JamFjord
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1 hour ago, RapidoCorbs said:
Thank you, the team is very pleased with the design so far.
The blue one is effectively 'Gamma' without the name or the logo on the nose :)
@RapidoCorbs - the team should be pleased, it's a little beauty! I'll be after the Bowaters Kent and Shell Mex models, I think, but which of the offered variants would you recommend as most suitable for adaptation to Heysham No. 2 (either as preserved at Ribble or working at Lancaster)? TIA
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So, apparently this was the second poorly kept secret from Doncaster and before that went completely over my head (the first being Warley>Warner). I blame the efficiency of the door staff keeping the queue moving which meant I didn't get time to read the show special issue of BRM.
In any case I couldn't be happier about this announcement - a Barclay Fireless has been on my wishlist for some time. There's a pretty good chance I'll be getting more than one. It's also good news from the perspective that it saves me ruining one of my Hattons AB in my (probably ill-fated) quest to recreate Heysham No 2 https://ribblesteam.org.uk/exhibits/steam/andrew-barclay-1950-1928-heysham-no-2/
That was never going to end well...
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In my excitement at discovering that my existing pre-orders had been saved, I missed that the Accurascale website is also taking additional preorders for all three... uh oh! 😬 Better make some more space in my stock box.
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Best possible outcome as far as I'm concerned, I couldn't be happier that these toolings are finding a new home with Accurascale, especially the Andrew Barclay.
I take full credit, of course; I can provide written evidence that I've been making a nuisance of myself, pestering Accurascale to take on the Andrew Barclay tooling - for completely unselfish reasons, of course. You're all welcome 😁
Seriously though, I'm very much looking forward to receiving the AB and P Class preorders I was worried I'd lost, and seeing what Accurascale does with future runs of those toolings and whatever else they've taken on. I'm fine with the bump in price, seems fair considering what's going on elsewhere in the industry when it comes to pricing. Great news I reckon.
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Hi @Sectorisation and welcome. Nice choice of finish for the photo shelf - grey oak should set off the model nicely.
If you need some inpiration (over and above the excellent examples you've already found), quite a few talented modellers on here have used IKEA's Mosslanda version of this shelf to create photo planks, vignettes and even micro layouts - it's a subject that interests me too, I've included a search URL for you to check out if you're interested:
https://www.rmweb.co.uk/search/?q=mosslanda&quick=1&type=forums_topic
Good luck with your own build - I'm sure I'm not the only one interested to see more photos.
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Thank you Hattons, and best wishes to all the staff and management for the future.
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4 minutes ago, melmerby said:
Nice, however I don't think the Model Power switcher was based on that🙂
Agreed, but the question wasn't specific 😉 Granted, your example was more appropriate.
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23 hours ago, Colin_McLeod said:
They were unusual looking locomotives. I know they were free lance, but were there any 0-4-0 tender locomotives in real life?
Like this?
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Not you specifically, and not wrong per se, but watching this video caused me to think that perhaps there's an approach one can adopt which doesn't trigger a desire to poke out one's own eyeballs rather than get started ballasting that next couple of metres...
https://paxton-road.blogspot.com/2024/01/on-video-mindful-ballasting.html
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On 15/01/2024 at 13:58, AY Mod said:
The final whistle may have blown for Hattons and Warley at the NEC, but the train of model railway enthusiasm shows no signs of stopping. It simply enters a new station, its destination still to be written.
I now feel ready to welcome our robot overlords with open arms. Life under skynet might not be so bad after all...
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This issue made quite a thud as it landed on the doormat. Very enjoyable issue so far, still haven't finished, lots to absorb. Excellent video too as @sjrixon said, enjoyed that last night.
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44 minutes ago, TEAMYAKIMA said:
Any idea when that was made?
Uploaded to YouTube 28 Jun 2019 according to the video description
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7 hours ago, Hroth said:
A look back into the past.....
A quarter page Hattons ad from the back pages of Railway Modeller, working through HD surplus 3-rail after the shutdown of production at Binns Road...
"Hornby-Dublo Chassis. We can send you at once a fully serviced guaranteed complete chassis which you can fit to your own loco body"
Well, isn't that interesting...
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Wow, even from Accurascale that's not something I was expecting. But, as you say, you like to shake things up. 👍
What I wouldn't give to take a look at the spreadsheet... 😅
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Very interesting concept, this, and an interesting, innovative use for these mini shelves. I just ordered myself a couple with a larger IKEA order as I fancy seeing what might be achievable using both James' and your approaches, and whether I might be able to combine them.
As a reader of his blog you're no doubt already aware of the layout, but I was just wondering whether James' more recent Mosslanda adventure 'Wrecsam Canalog' might suggest a couple of features that could be useful here?
- The box with lid (and lighting pelmet perhaps if you're feeling fancy) could offer some protection to any scenery you did decide to add.
- Maybe the attachable fiddlestick system could be adapted to lock two Mosslanda shelves together, or more end-to-end?
In any case, I'm following with interest - looks like a fun solution to a real-world limitation many of us face.
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27 minutes ago, Kickstart said:
It is 6 of one, half a dozen of the other.
