RapidoCorbs

Yes I hope we've been quite honest that the 0-6-0Ts were goods engines. This train pack is essentially composed of re-liveried versions of two existing models plus the extra mould slides for the other coach, which is how we were able to make it happen, as Andy says this wouldn't have been possible as a standalone model if we didn't already have the Model Rail J70 and the Titfield projects.

The colours for this project were chosen with the help of several consultants including the GER Society, we are very grateful to all who gave their input. We arrived at a light grey shade from a combination of notes and advice and by looking at the available photographic evidence. It is quite bright but it is the colour we chose and we're happy with it 🙂 Another historical consultant said to me 'the only person who will truly be able to correctly advise you is the 150 year old with 20/20 eyesight and perfect recall, so at some point you have to make a call on it'.

Some imbecile graphic designer didn't change the SKU numbers on the picture above. No idea who that was, but here is the corrected version.

A little update on the CAD - several people noticed the chimney proportions were 'off' - this has been amended, thank you to everyone who assisted. Also shown is the flush-riveted smokebox variant :) Old on the left, new on the right.

"But I don't catch cows, Sir" Sorry for the confusion about them being in the instructions and not in the package. If you do want to swap the cow-catchers for the non-tension lock variety, we can send you a pair FOC. All you need to do is go here, say you bought a W&U Pack and you would like a pair of cow-catchers without coupling holes: https://rapidotrains.co.uk/warranty-form/ Please allow for the usual Christmas post delay.

Glad you like them - the artwork reference pictures typically only had views of one side so rather than take a guess we decided to apply the same to both sides.

Hi tlm, I understand that you would prefer to fix it yourself, I am a tinkerer as well and generally like to get stuck in even on brand new models. I would like to explain our policy on sending out parts and why we are firm on the models being sent back. We have a limited stock of spare parts, if we send them out to people, there is no guarantee that the repair will be carried out. All our models are sold with a limited lifetime guarantee, so if that model isn’t repaired and then is sold to a new owner, we may end up doubling our problem because the new owner may need the repair done, but we will have ‘lost’ the parts we sent. There is also no guarantee that the repair will work, or there may be a mistake made (these things happen) which results in the loss of the spare parts and then further damage to the model which would then need to be sent back to fix, again doubling the problem. We can’t make an exception to this because if we did and the word got out, then more and more people would be asking for the exception and increasing the risk of there being an issue. I know it’s not ideal but I hope this explains things from our point of view. Hello Andrew, I experimented with my own model on the rollers last night and I couldn’t replicate the issue in the manner you describe, but if I pushed on the crosshead it would catch on the crankpin. I spoke to another customer about a tight spot where it would lock up, they told me that extra running-in (circa 2 hours in each direction) helped a lot and cured the problem. If you want to try this, I strongly recommend this on a circuit of track rather than on rollers. Of course I do also understand if at this stage you want to ask the retailer for a refund rather than sending it back to us again.

Is the crankpin catching on the back of the crosshead, Andrew?

Not sure what you mean?

Sorry I missed your message. I'll need to check our samples ref. colour as I am working from home today and not got my swatch box to hand. I think it may be that the eras represented by the tooling didn't see a change in green shade. But at the moment the plan is for them all to be the same green with just the decoration changing. Chimney and safety valve - yes copper cap and safety valve cover painted brass colour on 4400 but black and green respectively on 4408.

I think 4402 only got new rear driving wheels as the other two pairs look to be 10-spoke. I would guess that for some reason (damage/wear?) they needed replacement and Swindon had standardised on 12-spokes? 4403 seems to have gained them earlier than the others so perhaps the castings were made for 4403.

It will be painted in our standard metallic finish, as shown on the sample. 🙂

I had thought you meant it completes the set of SECR locos in preservation.

No problem 🙂

Yep, we're not going to change it for the plated brass style, we've standardised on this finish and we're happy with how it looks. Same for Lion's firebox shroud and the O1.

We think it looks good.

Mid-overhaul red oxide.

That part of the chimney may be a paint defect as it looks like primer showing, apologies that one slipped through. Let us know if you want us to look at it.

yes :)

Sorry I don't know and likely won't be able to check until after Warley. Too late to change now anyway.

Let's focus on the 44xx first ;) 45xx is ages away.

Lovely work Jay!

As far as I can tell the previous version of the 4500 tooling covers the final batch (curved frame, full length valance, outside steam pipes) rather than the earlier versions.

Hopefully we'll be able to provide something new that the existing tooling doesn't cover in terms of the prairies, it just depends how well the 44xx sells.

Using the handles, of course.