehead 'Branches' in their final years. So far as Barnstaple is concerned this includes their use in the hybrid Class 120/116 formations put together in the mid 1960s. 

I remember being really impressed by the elder brother of a girl in my class at infant school who laid his Hornby/Triang track on the floor from his bedroom, along the landing and into a another bedroom. Points, a tunnel and all sorts of stuff. Lots of play fun in that. I just had a simple oval of track that sat on the dining table, when it was clear enough to use.

My first thought on this - which may not be the right one - is what is the risk that you would be protecting against in this context? Would a short stub, continuing the main siding, be more likely than catch points? Might be better aesthetically as well? 

Hmmm. I have bought RM for the past 4 months, after 30 years of not doing so. It is - as a printed magazine - a quality product, in the strictly physical 'in your hands' sense. But it is also a bit like an old fashioned tea shop. Comforting, very familiar (e.g. in terms of Pritchard product placement; the local event listings) but not quite with the zeitgeist. For example, the article on 'motors' was interesting, but a bit impenetrable. Reflecting on how i felt afterwards i think that the issues being considered would have ben far better dealt with online in an e.g. you tube format. That is one of the advantages of the inter web. The ability to really 'show' rather than just 'tell'. 

I wish it well, particularly if it supports newcomers to the hobby. But if it wants to retain a pre-eminent position in the hobby I wish it had a more cutting edge to it. With RTR seemingly on the verge of pricing itself out of the 'new entrant' market we need all those with influence to use it.

Necessary anyway for the particular bogie centres of this loco, I'd have thought.

 

The Nim.

Good luck then.

Where do you see that? All I see is ETA: TBC!

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I very much hope you're right though!

On the Hatton's website - due July/August 2018. Site seems to have been updated with the most recent delivery details/price rises (e.g Class 117 DMU) that have featured in e.g. Hattons/Rails recent email updates.

The corner valance intersection and solebar profile are completely different on the two classes.  The 21 is far more marked, the 22 flatter.

Correct - more pronounced

 There's no such problem. The width available within the underside body opening with the bevelled turn under fully represented will still be plentifui to admit a twin bogie drive line with a good fat motor. It might prevent the possibility of making the body clip on to the mechanism; but screw attachment to internally moulded blocks is one suitable proven alternative.

 

There is a challenge in reproducing the external form accurately, it may be that a two piece body shell  will be necessary.

 

A single piece body moulding would pose a mould release problem, but there are several potential solutions

A bespoke chassis then.

Having now obtained a copy of the Model Railway Constructor for May 1976 I see that it includes a useful list of brake van 'conversions for service use', mostly AA3's, the conversions taking place between 1942 and 1949, in addition to the drawings of the main Brake Van diagrams. I think it is a good example of how sometimes less is more, as the text and drawings summarise the variations from AA1 through to AA21 very succinctly. 

At least Maroon Portholes are now shown as due this summer. 

My guess is that they were removed pretty quickly, after the 'assets' were recovered.

But you might want to view the photo of the Barnstaple East loop signal box, which is in the John J Smith collection, Bluebell Museum Archive. Suitably derelict, awaiting demolition, June 1960.

http://www.bluebell-railway-museum.co.uk/archive/photos/jjs/b03/3-33-2.htm

I guess that a significant turn under could create a problem when fitting the body shell to the chassis - although I don't think that the turn under was as pronounced on the Class 22 this may be why the valances on the Dapol Class 22 were included in a detailing pack, to be fitted by the purchaser? The Class 22s also had a mid body 'crease' which is captured on the Dapol version, so I doubt that will be missing here.

There is an interesting article in the Guardian online, the gist of which is - for Toys R Us - that they have failed to move with the times. It is no longer a positive shopping experience.

My guess for Maplin is that it is cheap competition. I have noticed quite a few references to 'cheap stuff from China' on RMWeb, in a variety of contexts. Then there are the UK intermediaries, that make it seem that you are buying from a UK business. It is amazing that Maplin's has lasted as long as it has.

Depends on the date that the episode was set. I believe that the last W.R. steam at Oxford was in December 1965, although there could have been some inter-regional stuff for a couple of years after that, certainly until the end of Southern steam in 1967?

3rd January 1966 seems to be the key date. Although as you suggest the Railway Observer noted that York-Bournmouth service remained steam hauled, and a couple of steam headed freights were seen in January (1966, p85). But no more steam shunting.

Hi All,

 

If it’s of any interest to readers of this thread, I have posted my build using the Oxford TOAD on my Little Didcot thread here:

 

http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/51212-little-didcot/page-44&do=findComment&comment=3017181

 

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All the best,

 

Castle

I think that this conversion is inspirational! At least it has inspired me to buy two brake vans, to do something similar. I see in Russell that there were also similar conversions based on plated sided vehicles. And - for variety - tunnel inspection vehicles. So some scope for 'what if'. That is, it is just as valid to reproduce railway practice (i.e. vehicles for particular tasks) as it is to reproduce specific vehicles. 

Severn Models (severnmodels.com) do them in etched form.

Try rolling some Blu-tack over the sticky parts. It works for removing the sticky remnants of price tags on CD cases and the like.

I was also going to suggest Blu-tack. Masking tape works in similar way. Gentle 'dabbing' in both cases, once you know it is lifting the 'sticky' away.

Class 31?

(Sadly not 'Siver Lady' in 009, together with set of Modelu figures of the main characters from the series.)

As some others have said I think that my enjoyment of a particular railway modelling magazine has less to do with my specialist interests and more to do with general things, like improving RTR, scratch building, scenery, weathering etc. regardless of era. In other words it is an encouragement to 'get something done'.

As far as my specialist interests are concerned I find books on relevant subjects far better value. The best are something I return to time and time again. And if I buy a dud then there is always eBay or the jumble.

And then there are specialist societies - and the internet. Which connects with a separate RMweb thread, about the need to share specialist knowledge before it is lost.

Maroon versions surely a cash cow for Bachmann? And an easy way to make a lot of people happy. (Writing as an WR modeller with an interest in late 50s/early 60s summer Saturdays). 

I can report a more positive experience - ordered a wagon kit (GWR Cordon) at the end of November and it arrived the week before Christmas, so less than 4 weeks. 

Communication is time consuming. But in this thread (and similar others) it is clear that not communicating (particularly with reasonable customers) is a false economy. Silence is a void that people often fill with negative assumptions. I had a positive experience earlier this week (from an unrelated supplier), an email saying that something I had just ordered would be delayed because the stock is in transit. And I will not be charged until it arrives. So I know precisely where I stand. 

But to demonstrate sympathy with those of you who have had negative experiences I was glad to read recently in a different thread that C&L are working through their November orders (and so should reach mine eventually). I am in no particular hurry. But it is a pity that I only found out in an indirect way.

Hope someone is thinking about the 'opportunity' of providing a crew and other related items (ammunition etc.)

By late summer early autumn grasses have flowered and set seed, so you might expect a lot of straw colour in the situation you are describing - lots of tall dried clumps but with new shorter green shoots at the base. If cut and 'tended', as on e.g. an embankment then there will be a higher proportion of the green. Also where damp. So sounds as if muted colours is right.

Enjoyed both the magazine and 'DVD'. Real insight into the challenge of 'maintaining' Pendon. But also strong emphasis on 'operation'. Hope it does well.