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Ref. loose keeper plate on front axle of the 0.4.2T?  Some forum members, like me, encountered this problem

A few days ago I posted in the main 14xx thread that I'd ordered a supply of suitable longer screws.

These have now arrived and I have test fitted replacements to my own model without problem.

The offer I made was to provide Forum colleagues with a set (3) free of charge - I just request the price of a stamp (88p for Large Letter Second class).

Please PM me if you'd like to have a set.

Best regards

Adrian

I have ordered a pack of the longer screws - not here yet but when they are (and I’ve checked they do the job)  you can have some for the price of a stamp!

Adrian

Hi Hal

In between jobs today I put in an order for some of these size screws.

There will be quite a surplus, so I’ll just make them available to anyone who wants a pair free of charge. 
 

I’ll just ask for the price of a stamp so I can post them out to colleagues.

I’ll put a note on here when they arrive in my hands and I’ve checked they do the trick on my own 0.4.2 tank

Thanks for  the heads up Hal

Regards

Adrian

which rather takes me back to my original posting - a U.K. supplier???

I could only find China sources when I looked but I’ll have another dig around

Adrian

Those tiny screws on the front keeper plate - the ones that have gone awol on my just arrived model!

I see I need to get hold of some M1.7 x 6mm to secure the plate.

Before I order 100, or is it 1000, from China .............. did anyone locate a source in the U.K.?

Just thinking, did anyone receive a pair of longer replacements from Dapol themselves? Maybe I should email them first?

Regards

Adrian

Thanks Hal - the short answer is a few years either side of nationalisation.

However, there is more - so I sent you a PM to explain.

regards

Adrian

Thanks Will - pm sent

Thanks Ray - pm sent

Does anyone have a copy of “Western Steam in camera” pub by IA 1976

It contains a photo in which these wagons figure - I’d really like to know some details about it.

Also do any other photos of these wagons spring to mind?

Any help gratefully received

Thanks

Adrian

3 plank and 4 plank versions:

My understanding - which could be wildly out - is that 3 plank were rebuilds of older stock and 4 planks were older stock that were gradually phased out in favour of 5 planks etc.

I would welcome being corrected on this and at the same time could I ask how long the two types would have remained in traffic - even in a backwater!

Help and guidance will be much appreciated!

Thanks

Adrian

PS as an aside, I notice the top plank of a Minerva 5 plank open is rather wider than the other planks.  This accounts for the vehicle being that much taller than the equivalent Coopercraft 5 plank.  They are different diagrams I guess??

Apologies first, this is not something I know much about!

Reading on the net, I came across some details of a wagon restoration that the Bluebell have been involved in.

Namely, 87782, a 10T 5plank open built by GRCW for the Great Western - part of a big supply contract.

Could I ask please, did this outside builder supply any of its 6plank side and end opens to the GW?

Thanks

Adrian

Thank you to everybody for sorting that for me.

The flat ended axles that Paul R mentions must be where I got my confused idea from
 

Might I ask - how do the Peco compare with Slaters?

regards

Adrian

In the past, when Parkside Dundas was a separate entity, If memory serves, wagon axles were flat ended and matched with the equivalent bearings.

Since Peco took over the range I wondered whether this setup had been changed in favour of the pin point axles/bearings used in the Peco wagon kits.

So, my question is, could anyone who has purchased a new Peco Parkside kit recently, please comment on their findings re. this feature.
 

Peco offer their own wheels/bearings as an accessory, which led me to wonder ..................

Thanks for any guidance

Adrian

PS it would be very handy to know what the O.D. of a Peco bearing is, as well please.

Hello BG man

Thanks very much for the info - very helpful

I posted because a moment ago I ticked “T” to thank you rather than the thumbs up - never done it before so concerned I hadn’t done it wrong!!

Adrian

Thanks Hal

Yes I spotted that wire tucked in the corner of the Rh tank!

I’ve seen you’ve worked on one of these models already.............

Can I ask you about those two battery boxes please?  Are they a plastic addon to the face of the chassis frames?
 

Easy/tricky to remove?

Thinking about removal,  what was the significance of your hint “one or both” - sorry to be ignorant on this point!
 

Thanks for your guidance

Adrian

Thank you Hal

Since posting I’ve found several photos of 58xx in BR livery and none show this vertical wire present.

Which of course fits in with your explanation of what it was for.

Perhaps then, it would seem safe to just remove from the 58xx model.

Bit of a “bonus” ??? It looks very fragile and handling must need to be very careful round that area.

Adrian

What is the purpose of the very fine pipe detail that runs vertically down the RH cabside from top of panel to footplate?

It seems to be present on all versions of the model.

I ask because I found a very clear but undated photo of 5809 bearing “Great Western” whilst at Blaenau Ffestiniog.

I am interested in obtaining a 58xx model and wondered if the absent pipe might be unique to 5809 or whether others of the class lacked it?  
 

Depends what it did, perhaps.  Hence my opening question!

Thank you for any guidance

Adrian

I wonder if I could resurrect this thread - nearly 9 years down the line!

Taking into account the application of the various “badging” at certain well known times, plus the outshopping in plain black following a works visit during the war years , my question is:

is there any evidence that any 58xx carried “GWR“  on green livery  in post war years?

does photographic evidence (albeit very limited)  suggest that the “GWR” was applied predominantly to wartime black livery?
 

The class as a whole seem a little camera shy, so to date I haven’t been able to determine the answer to this issue.
 

I have googled etc., honest!!  ............. before pitching my question here.  Maybe I just don’t have the right book?

Thank you for any help or opinion

Adrian

Just placed a first order with Monbank.

Have to say the communication has been excellent and Marc (owner) has been particularly helpful with my purchase.

Looking forward to receiving the loco now!

Adrian

I have recently bought one of the new Dapol 0.4.2 tanks, number 4811.

I’m interested in the history of the loco but haven’t been able to get very far.  My usual sources, BR loco database and Rail Online, don’t go back to the 1930s.

So, my question is, how does one track the shed allocation history of a given GW loco?

I have heard of Peto’s Register but have never seen volume 3 - which covers this group of locos.

Is the layout of Peto similar to Yeadons LNER Register?

would I get the information on 4811 from volume six of the RCTS books?

Or am I missing something obvious and need to be educated!

Hoping someone can point me in the right direction

Adrian

PS I apologise if this request has been posted previously

I wonder if a colleague on the forum could answer a question for me please?

I’m investigating my options with regard to combining some elements of Peco with C&L and would like to know the thickness of the plastic sleepers and timbers that C&L currently supply.

Thanks very much

Adrian

Would anyone have a copy of this edition of MORILL that I could buy?

Alternatively, if it were possible to obtain a scan of a particular article in the mag. (for non commercial use) that would be great.

Please pm me if you can help

Thank you

Adrian

That’s interesting Tim

The announcement re 30th March was made a while back and mines definitely shut down this morning!

Hope you continue to squeeze some life out of yours!

best regards

Adrian

Got up this morning to find that the existing app, as previously advised by the developer, has ceased to work from 30.03.20

Like many I guess, until now I have been using the free version - this option has now gone.

Instead a 7 day free trial leads into one of three bands of subscription: Basic, Silver and Gold.

My question is .................... has anyone identified on the Flight Radar website what the costs will be for UK users?

I’ve tried to locate the info but either the developer is being somewhat coy in this matter or my brain isn’t in gear yet (it’s 06.30 hrs)!!
 

Adrian

Great contribution, Colin - thank you

Adrian