An off the shelf solution is easy, until you want some bespoke functionality which ramps the cost up and makes maintenance a lot harder. But it is that bespoke functionality that people like with some web sites (such as the trunk function).The development costs were probably most paid for a decade or more ago, just leaving the maintence. Always the chances that there are big holes in the web site due to lack of maintenance, but the same will apply to off the shelf solutions
All the best
Katy
Yep, agree. Although the ongoing effort to keep a system running seems to increase with the age of said system, in my experience. With Rich's background in IT, I'd be surprised if he took his eye off the ball and allowed any significant holes - he stikes me as a savvy chap.
Incidentally, another interesting takeaway from Jenny's interview was Rich's comment about Hattons having possibly focused a little too much on innovation - a really good point and a lesson worth learning for a lot of businesses, especially startups. One of the things I admire about Hattons has been their history of innovation, but there needs to be a solid bottom line too. In any case, I doubt we've seen the last of the team behind the Hattons brand. I hope not, anyway!
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These look great, just my kind of thing - looking forward to seeing the decorated samples. I do fancy a couple of packs, just need to restock the coffers a little... frankly I'd like a whole rake but unfortunately I don't have any spare kidneys to sell following quite a firesaley kind of week and a house move.
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59 minutes ago, Dr Gerbil-Fritters said:
Where are you seeing these? I've searched and can only find 72 Dapol O gauge steam locomotives of which 70 are Sold out on Pre-order....
Gone, all gone 😵 - oh well, that saved me having to build an O Gauge shunting layout for the time being...
4 minutes ago, Butler Henderson said:They were there yesterday evening. Obviously the power of RMWeb, mention a bargain and its gone the next moment but 202 of them ?
They were still there some time after lunch, when I last checked.
Not that I was checking. I wasn't checking. Honest.
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2 hours ago, SteveM666 said:
My point was that in this day and age there should be no reason to introduce artificial delays into their logistics and it struck me as a way to increase prices for a service that others provide as standard. I am firmly in the camp that believes that a order will arrive when it’s good and ready, and no it’s not a matter of life or death but if I need something more quickly and one supplier will get it to me in a couple of days at a standard price, why would I choose the one that is either slower for the same price or the same time for a premium price.
Large ecommerce organisations tend to have software-based order fulfilment systems, which queue pick-pack lists in the sequence that the orders were received (although other factors to drive efficiency can be employed). Published standard delivery windows often tend to be calculated by the system based on quietest and busiest periods the business usually experiences. There can be significant variance between quiet and busy periods, and sometimes no obvious reason why (of course in the case of Hattons right now, the reason for order delays is obvious). Anyway, in general terms, paying extra for a priority despatch just pushes your order into a different (usually much shorter) queue. It's not in the interest of most businesses to sit on orders simply to artificially increase income from shipping, as the overwhelming likelihood is that the business will lose any repeat orders from the customer. It is significantly cheaper to keep a happy existing customer than to attract new ones.
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Thanks for the tip regarding this book, Paul. It prompted me to buy the audiobook and I've been enjoying it so far. I didn't have many preconceptions, really, other than an impression that he seems like a nice enough lad and genuinely enthusiastic about railways. That he's on TikTok is of no relevance to me as I'm not on the app (nor ever likely to be). I can forgive a little clunky writing on the basis that I'm in no position to criticise...
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6 hours ago, 45568 said:
I'll just leave this here for you then.....
Hope this helps!😜
I keep looking myself, haven't had 'O' gauge since I was seven years old!
Cheers from Oz,
Peter C.
Maybe too, a little LR/industrial/pseudo-industrial inspiration 🤪😬
https://sremg.org.uk/steam/a1-a1x.shtml
PS I'm not tempted myself, not tempted at all, not even a little bit, nope. How many are left again?
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On 12/01/2024 at 15:57, sleepyrider said:
I ordered a P class, post bombshell, order was accepted and confirmed. I take that as a positive sign.
I'm not sure it's a sign, but hopefully will help swing the decision in the positive direction.
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A sad loss to the railway modelling community but an understandable decision by the club, based on the statement released. I went to Warley once, in 2022 for both days, and frankly was in awe at the amount of organisation, dedication and plain old graft it must have taken to successfully deliver an exhibition at that scale. The reference to financial risk is a key point, I think - something that people perhaps don't consider unless they have been involved in taking these risks themselves. Having been away from the hobby until relatively recently, it did take me by surprise that one single model railway club (venerable as it may be) had been running an event at such a huge scale for so many years, with all the work and risk that entails. Bravo and thank you to all those involved who had made Warley the massive success it was.
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22 hours ago, Steamport Southport said:
You might not be aware that has changed.
Thanks, I wasn't. I hope both batches go ahead, even if my wallet is a little nervous about that prospect.
Andrew Barclay 'Caledonia' 0-4-0 Fireless from Rapido - Pre-order now available
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Thank you @rapidoTom and @Neil - that would work for me. 965502 it is. The different charging pipework shouldn't be too much of a challenge even for me. In any case I'd imagine there will be 3D printed details on the market within seconds of these being delivered.
On the subject of Heysham No.2 my understanding is that she hasn't been, err, in steam (? charged?) in preservation, but Jason @Steamport Southport can probably tell us for sure. One of my many favourites at Ribble... I do love that place.