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5 hours ago, Captain Slough said:

Trix used to sell Dublo coupling adapters for triang stock that clip into the anchor for the hook - I've got an SR GUV around here somewhere with some on.

 

Also I Dublo'd up a Hornby 29 just by putting a coupling pivot on the top side of the mount for the tension lock....

Trix did not sell coupling adapters, PECO made and sold them.

Richard

You cannot use NEM sockets for H/D or PECO couplings, the simplest solution would be to obtain a PECO coupling pack as it comes with a pin for pivot and you will need to pack the height with plastic sheet.

Richard

The y10 model you refer to has nothing to do with Wrenn modifying HD tooling from the cattle wagon, it was a new body tool produced towards the end  of the company's existance.

Secondly the y10 was purely a GWR conversion, BR only did their version y8.

So the number on the Dapol model is a complete work of fiction.

Richard

On 13/09/2022 at 20:05, Captain Kernow said:

So is it no coincidence that the name of the Brislington shop eventually changed to Bailies Dailies?

 

I remember going there back in the day, it was a well stocked shop, but I can't remember when the name changed or when it closed.

 

Bailies Dailies started as a newspaper shop and evolved into a model shop, then changed name to Kemp models.

Pak75,

Modern Hornby/Gibson/Romford wheels will fit into HD models with no modification, you do not need brass bearings or any adustment.

Just release the metal clip from the top and slide it out, the new wheel set can be placed into the one side (with clip in place) then put the other clip over axle end and wiggle the clip back into place, job done.

Richard

I feel that a lot of ill informed speculation about this locomotive from Lionheart, if their Churchward 45xx 2-6-2 prairie tank is retailing at MRP £512.33 why should this be much different?

Richard

Good afternoon Tony, found this photograph of the tanks you weathered, the main wagon featured is ex-works, but the others are pretty grimy.

Richard

On 21/08/2021 at 17:09, Adrian Stevenson said:

Dapol are going to be at the O gauge get together at SVR next weekend, so if there is no update prior, I will ask.

 

Cheers, Ade.

 

Ade

Dapol are not the manufacturer of this Loco, unless Richard Webster is on the stand he is the designer and manufactures under the Lionheart label.

Richard

Found this on YouTube, hope this is interesting to others.

You cannot solder to Mazac, I suggest that you use Araldite or Superglue.

Richard

Does anyone know what the little thing on the tripod is for? Looks like a Laser for checking the levels, it rotates continuously and the special staff bleeps when the correct level is achieved.

Richard

25 minutes ago, The Johnster said:

Nice idea, but in fact the raised planking joins were used because it made production engineering sense in 1958; it was very much easier to release the completed body from the injection mould than if the joins had been correctly represented as grooves.  This was normal practice in those days, cf Hornby Dublo/Wrenn Fruit D or PMV and plastic bodied goods vehicles; nowadays with better mould technology and better plastics there is little problem in releasing the mouldings and the correct relief can be modelled, but the Triang Utility Van is a very old model.  It's failings were probably acceptable for late 50s RTR but it was long overdue for an upgrade, which it has now had.  I have one, Roxeyfied but with the original doors, and door thickness plus the raised plank joins are the only major problems; it has correct bogies, decent underframe, and has been worked up a bit in terms of gangways and handrail detail.  It is not a bad model, but I intend to replace it with the new version, and it will be retired when I do.

Johnster

Hornby Dublo never produced models with raised joint lines, it was a cheaper way of producing a tool something HD never did, and their body mouldings compare with the latest produced now. Not the first time you have written something before checking your facts.

Richard

Amanda

I've just looked on https://www.hamodels.net and it looks like they ship overseas and stock huge range of kits and all the bits you need to finish them.

No connection except as a customer in the past.

Richard

2 minutes ago, gwrrob said:

 

Model Rail 16xx.

Not a standard pannier, only 7714 exists in preservation.

Just an update, Antics and Rails are showing them in stock today.

Richard

7 hours ago, Ruffnut Thorston said:

All four the same shape?

Looking closely at the photographs the length of the stanchions are different, the first photo shows the right one clearly shorter, so it's either a moulding defect or as suggested someone has modified them.

Richard

On 02/11/2020 at 11:59, Joseph_Pestell said:

The surviving Portholes and Hawksworths were probably all built post 1948. Last year for LMS built coaches seems to be 1967 with the exception of just one vehicle in 1976 (Jenkinson/Essery). I can't help wondering if that is a typo. Or perhaps a coach that got abandoned somewhere and forgotten about?

I would imagine that the sole remaining LMS vehicle could be an inspection coach, (I seem to remember one of these turned up on the SVR around that time before it went to Scotland).

Richard

27 minutes ago, Northmoor said:

.....Which makes it even more inexcusable that the Portishead re-opening project has taken so long and had its budget so massively inflated.  The cost increase is largely (I understood) to provide the necessary capacity for the regular passenger trains AND the Portbury freight.

I'm afraid, a lot of extra costs are down to private Consultants who view projects like this as a gravy train (pun intended), for example the Station proposed at Portishead is a stainless steel and glass monstrosity, a temporary Portacabin would be better until traffic figures prove a more permanent building is justified.

Richard 

I have successfully fitted standard modern Hornby / Bachmann pinpoint wheels  to H/D rolling stock with no modifications, I was very dubious at first but they work very well and improve to running qualities, just remove one of the metal clips slide one end of the axle in the remaining fixed metal clip on the wagon and then place the loose clip over the other end and wiggle the clip back home.

Richard

Amanda

Try http://www.peteroles.co.uk/

Richard

Just found another photograph on flickr taken pre-war

26 minutes ago, CME and Bottlewasher said:

Interesting, any photos of such vehicles in service? Eg blue grey and unmodified windows from that era?

 

I'm always wary of 'evidence' from heritage railways, restoration isn't always indicative of vehicles 'in service' from the era.

By the time the coaches entered preservation they were all in blue grey livery and the railway I worked on didn't back date them - that would be madness as the early versions let water in as a matter of course, many of the early versions were scrapped when the later ones became available.

There are or were many examples in preservation that have the original windows, they were just patched by BR with new sections let in,

Good reference to GWR coaches is this website http://www.gw-svr-a.org.uk/

Richard

Did I dream this or are Oxford releasing a Class B tanker (you know like the old Airfix Esso tanker). I know Heljan brought one out , but I kind of remember thinking I'd wait for the Oxford one .  But now can't remember seeing anything! 

 

Senility is setting in!

No you didn't dream it, I asked at the NEC show and was told by the guy on the Oxford stand that the model had been put on hold because of the Heljan model.

Richard