Sun Chariot

I have one of the original Class 40 releases  but have lost some of  the mouldings which cover the screws that secure the chassis to the body. They are in the shape of underbody lifting lugs. Alas I cant locate the accompanying parts list, so unable to order replacements ( if available )

Anyone able to help with the respective parts number

Regards

Bob

Sad news regarding Dave Alexander. Dave passed peacefully away yesterday 20th April after a long battle against prostate cancer. Ive been privileged to know and class Dave as friend going back to the 70s and his South Shields Model Shop Days

He was an extremely talented but modest person who probably never knew just how much joy he had provided to UK railway modellers. From his Tyne Dock 9f conversion kit for a Hornby 9f  through his many kits covering ex NER locomotive types and then his Tyne & Wear Metro cars.

I recall the day he told me his next kit was to be a Tyne & Wear metro car and me thinking had Dave gone mad but what did I know. He sold every one he produced and was asked for more.  When I moved to 7mm Dave kindly produced some one off castings for me. Dave was also regular attendee on the show circuit with his own stand or helping out other traders.

Dropping off his Christmas card last December he informed me that his treatment had reached the end of the road and we spent the next couple of hours reminiscing about old times . Dave was truly a one off and I will miss him greatly as he will be by everyone who knew him.

Bob L

1 hour ago, Hal Nail said:

Have you spoken to them and they cant supply or just relying on the website info?

 

When I asked about the 45 parts, they did go and check and I think said they are still working through unloading pallets of spares.

 

 No I have not spoken to Gaugemaster

Looking at the Parts and price list I am assuming that these lists of parts have been prepared and supplied by Heljan.  Therfore its Heljan that is stating the items are unavailable not Gaugemaster.

Im happy to be convinced otherwise

Just checked to see if any of the long out of stock Deltic detail spares are now available at Gaugemaster and they are not

Interesting that they do provide a link to a full Heljan spares diagram and price list which includes all of the items I require but all are unavailable

Body side Brake caliper/brackets plus chains 

Bogie Guard irons

Windscreen wipers

The Deltic was a recent re-release so Heljan would have had the above parts produced again so why no spares

Obviously Gaugemaster can only supply parts which Heljan make available

All these bits which if you actually use the model will  eventually fall off and mysteriously disappear into thin air..... at least mine did

Well let us hope that we will see a full range of detailing spares especially for those models which have recently been re-released, epecially the O gauge Deltic.  Spares for that specific model have not been available for years

Bob

I have an original O gauge Heljan Deltic which was subjected to a conserable amount of upgrade work including Pete Harvey etches, Bogie sideframes remodelled to represent the correct Class 55 profile. Fuel tanks narrowed plus numorous replacement cast items and finally a full repaint. Many of the most important spares dried up ages ago . If you lost any of the Brake hangers or chains hard lines, window wipers the same.  Using the info supplied on the Spare parts drawing that was siupplied with my Deltic I contacted Heljan direct via their website . Their reply was a one liner referring me to contact Howes.

Fast forward to the announcemnt during 2019 that Heljan would be doing a rerun of the Deltic and thinking that this would mean fresh supplies of parts I  again contacted Heljan via their website, in fact twice asking if fresh supplies of Deltic parts would be released.... No reply what so ever. I then contacted Howes who told me they were hoping to see fresh supplies especially those that had been out of stock for some time.

The fact that Howes have called it a day speaks volumes,  draw you own conclusions

Bob

1 hour ago, Franzburg said:

Some more detailing. New correct smokedoor handles and LNER lamps. ( Colour red on locos aand brake vans until early thirties)

Rgds

Bernd

 

 May I ask from where did you source the replacement smokebox door handle (Dart) Looks a nice casting

Regards

Bob

On 26/12/2019 at 13:47, Bernard Lamb said:

Not the BR ones without modification.

Rear sand boxes and GS buffers amongst the detail differences and all manner of variation in the ejector pipe as already mentioned in several posts.

Bernard 

 Thank you for the clarification Bernard

Doe this latest Bachmann J72 release just cover the first ten of the class built or the remainder up to and including the latter builds 69001- 69028

17 hours ago, Gary H said:

Indeed. Those pointy windscreens (amongst the other numerous issues) on the Heljan example are awful. Really wanted an 0 gauge version but every time I look at it.............na. No way. Yet the Peak is lovely!

 Could not agree more Gary. An Accurascale O gauge Deltic or 37 mirrowing the sublime accuracy of the 4mm version would be irresistible 

Can anyone outline the detail differences between the original class members of J72s built way back from 1898 and the later 1950s build 69001 - 69028

Bob

16 hours ago, Accurascale Fran said:

 

Hi Nick L,

 

We are still on course for March 2020.

 

Cheers!

 

Fran

Please please Fran consider doing an O gauge Deltic and 37

regards

Bob

44 minutes ago, Accurascale Fran said:

 

Hi Tony,

 

Can confirm that they will be chassis mounted.

 

Cheers!

 

Fran

Just like your forthcoming Deltic I only wish you had plans to do these in O gauge

...........................and with the same glaring errors as before

On 18/10/2019 at 11:25, Sun Chariot said:

If its a BIG announcement it must be a Class 66. As all the liveries eventually seep out it could go on selling for years

and so it is a Class 66

If its a BIG announcement it must be a Class 66. As all the liveries eventually seep out it could go on selling for years

.........If only it was in O Gauge

Has Heljan got any O gauge Diesel release spot on ?

3 hours ago, Simond said:

Why would it need an XL?  It’s an expensive option.

 

A Zimo M645 will output 1.2A, all my 7mm locos run on typical Zimo or ESU “HO” decoders, including a few large locos which pull long trains (10 coaches / 40+ wagons) when there’s space to do it.  

 

Or have Hattons/Heljan gone for a huge current-hungry motor?

 

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I have no experience re the type pf motor in Heljan steam outline models only their diesels. Which I would have thought required the use of  XL decoder

 

Though I have used a sound decoder meant for a 4mm A4 in 7mm A4 albeit with a ABC motor/ gearbox set up

Bob

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On 24/09/2019 at 12:34, lankyandy said:

I will have a look into his sounds. Has anyone had a revised expected date as the last one has been and gone. Or could anyone from Hattons advise us on the expected delivery date? 

Many thanks

See the following link recentley in Hornby Magazine

https://hornbymagazine.keypublishing.com/2019/08/01/video-flying-scotsman-with-zimo-sound/ 

This example uses a Zimo 645R decoder  for OO

Digitrains supplied zimo 645R  active drive sound by Paul Chetter

For a Heljan  O gauge A3 an XL  decoder would be required.  I thought the Kylchap double chimmney exhaust souded pretty authentic and I'm very hard to please when comes to steam sounds

Bob

On 09/08/2019 at 16:53, YesTor said:

Interesting, and indeed somewhat surprising that the Porterbrook purple example is proving most popular.  That said, I'd imagine it is worth considering that sales for Rail Blue and BR Green will be spread across nine and seven variants respectively.  Let's suppose for one moment that only one version of each in Rail Blue and BR Green had been made available, then an educated guess might conclude that the Porterbrook chappy might well have been lower down in the popularity stakes?  The above assumes of course that buyers decide to buy based on livery alone - without factoring in detail and period variations etc - which of course will not be strictly true. 

 

 

 

 A 7mm version

Plus.... compared to the competition they are overpriced

1 hour ago, D9020 Nimbus said:

I'd have thought a J21 a more likely NE engine than a J24 to produce. There's also scope for a J39 to modern standards now Bachmann have cancelled theirs.

 

 Totally agree a J21 as 65099 is still with us

On 13/06/2019 at 16:40, JeffP said:

They do look nice, but the two-dimensioned expansion link isn't really too acceptable, not in this scale, is it?

 

Mind, someone with a bit of nous could design and market a nice etched fold up, or cast one...and maybe the radius rod too?

 

 Yes someone might think that they will sell enough to make it worthwhile to ptoduce.... but why.

 From recent released images it would appear that the cylinder drain cocks set up unique only to Flying Scotsman appear on all of the  LNER and BR examples

Such inaccuracies should not be there in the first place irrespective of the scale or price point

Great to see that they run pretty well at speed with a good load behind but the smokebox door on the BR 60103  example is wonky as is the the drivers side smoke deflector

A work still in progress